Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFewer renter households than 95% of Canadian towns: 7.3%
Where 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, Douglas has 19%. There are 4% more residents than in 2016. Locally, 18% of households are one person living alone. 43% of residents said they have no religion, a higher share than in 74% of Canadian towns.
A growing town: +4% since 2016, faster than 50% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 15%. Across New Brunswick’s towns the median is +3%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Older than 57% of Canadian towns: half of Douglas is over 43.2
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 7.9% of residents. The highest share aged 65 or over among New Brunswick’s towns is Dalhousie’s: 37%. Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Douglas.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Douglas, 43.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 67% of Canadian towns: 2.6 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 7.7% of the total.
Douglas: 56% of residents 15 and over are married, above 82% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
21% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Across the comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners stands at 12%.
Douglas sits above 87% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (89%)
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
One in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 26% date from 2001 or later, 15% from before 1961.
Median household income: $87,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Douglas’s, at $87,000, is close to it. Across New Brunswick’s towns, half of households had more than $73,300 before tax. In 2020, 23% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
8.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 77% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Of the immigrants living here, 24% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants: 3.9% of the total. Douglas has fewer residents without Canadian citizenship than 83% of Canadian towns, at 1.4%.
57% said they are Christian and 43% 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
Visible minority residents: 2.7%, below 79% of Canadian towns. For Douglas, the census puts Indigenous residents at 3.2%.
More bilingual residents than 72% of Canadian towns: 17%
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns, against 5.5% in Douglas. Bilingual residents make up 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 52% of Canadian towns: 26%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 7.2%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 60% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 60% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 17th oldest of 41 towns of 6,685 to 6,997 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Southern Gulf Islands is the oldest at 61.6, Rhineland the youngest at 27.2. The closest ages to Douglas’s belong to Garden City (42.4), Meadowood (42.9), Old Ottawa South (43.4) and Old Tuxedo (43.9).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Douglas
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas | 6,840 | — | 43.2 | 17% | 3.9% |
| Bright | 3,648 | 12.9 km | 47.2 | 22% | 2.9% |
| Fredericton | 74,655 | 13.9 km | 40 | 20% | 13% |
| Devon 30 | 1,105 | 14.2 km | 32.8 | 9.3% | 0% |
| Starlight Village | 5,108 | 17.0 km | 44 | 16% | 5.5% |
| Kingsclear | 3,158 | 17.6 km | 46 | 20% | 5.9% |
| New Maryland | 4,455 | 17.9 km | 43.6 | 20% | 6.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
Questions about Douglas’s residents
What is the average age in Douglas?
Half the residents are older than 43.2 and half younger, older than 57% of Canadian towns; 19% are children under 15 and 17% are 65 or over.
Is Douglas bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 17% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 82% speak only English and 0.3% only French; 5.5% grew up with French.
How diverse is Douglas?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 3.9%. A visible minority makes up 2.7% and Indigenous residents 3.2%.
What religion are people in Douglas?
Most often Christian (57%) or no religion (43%); other religions make up 0.4%.
Is Douglas good for families?
Children under 15 are 19% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 65% of households and one-parent families 7.7%. Schools near Douglas are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Douglas?
Median total household income in Douglas was $87,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Douglas?
The latest figure is an estimate: 6,840 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Douglas counted 5,935, 4% more than 2016.
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).