Photo: Timepages · CC0Older than 93% of Canadian towns: half of Minto is over 54
8.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 11% across Canada’s towns. With about 2,349 residents in July 2025, Minto counted 1,040 households at the 2021 Census. Across Minto, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Higher than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns: 80% of households live in a single-detached house.
What stands out about the people of Minto
Older than most towns
Minto’s median age is 54; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 31% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Fewer people than before
Minto went from 2,305 people in 2016 to 2,234 in 2021, −3%: slower growth than in 92% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Slower than most: −3% since 2016, behind 92% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 5%. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +3% across New Brunswick’s towns.
Minto ranks above 95% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 31%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 60–64: 9.6% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. In Minto, just over one in ten residents are under 15.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Minto sits above 92% of Canadian towns for one-parent families (13%)
Household types, then household sizes.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 2.1 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Against that, 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
9.2% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 63% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 46% across Canada’s towns, 44% of residents 15 and over are married in Minto. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
23% of households rent their home, fewer than in 56% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
Just over one in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%. Older homes outnumber new: 42% predate 1961, 5.2% date from 2001 or later.
Household income, middle of the range: $49,600 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. 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; Minto’s, at $49,600, is 42% lower. The middle household across New Brunswick’s towns has $73,300 before tax. The pandemic’s benefits: 24% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 72% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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 (47%) or in Europe (40%). Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 86% of Canadian towns: 3.7% of residents are immigrants. On top of that, across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8%; Minto has 1.2%.
In Minto, 39% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 63% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 0.9% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. The share of Indigenous residents stands at 2.3%. To put it in context, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose mother tongue is French than 72% of Canadian towns, at 5.6%
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
By its share of bilingual residents (11%), Minto is above 63% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns. At home: English 99%, French 0.2%.
Minto sits below 97% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (9%)
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 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.
In work on census day: 42% of adults
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
42% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 31% are 65 or more.
The towns around Minto are all older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
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. 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.
Questions about Minto’s residents
Is Minto good for families?
Children under 15 are 12% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 44% of households and one-parent families 13%. Schools near Minto are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Minto?
Median total household income in Minto was $49,600 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Minto?
The latest figure is an estimate: 2,349 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Minto counted 2,234, 3% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Minto?
Half the residents are older than 54 and half younger; 12% are children under 15 and 31% are 65 or over.
Is Minto bilingual?
English and French: 11% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 89%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 5.6%.
How diverse is Minto?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 3.7%. A visible minority makes up 0.9% and Indigenous residents 2.3%.
What religion are people in Minto?
Most often Christian (59%) or no religion (39%); other religions make up 2.1%.
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).