Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainOlder than 89% of Canadian towns: half of Dundas is over 51.6
Residents with no religion make up 20%, against 35% across Canada’s towns. Across Dundas, 7.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Renter households are rarer here than in 91% of Canadian towns. With about 4,733 residents in July 2025, Dundas counted 1,910 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Dundas
A bilingual town
76% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 5.2% speak French only and 19% English only. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Line Dundas’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 51.6; 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.
76% of residents speak English and French, a share 99% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Residents whose mother tongue is French: 70%, above 84% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for bilingual residents across Canada’s towns: 7.5%.
A growing town: +11% since 2016, faster than 84% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across New Brunswick’s towns, +3%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 9%.
Dundas: 26% of residents are 65 or over, above 83% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
By its share of children under 15 (13%), Dundas is below just over four fifths of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Dundas, 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.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 64% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%; Dundas has 6%. One-person households account for 25%.
In Dundas, 15% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
A fifth of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%. Here, 51% of residents 15 and over are married.
Dundas sits above 91% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (91%)
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. For comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 23% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 12% built before 1961.
The median household brings in $77,500 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
At $77,500, the middle household in Dundas earned 10% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among New Brunswick’s towns, the typical figure is $73,300. In 2020, 21% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 8.7%, a lower share than 76% 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
The figure for immigrants is 4.9% in Dundas and 17% across Canada’s towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%. Locally, 1.6% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
A higher share of Indigenous residents than 64% of Canadian towns, at 4.2%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%; Dundas has 1.9%. As a yardstick, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
Below 67% of Canadian towns: 20% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 14% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
53% of adults were employed in May 2021
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
53% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 26% are 65 or more.
Among 41 towns of 4,640 to 4,817 people, the 8th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
They run from Empire Park, at 30.9, to Electoral Area B, Nanaimo, at 63.2. Closest in median age to Dundas are Iroquois Falls (48), Central Okanagan (51.6), Shippagan (54.8) and Marmora (56).
1 in 4 nearby towns have a higher median age than Dundas
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundas | 4,733 | — | 51.6 | 26% | 4.9% |
| Cocagne | 2,982 | 6.7 km | 51.6 | 26% | 4.2% |
| Shediac | 5,699 | 9.9 km | 51.2 | 27% | 3.1% |
| Shediac | 9,849 | 11.6 km | 52.8 | 31% | 5.9% |
| Saint-Antoine | 1,880 | 14.5 km | 48.8 | 26% | 2.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Dundas’s residents
What is the median income in Dundas?
The median household in Dundas took in $77,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Dundas?
Dundas had about 4,733 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 4,332, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Dundas?
A median age of 51.6, older than 89% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 13%, and people 65 and over 26%.
Is Dundas bilingual?
76% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 5.2% speak French only and 19% English only. French is the mother tongue of 70%.
How diverse is Dundas?
4.9% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1.9% belong to a visible minority and 4.2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Dundas?
79% are Christian and 20% have no religion; 0.9% follow another religion.
Is Dundas good for families?
Under 15: 13% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 61% of households. One-parent families: 6%. Schools near Dundas 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).