Photo: David Wilson · CC BY 2.0Half of Petit-Rocher is over 56, older than 96% of Canadian towns
Compared with 16% across Canada’s towns, 10% of residents are under 15 here. Petit-Rocher is home to some 2,019 people (July 2025 estimate), in 890 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put residents with no religion at 12% here. Few places have so few immigrants: 1.3% here, fewer than in 97% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Petit-Rocher
A French-speaking community
90% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 71% speak both official languages and 91% speak French most often at home. English & French ↓
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 71% of residents speak English and French, more than in 98% of Canadian towns. Another 26% speak only French and 2.9% only English. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Petit-Rocher is 56; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 33% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More bilingual residents than 98% of Canadian towns: 71%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 7.7%, French 91%. The comparison figure for bilingual residents is 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 90% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 89% of Canadian towns.
Since 2016, Petit-Rocher has changed by +3%, slower than 57% of Canadian towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of Canadian towns: 33%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, against 8.2% in Petit-Rocher. As a reference point, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Petit-Rocher households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 83% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-person households make up 30%, against 27% across Canada’s towns. In Petit-Rocher, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
18% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: nearly a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
More renter households than 69% of Canadian towns: 36%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
17% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 16% built before 1961. Renter households: 25% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house; in Petit-Rocher, 66%.
Median gross household income: $59,200 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Petit-Rocher: half had less than $59,200, 31% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $73,300 is the median household income across New Brunswick’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 23% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Residents who moved in within the year: 10%, a lower share than 59% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Of the immigrants living here, 40% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. As a yardstick, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Locally, 1.1% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
87% said they are Christian and 12% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns, against 1.4% in Petit-Rocher. This New Brunswick town has fewer visible minority residents than 89% of Canadian towns, at 1.6%.
Petit-Rocher sits below 68% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (20%)
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
14% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
An employment rate of 44%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 44%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 33% of residents are 65 or over.
No nearby town is as old as Petit-Rocher
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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- 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.
Questions about Petit-Rocher’s residents
What is the population of Petit-Rocher?
About 2,019, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,954 people in Petit-Rocher, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Petit-Rocher?
The median age is 56. 10% are under 15 and 33% 65 or older.
Is Petit-Rocher bilingual?
English and French: 71% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 2.9%. French only: 26%. French mother tongue: 90%.
How diverse is Petit-Rocher?
Immigrants: 1.3% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.6%. Indigenous identity: 1.4%.
What religion are people in Petit-Rocher?
12% said they have no religion and 87% that they are Christian; 0.5% named another faith.
Is Petit-Rocher good for families?
10% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 52% of households and one-parent families 8.4%. Schools near Petit-Rocher are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Petit-Rocher?
Half of Petit-Rocher’s households had more than $59,200 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).