Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA lower share of renter households than 96% of Canadian towns, at 7%
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 12% in Lincoln and 19% across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census found 3,090 households locally; by July 2025 the population was about 8,093. The census found that 43% of residents said they have no religion here. Lower than in 93% of Canadian towns: 2.2% of residents are immigrants.
Since 2016, Lincoln has grown +5%, faster than 54% of Canadian towns
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
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 8%. Across New Brunswick’s towns the median is +3%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Younger than 63% of Canadian towns: half of Lincoln is under 40
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The largest age band is 55–59: 9.2% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Census figures put children under 15 at 17% in Lincoln.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lincoln, 40. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
In Lincoln, 21% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 72% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Set against 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 10% of households are one-parent families in Lincoln. As a reference point, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
In Lincoln, 17% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 80% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 23% of adults, against a typical 27%. Typically, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Households in single-detached houses: 57%, a lower share than 59% of Canadian towns
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
40% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 5.8% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, households in single-detached houses come to 64%.
Median household income here: $86,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Lincoln’s households had a total income above $86,000 and half below, close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). New Brunswick’s towns have a median of $73,300. Pandemic benefits reached 23% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 8.3% in Lincoln, less than in 79% of Canadian towns
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
15% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. In Lincoln, 0.5% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
A higher share of Indigenous residents than 73% of Canadian towns, at 5.5%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Lincoln, 1.7% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of Indigenous residents is 2.8%.
A larger share of residents whose mother tongue is French than 75% of Canadian towns: 8.1%
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
At home: English 94%, French 4.9%. By way of comparison, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, bilingual residents are common here: 20%, more than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 81% of Canadian towns, at 16%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Lincoln, 16%, and 40% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 8.2%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
In work on census day: 64% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 64%.
18th lowest median age among 41 towns of 7,965 to 8,216
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Haliburton Village is the oldest at 59.2, Taber the youngest at 27.4. Rocky Mountain House (38.8), Happy Valley-Goose Bay (39.2), Silverwood Heights (40.9) and Lambton Baby Point (41): the towns nearest Lincoln in median age.
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Lincoln
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln | 8,093 | — | 40 | 12% | 2.2% |
| New Maryland | 4,455 | 8.6 km | 43.6 | 20% | 6.4% |
| Oromocto | 9,451 | 8.7 km | 31.8 | 11% | 3.5% |
| New Maryland | 3,198 | 8.7 km | 40.8 | 15% | 3.8% |
| Burton | 5,424 | 12.4 km | 42 | 15% | 2.1% |
| Starlight Village | 5,108 | 12.5 km | 44 | 16% | 5.5% |
| Maugerville | 1,808 | 12.6 km | 44 | 17% | 2.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about Lincoln’s residents
Is Lincoln bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 20% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 80% speak only English and 0.7% only French; 8.1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Lincoln?
Immigrants: 2.2% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.7%. Indigenous identity: 5.5%.
What religion are people in Lincoln?
43% said they have no religion and 57% that they are Christian; 1% named another faith.
Is Lincoln good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 60% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Lincoln are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lincoln?
Half of Lincoln’s households had more than $86,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Lincoln?
About 8,093, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 7,519 people in Lincoln, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Lincoln?
The median age is 40, younger than 63% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 12% 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).