Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainMore households in single-detached houses than 94% of Canadian towns: 94%
The median age in Kent is 49.2, higher than in 83% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 2,028 residents; the 2021 Census found 855 households. The census found that 6.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. 3.1% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%).
What stands out about the people of Kent
Fewer people than before
Kent went from 2,153 people in 2016 to 1,966 in 2021, −9%: slower growth than in 99% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
−9% since 2016: slower than 99% 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
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across New Brunswick’s towns +3%.
In Kent, 23% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 9.4% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Across Kent, 14% of residents are under 15.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Kent households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 64% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The figure for one-person households is 29% in Kent and 27% across Canada’s towns. One-parent families: a tenth of the total.
Below 64% of Canadian towns: 9.1% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here 49% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 46%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Renter households make up 12% in Kent, less than in 85% of Canadian towns
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
Older homes outnumber new: 18% predate 1961, 9.4% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 8.8% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
$65,000 a year: where the middle household sits
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Kent had $65,000 before tax, 24% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For New Brunswick’s towns, the median household income is $73,300. In 2020, 23% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
3.1% of residents are immigrants
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (64%), then in the Americas (36%). On residents without Canadian citizenship, Kent sits lower than 78% of Canadian towns: 1.8%.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 71% of Canadian towns: 42%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 2.8% across Canada’s towns, 1.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity in Kent. The share of visible minority residents stands at 2%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 35%.
English is the mother tongue of 98%, and 6.6% speak French as well
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
Kent sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. At home: English 99%, French 0.3%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 94% of Canadian towns: 11%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 15%, against 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 51% 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.
51% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 23% are 65 or more.
Kent sits below 1 of its 4 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | 2,028 | — | 49.2 | 23% | 3.1% |
| Wicklow | 1,558 | 8.6 km | 46.8 | 22% | 3.1% |
| Florenceville-Bristol | 1,583 | 11.7 km | 46.8 | 22% | 7% |
| Peel | 1,176 | 17.4 km | 45.2 | 19% | 3.5% |
| Perth | 1,113 | 17.6 km | 54.4 | 28% | 7.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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. Each comparison is its own median: over New Brunswick’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Kent’s residents
What is the population of Kent?
About 2,028, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,966 people in Kent, 9% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Kent?
The median age is 49.2. 14% are under 15 and 23% 65 or older.
Is Kent bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6.6% are. Another 0% speak only French and 93% only English, and French is the first language of 1%.
How diverse is Kent?
Immigrants: 3.1% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2%. Indigenous identity: 1.5%.
What religion are people in Kent?
42% said they have no religion and 57% that they are Christian; 0.7% named another faith.
Is Kent good for families?
14% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 51% of households and one-parent families 9.9%. Schools near Kent are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kent?
Half of Kent’s households had more than $65,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).