Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainMoncton ranks below 96% of Canadian towns on renter households: 6.8%
27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, against 18% in Moncton. This New Brunswick town had about 12,238 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 4,190 households at the 2021 Census. For Moncton, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.7%. Lower than in 92% of Canadian towns: 1.3% of residents belong to a visible minority.
Moncton: 45% of residents speak English and French, above 88% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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 share of residents whose mother tongue is French tops 80% of Canadian towns: 31%. Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French.
Moncton grew +9% from 2016 to 2021, faster than 77% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 14% higher again. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across New Brunswick’s towns, by more than +3%.
Older than 66% of Canadian towns: half of Moncton is over 44.8
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: 8.5% of residents. The highest share aged 65 or over among New Brunswick’s towns is Dalhousie’s: 37%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of children under 15 is 16%; Moncton has 17%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Moncton, 44.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Moncton households average 2.5 people, larger than in 58% 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 share of one-parent families trails four fifths of Canadian towns: 6.3%.
Above 76% of Canadian towns: 15% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
21% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Higher than in 72% of Canadian towns: 53% of residents 15 and over are married. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 78% of Canadian towns: 84%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. For households in single-detached houses, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 64%. Newer homes outnumber old: 28% date from 2001 or later, 11% from before 1961.
$91,000 a year: the median household income
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Moncton: half had more than $91,000, 6% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across New Brunswick’s towns is $73,300. COVID-19 benefits went to 23% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
8.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 78% 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
The share of immigrants trails 85% of Canadian towns: 4%. Few places have so few residents without Canadian citizenship: 1.8% here, fewer than in 78% of Canadian towns. For comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (48%), then in the Americas (37%).
A lower share of residents with no religion than 58% of Canadian towns, at 33%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here, 2.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity. To put it in context, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 63% of Canadian towns: 22%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 8.4% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
63% of adults were employed in May 2021
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 runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 63%.
In its size band (11,966 to 12,499), the 19th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Blackfalds (31.8) and the oldest Elliot Lake (60.4). The towns whose median age is nearest to Moncton’s: Nelson (42.4), Forest Hill North (43.2), Saint-Rodrigue (46.1) and Orleans Village - Chateauneuf (46.6).
Moncton is younger than 1 of its 3 nearest neighbours
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
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across New Brunswick’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
Questions about Moncton’s residents
What is the average age in Moncton?
Half the residents are older than 44.8 and half younger, older than 66% of Canadian towns; 17% are children under 15 and 18% are 65 or over.
Is Moncton bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 45% are. Another 2.9% speak only French and 52% only English, and French is the first language of 31%.
How diverse is Moncton?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 4%. A visible minority makes up 1.3% and Indigenous residents 2.4%.
What religion are people in Moncton?
Most often Christian (67%) or no religion (33%); other religions make up 0.5%.
Is Moncton good for families?
Children under 15 are 17% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 65% of households and one-parent families 6.3%. Schools near Moncton are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Moncton?
Median total household income in Moncton was $91,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Moncton?
The latest figure is an estimate: 12,238 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Moncton counted 10,704, 9% more than 2016.
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).