Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainNorthampton ranks below 98% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 5.4%
Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%; Northampton has 88%. On the census count, just over a fifth of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, children under 15 are common here: 18%, more than in 67% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 1,981 for July 2025.
Faster growth than 76% of Canadian towns: Northampton changed by +9% since 2016
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across New Brunswick’s towns, +3%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 6%.
A median age of 43.6: Northampton is older than 59% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
55–59 is the most common age band: 8.8% of residents. The highest share aged 65 or over among New Brunswick’s towns is Dalhousie’s: 37%. At the same time, across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; in Northampton, 12%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
2.6 people per household, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%; Northampton has 6.9%.
Married residents 15 and over: 56%, a higher share than 82% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 22% of adults (typical: 27%). As a reference point, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 10%.
25% of households rent their home, fewer than in 51% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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 74% of Canadian towns. 16% of homes were built before 1961 and 13% in 2001 or later.
Household income at the median: $79,000 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; Northampton’s, at $79,000, is 8% lower. Household incomes across New Brunswick’s towns have a median of $73,300. The pandemic’s benefits: 22% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
10% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Northampton has 10%. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (45%), then in Europe (26%).
Residents with no religion: 36%, a higher share than 54% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 5.9% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. For Northampton, the census puts Indigenous residents at 1.6%. Measured more widely, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Bilingual residents make up 11% in Northampton, more than in 62% of Canadian towns
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 96%, French 0.3%. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 1.3%.
Northampton ranks below 68% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 20%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 5.7% here, 9.5% in the typical town. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 59% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. 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.
A younger town than 4 of the 5 around it: Northampton
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northampton | 1,981 | — | 43.6 | 17% | 10% |
| Woodstock | 6,260 | 7.8 km | 45.6 | 25% | 7.8% |
| Woodstock | 2,371 | 8.0 km | 44 | 19% | 6.4% |
| Wakefield | 2,749 | 17.6 km | 46 | 22% | 4.1% |
| Southampton | 1,616 | 17.9 km | 50.4 | 25% | 2% |
| Richmond | 1,516 | 19.2 km | 43.2 | 19% | 5.2% |
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. 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. “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.
Questions about Northampton’s residents
How diverse is Northampton?
Immigrants: 10% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 5.9%. Indigenous identity: 1.6%.
What religion are people in Northampton?
36% said they have no religion and 64% that they are Christian; 0.3% named another faith.
Is Northampton good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 65% of households and one-parent families 6.9%. Schools near Northampton are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Northampton?
Half of Northampton’s households had more than $79,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Northampton?
About 1,981, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,875 people in Northampton, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Northampton?
The median age is 43.6. 18% are under 15 and 17% 65 or older.
Is Northampton bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 11% are. Another 0% speak only French and 89% only English, and French is the first language of 1.3%.
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).