Photo: Phil284 · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Cocagne is over 51.6, older than 89% of Canadian towns
In Cocagne, 6.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. About 2,982 people lived in the town in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. The census found that 13% of households rent their home here. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 17%, fewer than in 92% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Cocagne
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 79% of residents speak English and French, more than in 99% of Canadian towns. Another 5.9% speak only French and 15% only English. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Cocagne’s residents are under 51.6 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
79% of residents speak English and French, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 74%, against 1.5% across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
From 2016 to 2021, Cocagne outgrew 50% of Canadian towns: +4%
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 8%.
Cocagne ranks above 84% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 26%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
With children under 15 at 13%, Cocagne is behind 84% of Canadian towns on that count. As a reference point, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Cocagne, 51.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Cocagne households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, against 5.8% in Cocagne. Here, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone.
More common-law partners than 82% of Canadian towns: 18%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 20% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%. Married residents 15 and over account for 49%.
In Cocagne, 89% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 87% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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: 23% predate 1961, 18% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The share of households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns is 64%.
The median household brings in $73,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Cocagne: half had less than $73,000, 15% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within New Brunswick’s towns, the household in the middle had $73,300. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 23% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Cocagne sits above 61% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (12%)
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in the Americas (70%) and in Asia (17%). By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. At 4.2%, the share of immigrants is lower than in 84% of Canadian towns. Add to that, 1.1% of residents are not Canadian citizens (Canada’s towns: 5.8%).
3.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 60% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 1.3% in Cocagne. On average, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 18% in Cocagne, less than in 72% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 15% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
55% of residents 15 and over were in work
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 26% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 55% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (2,938 to 3,029 people), the 7th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest of these towns is Albany, at 29.9; the oldest, Electoral Area C, Strathcona, is at 58.4. The closest ages to Cocagne’s belong to Lac-des-Écorces (50), Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley (50), McDougall (52) and Saint-Marc-des-Carrières (52.4).
Cocagne and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cocagne | 2,982 | — | 51.6 | 26% | 4.2% |
| Dundas | 4,733 | 6.7 km | 51.6 | 26% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Antoine | 1,880 | 9.0 km | 48.8 | 26% | 2.3% |
| Bouctouche | 2,678 | 13.8 km | 54.4 | 31% | 5.2% |
| Shediac | 5,699 | 15.7 km | 51.2 | 27% | 3.1% |
| Wellington | 3,458 | 16.6 km | 54.4 | 30% | 5.1% |
| Saint Mary | 2,083 | 17.4 km | 52.8 | 26% | 5.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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.
Questions about Cocagne’s residents
How diverse is Cocagne?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 4.2%. A visible minority makes up 1.3% and Indigenous residents 3.7%.
What religion are people in Cocagne?
Most often Christian (82%) or no religion (17%); other religions make up 1.1%.
Is Cocagne good for families?
Children under 15 are 13% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 60% of households and one-parent families 5.8%. Schools near Cocagne are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cocagne?
Median total household income in Cocagne was $73,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Cocagne?
The latest figure is an estimate: 2,982 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Cocagne counted 2,757, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Cocagne?
Half the residents are older than 51.6 and half younger, older than 89% of Canadian towns; 13% are children under 15 and 26% are 65 or over.
Is Cocagne bilingual?
79% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 5.9% speak French only and 15% English only. French is the mother tongue of 74%.
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).