Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.018% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 90% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Recent arrivals are just over two thirds of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Some 102,378 people live in Moncton, by the estimate for July 2025. Across Moncton, 44% of households rent their home. Few places have as many one-person households: 33% here, more than in 72% of Canadian towns.
Above 87% of Canadian towns: 44% of residents speak English and French
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. 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
6.3% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.6% speak neither official language. At 27%, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is higher than in 79% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for bilingual residents is 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
Moncton grew +11% from 2016 to 2021, ahead of 83% 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
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across New Brunswick’s towns, by more than +3%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 29%.
Half of Moncton is under 40.8, younger than 58% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
More residents are 20–24 than any other five-year age: 7.2% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. The census found that 15% of residents are under 15 in Moncton. The highest share aged 65 or over among New Brunswick’s towns is Dalhousie’s: 37%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Moncton, 40.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
Moncton households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 7.6% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 90% of Canadian towns. Locally, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
A higher share of common-law partners than 71% of Canadian towns, at 14%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Married residents 15 and over: 40% here and 46% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
42% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 76% 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 31% date from 2001 or later, 21% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are more common here than in 69% of Canadian towns. Against that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
The midpoint household income is $68,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Moncton: half had less than $68,000, 21% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for New Brunswick’s towns: $73,300. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 28% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 12% in Moncton, more than in 73% 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
11% of residents are immigrants, against 17% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (44%), then in Africa (23%).
Residents with no religion: 34%, a lower share than 52% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (3.2%). To put it in context, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Moncton sits close to the norm on Indigenous residents: 2.7%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Moncton: 31% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, above 58% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 8.4%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 59%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 59%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
14th lowest median age among 41 towns of 74,621 to 128,693
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
They run from Fort McMurray, at 34.4, to Lindsay, at 51.6. Closest in median age to Moncton are Brantford (40.8), Terrebonne (40.8), Maple Ridge (41.2) and Kamloops (41.6).
Of the 4 towns nearest Moncton, 3 are older
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. 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.
- 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. The middle of New Brunswick’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
Questions about Moncton’s residents
What is the average age in Moncton?
A median age of 40.8, younger than 58% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 15%, and people 65 and over 19%.
Is Moncton bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 44% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 53% speak only English and 2.6% only French; 27% grew up with French.
How diverse is Moncton?
11% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 15% belong to a visible minority and 2.7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Moncton?
59% are Christian and 34% have no religion; 6.6% follow another religion.
Is Moncton good for families?
Under 15: 15% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 46% of households. One-parent families: 8.5%. Schools near Moncton are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Moncton?
The median household in Moncton took in $68,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Moncton?
Moncton had about 102,378 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 79,470, 11% 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).