Photo: evoluc · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of residents with no religion than 92% of Canadian towns: 16%
Recent arrivals are 64% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Census figures put renter households at 12% in Memramcook. The median age here is 45.6, higher than in 71% of Canadian towns. This New Brunswick town had about 5,616 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 2,080 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Memramcook
A bilingual town
79% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 5.3% speak French only and 16% English only. English & French ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 99% of Canadian towns, at 79%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. 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
74% of residents have French as their mother tongue, against 1.5% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%. At home: English 25%, French 71%.
Memramcook grew +5% from 2016 to 2021, ahead of 58% of Canadian towns
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across New Brunswick’s towns +3%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 12%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 88% of Canadian towns: 8.3%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
21% of residents are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Typically, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Memramcook, 45.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
23% of households are one person living alone, below 65% of Canadian towns
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.
A household here has 2.4 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. On top of that, at 5.5%, the share of one-parent families is lower than in 89% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for one-person households across Canada’s towns: 27%.
Common-law partners: 15%, a higher share than 78% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
52% of residents 15 and over are married, against 46% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Memramcook sits above 81% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (85%)
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: 30% predate 1961, 20% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Against that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
$81,000 a year: the median household income
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Memramcook’s, at $81,000, is 6% lower. For New Brunswick’s towns, the median household income is $73,300. In 2020, 21% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 84% of Canadian towns, at 7.8%
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
The share of residents without Canadian citizenship trails 62% of Canadian towns: 3.5%. Measured more widely, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Across Memramcook, 3.6% of residents are immigrants.
4.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 65% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of visible minority residents (2.1%), Memramcook is below 84% of Canadian towns. On average, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
Only 20% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Memramcook
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
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.
Employment here, 59%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
In its size band (5,533 to 5,729), the 14th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The group spans Montcalm, youngest at 27.8, to Osoyoos, oldest at 63.2. Nearest to Memramcook in age: Lanoraie (44.8), Carp (45.4), Oakridge (46.2) and Dunrobin (46.4).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Memramcook
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memramcook | 5,616 | — | 45.6 | 21% | 3.6% |
| Dorchester | 1,130 | 9.4 km | 44.4 | 16% | 4.7% |
| Hillsborough | 1,569 | 10.5 km | 48.8 | 21% | 2.5% |
| Hillsborough | 1,414 | 10.5 km | 47.2 | 26% | 2.3% |
| Dieppe | 35,986 | 15.7 km | 40.8 | 17% | 9.7% |
| Sackville | 6,572 | 17.8 km | 46 | 25% | 7.4% |
| Coverdale | 5,167 | 18.6 km | 44.8 | 18% | 2.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Memramcook’s residents
How diverse is Memramcook?
Immigrants make up 3.6% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 2.1% are members of a visible minority, and 4.3% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Memramcook?
Christian: 82%. No religion: 16%. Another religion: 1.4%.
Is Memramcook good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 63% of households are couple families and 5.5% one-parent families. Schools near Memramcook are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Memramcook?
$81,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Memramcook (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Memramcook?
Statistics Canada estimates 5,616 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 5,029 in Memramcook, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Memramcook?
45.6 is the median age, older than 71% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 21%.
Is Memramcook bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 79% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 16% speak only English and 5.3% only French; 74% grew up with French.
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).