Photo: Dr Wilson · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 55.2: Inkerman is older than 95% of Canadian towns
The share of residents who moved in within the year trails 99% of Canadian towns: 4.3%. About 2,462 people lived in Inkerman in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. Residents with no religion: 7.1% of the total. More one-parent families than in 88% of Canadian towns: 12%.
What stands out about the people of Inkerman
A French-speaking community
94% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 40% speak both official languages and 94% speak French most often at home. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Inkerman is 55.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 30% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Inkerman sits above 92% of Canadian towns for residents whose mother tongue is French (94%)
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
The figure for bilingual residents is 40% in Inkerman and 7.5% across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns.
A change of ±0% since 2016 leaves Inkerman behind 75% of Canadian towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across New Brunswick’s towns, +3%.
Children under 15 make up 9.9% in Inkerman, less than in 95% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: just over one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 97% of Canadian towns: 6.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Residents aged 65 and over account for 30%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Inkerman households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
30% of households are one person living alone, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
In Inkerman, 18% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over a third of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. On the census count, 33% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
92% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 92% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Older homes outnumber new: 22% predate 1961, 17% date from 2001 or later. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%. Renter households are rarer here than in 79% of Canadian towns. 9.2% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
The middle household earns $63,200 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; Inkerman’s, at $63,200, is 27% lower. Within New Brunswick’s towns, the household in the middle had $73,300. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 27% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
0.7% 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
Compared with 17% across Canada’s towns, 0.7% of residents are immigrants here. What’s more, residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
Inkerman: 5.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 73% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 1.1% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. Measured more widely, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
11% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 92% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 19% (typical 9.5%). Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 43% of residents 15 and over had a job
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 43%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 30% of residents are 65 or over.
Of the 6 towns nearest Inkerman, 3 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of New Brunswick’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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. 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 Inkerman’s residents
Is Inkerman bilingual?
English and French: 40% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 2.2%. French only: 58%. French mother tongue: 94%.
How diverse is Inkerman?
Immigrants: 0.7% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.1%. Indigenous identity: 5.6%.
What religion are people in Inkerman?
7.1% said they have no religion and 93% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
Is Inkerman good for families?
9.9% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 47% of households and one-parent families 12%. Schools near Inkerman are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Inkerman?
Half of Inkerman’s households had more than $63,200 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Inkerman?
About 2,462, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,373 people in Inkerman, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Inkerman?
The median age is 55.2. 9.9% are under 15 and 30% 65 or older.
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).