Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Half of Hartland is over 48.4, older than 81% of Canadian towns
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 26% in Hartland and 19% across Canada’s towns. Some 1,025 people live in the town, by the estimate for July 2025. For Hartland, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 18%. This New Brunswick town has fewer immigrants than just over four fifths of Canadian towns, at 4.7%.
What stands out about the people of Hartland
Fewer people than before
Hartland went from 957 people in 2016 to 933 in 2021, −3%: slower growth than in 90% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
From 2016 to 2021, 90% of Canadian towns grew faster than Hartland: −3%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 10% higher again. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +3% across New Brunswick’s towns.
15% of residents are under 15, below 61% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
60–64 is the most common age band: 8% of residents. The usual figure: 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Smaller households than 64% of Canadian towns: 2.3 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, against 29% in Hartland. Add to that, this New Brunswick town has more one-parent families than nearly two thirds of Canadian towns, at 9.3%.
A lower share of common-law partners than 66% of Canadian towns, at 8.9%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
24% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns. Married residents 15 and over: 47% of the total.
Hartland sits above 61% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (72%)
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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 74% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 46% of homes were built before 1961 and 11% in 2001 or later. Renter households make up 28%, against 25% across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $66,500 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Hartland had $66,500 before tax, 23% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $73,300, the median across New Brunswick’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 17% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
4.7% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Most immigrants were born in the Americas (71%) or in Europe (29%). On residents without Canadian citizenship, Hartland sits lower than 62% of Canadian towns: 3.5%. Of the immigrants living here, 38% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
Above 67% of Canadian towns: 40% of residents said they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Locally, 1.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
English is the mother tongue of 96%, and 6.2% speak French as well
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Here, 1.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue. Hartland has fewer bilingual residents than 61% of Canadian towns, at 6.2%.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 86% of Canadian towns, at 14%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 7.4% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 59% of residents aged 15 and over
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 59%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of the 6 towns nearest Hartland, 1 are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of New Brunswick’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Hartland’s residents
Is Hartland good for families?
Under 15: 15% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 52% of households. One-parent families: 9.3%. Schools near Hartland are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Hartland?
The median household in Hartland took in $66,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Hartland?
Hartland had about 1,025 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 933, 3% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Hartland?
A median age of 48.4. Children under 15 make up 15%, and people 65 and over 26%.
Is Hartland bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 6.2% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 94% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Hartland?
4.7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0% belong to a visible minority and 1.8% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Hartland?
59% are Christian and 40% have no religion; 1.1% follow another religion.
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).