Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainCaraquet is older than 95% of Canadian towns: a median age of 55.6
Compared with 16% across Canada’s towns, 8.3% of residents are under 15 here. Caraquet is home to some 1,263 people (July 2025 estimate), in 605 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 6.3% of residents said they have no religion. Few places have so few renter households: 11% here, fewer than in 87% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Caraquet
A French-speaking community
97% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 38% speak both official languages and 98% speak French most often at home. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Line Caraquet’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 55.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 30% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Fewer people than before
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Caraquet went from 1,337 to 1,261 residents (−6%), slower growth than in 97% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More residents whose mother tongue is French than 97% of Canadian towns: 97%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Caraquet has 38%. On average, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns.
Caraquet changed by −6% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 97% of Canadian towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across New Brunswick’s towns, +3%. By July 2025, Statistics Canada’s estimate had barely moved.
30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.1%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women.
In Caraquet, 12% of households are one-parent families, more than in 88% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-person households: 33% here and 27% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, one-parent families come to 8.2%. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
Caraquet ranks above 82% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 18%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
33% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Lower than in 78% of Canadian towns: 35% of residents 15 and over are married. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Caraquet ranks above 97% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 95%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Older homes outnumber new: 18% predate 1961, 9.2% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
The middle household earns $63,600 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Caraquet: half had less than $63,600, 26% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for New Brunswick’s towns: $73,300. COVID-19 benefits went to 30% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
5.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 97% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
0.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens; across Canada’s towns the figure is 5.8%. Immigrants are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
A larger share of Indigenous residents than 69% of Canadian towns: 4.8%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
Caraquet sits below 90% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (12%)
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 22% (typical 9.5%). By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 47% of residents aged 15 and over
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
47% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 30% are 65 or more.
2 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Caraquet
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across New Brunswick’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
Questions about Caraquet’s residents
What is the median income in Caraquet?
The median household in Caraquet took in $63,600 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Caraquet?
Caraquet had about 1,263 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,261, 6% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Caraquet?
A median age of 55.6. Children under 15 make up 8.3%, and people 65 and over 30%.
Is Caraquet bilingual?
English and French: 38% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0.8%. French only: 61%. French mother tongue: 97%.
How diverse is Caraquet?
0.8% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0% belong to a visible minority and 4.8% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Caraquet?
94% are Christian and 6.3% have no religion; 0% follow another religion.
Is Caraquet good for families?
Under 15: 8.3% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 47% of households. One-parent families: 12%. Schools near Caraquet are on its Schools page.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).