Half of Esgenoôpetitj 14 is under 31.4, younger than 98% of Canadian towns
Esgenoôpetitj 14 is a First Nations reserve, home to Esgenoopetitj First Nation. 4.4% of households rent their home (Canada’s towns: 25%). One-parent families are more common here than in 99% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,326 residents; the 2021 Census found 460 households. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 17%.
What stands out about the people of Esgenoôpetitj 14
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
95% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 93% are Registered or Treaty Indians, and 23% have an Indigenous mother tongue. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Esgenoôpetitj 14’s median age is 31.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 21% are under 15 and 6.9% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
+4% since 2016, a pace below 52% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 8%.
Below 97% of Canadian towns: 6.9% of residents are 65 or over
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 50–54: 9.4% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. The census found that 21% of residents are under 15 in Esgenoôpetitj 14.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 76% of Canadian towns: 2.7 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.
The share of one-person households is 23%, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of married residents 15 and over than 99% of Canadian towns, at 16%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns, Esgenoôpetitj 14 has 20%. 55% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%).
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 75% of Canadian towns: 81%
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: 1.1%, above 61% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 44% date from 2001 or later, 3.3% from before 1961.
Households here have a median income of $57,200 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $57,200, the middle household in Esgenoôpetitj 14 earned 33% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for New Brunswick’s towns: $73,300. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 64% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Above 99% of Canadian towns: 95% of residents have an Indigenous identity
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 15% across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents in Esgenoôpetitj 14 comes in at 0.8%. By way of comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. Here, 25% of residents said they have no religion.
More bilingual residents than 64% of Canadian towns: 11%
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
An Indigenous language is the mother tongue of 23%. Across the comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many residents whose mother tongue is French: 3.3% here, more than in 69% of Canadian towns.
Esgenoôpetitj 14 ranks below 99% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 3.8%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 37%, against 9.5%. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
36% of residents 15 and over were in work
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
36% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 6.9% are 65 or more.
The towns around Esgenoôpetitj 14 are all older
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
- 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. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: New Brunswick’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- A First Nations reserve. Reserves are compared with Canada’s towns but aren’t counted among them: they have no overall grade and no place in ranked lists. Census figures for small reserves are rounded, and some are suppressed.
Questions about Esgenoôpetitj 14’s residents
Is Esgenoôpetitj 14 good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 21%. 30% of households are couple families and 25% one-parent families. Schools near Esgenoôpetitj 14 are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Esgenoôpetitj 14?
$57,200 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Esgenoôpetitj 14 (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Esgenoôpetitj 14?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,326 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,223 in Esgenoôpetitj 14, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Esgenoôpetitj 14?
31.4 is the median age. Under 15: 21%. 65 and over: 6.9%.
Is Esgenoôpetitj 14 bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 11% are. Another 0% speak only French and 89% only English, and French is the first language of 3.3%.
How diverse is Esgenoôpetitj 14?
In Esgenoôpetitj 14, 95% have an Indigenous identity and 0.8% belong to a visible minority; its immigration figures are suppressed.
What religion are people in Esgenoôpetitj 14?
Christian: 66%. No religion: 25%. Another religion: 9.8%.
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).