Photo: Shamus7792003 · CC BY-SA 3.0Residents who moved in within the year: 16%, a higher share than 82% of Canadian towns
Of the immigrants living here, 70% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. On residents with no religion, Dieppe sits lower than 77% of Canadian towns: 25%. The 2021 Census found 11,570 households in the town; by July 2025 the population was about 35,986. Here, 48% of households live in a single-detached house.
What stands out about the people of Dieppe
A bilingual town
71% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 7% speak French only and 22% English only. English & French ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Dieppe sits above 98% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (71%)
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
With residents whose mother tongue is French at 64%, Dieppe is ahead of 83% of Canadian towns on that count. On average, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
From 2016 to 2021, Dieppe outgrew 84% of Canadian towns: +11%
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 28% higher again. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across New Brunswick’s towns, +3%.
Younger than 58% of Canadian towns: half of Dieppe is under 40.8
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
No age band is larger than 40–44: 7.8% of residents. Among New Brunswick’s towns, Dalhousie has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 37%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of children under 15 is 16%; Dieppe has 17%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Dieppe, 40.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women.
Dieppe ranks below 56% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 25%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households average 2.4 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%. Here, 7.2% of households are one-parent families.
Dieppe ranks above 78% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 16%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 26% of adults (typical: 27%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%. 46% of residents 15 and over are married.
Dieppe sits above 61% of Canadian towns for renter households (31%)
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 56% date from 2001 or later, 6.4% from before 1961. On households in buildings of five or more storeys, Dieppe sits higher than three fifths of Canadian towns: 0.9%. For comparison, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
The middle household earns $87,000 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
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Dieppe’s, at $87,000, is close to it. The figure for New Brunswick’s towns: $73,300. In 2020, 24% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Dieppe sits above 63% of Canadian towns for residents without Canadian citizenship (8.8%)
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (39%) and in Africa (25%). Across Canada’s towns, residents without Canadian citizenship come to 5.8%. At 9.7%, the share of immigrants is lower than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns.
70% said they are Christian and 25% that they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (3%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%; Dieppe has 11%.
Above 70% of Canadian towns: 39% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 5% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
64% of adults were employed in May 2021
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.
More people work here than in the typical town: 64%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 16th of 41 towns of 33,699 to 38,300 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Sainte-Marie is the youngest of them at 35.1; Sorel-Tracy, at 53.2, the oldest. Next to Dieppe on this scale come Le Boisé Champêtre (40.1), Fairview (40.7), Meadowvale (40.9) and Central Erin Mills (41.2).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Dieppe
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dieppe | 35,986 | — | 40.8 | 17% | 9.7% |
| Riverview | 22,614 | 7.3 km | 45.2 | 22% | 6% |
| Moncton | 102,378 | 8.2 km | 40.8 | 19% | 11% |
| Coverdale | 5,167 | 12.2 km | 44.8 | 18% | 2.6% |
| Moncton | 12,238 | 14.5 km | 44.8 | 18% | 4% |
| Hillsborough | 1,569 | 15.6 km | 48.8 | 21% | 2.5% |
| Memramcook | 5,616 | 15.7 km | 45.6 | 21% | 3.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for New Brunswick’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- 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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about Dieppe’s residents
What is the population of Dieppe?
About 35,986, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 28,114 people in Dieppe, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Dieppe?
The median age is 40.8, younger than 58% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 17% 65 or older.
Is Dieppe bilingual?
71% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 7% speak French only and 22% English only. French is the mother tongue of 64%.
How diverse is Dieppe?
Immigrants: 9.7% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 11%. Indigenous identity: 2.7%.
What religion are people in Dieppe?
25% said they have no religion and 70% that they are Christian; 4.8% named another faith.
Is Dieppe good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 58% of households and one-parent families 7.2%. Schools near Dieppe are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Dieppe?
Half of Dieppe’s households had more than $87,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).