Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY 3.0Petitcodiac ranks above 83% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 26%
With children under 15 at 19%, Petitcodiac is ahead of 80% of Canadian towns on that count. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 1,610 for July 2025. Immigrants account for 1.4%. Lower than in 95% of Canadian towns: 1% of residents belong to a visible minority.
Since 2016, Petitcodiac has grown +7%, faster than 66% of Canadian towns
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
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 9% 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 71% of Canadian towns: half of Petitcodiac is over 45.6
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Where 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, Petitcodiac has 9.2%. The largest age band is 65–69: 7.5% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Petitcodiac households average 2.4 people, smaller than in 53% 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-parent families are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 9%. In Petitcodiac, 28% of households are one person living alone.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 62% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
21% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Petitcodiac, the census puts common-law partners at 10%.
Petitcodiac: 79% of households live in a single-detached house, above 72% of Canadian towns
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 37% of homes were built before 1961 and 9.8% in 2001 or later. Across Canada’s towns, a quarter of households rent their home; in Petitcodiac, 24%.
The midpoint household income is $66,500 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
At $66,500, the middle household in Petitcodiac earned 23% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $73,300, the median across New Brunswick’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 22% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
1.4% of residents are immigrants
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. For Petitcodiac, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 11%.
Residents with no religion: 39%, a higher share than 63% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents make up 4.4%, against 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Against that, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Above 69% of Canadian towns: 14% of residents speak English and French
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
Petitcodiac sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 2.4%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. For bilingual residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 7.5%. At home: English 98%, French 0.7%.
In Petitcodiac, 16% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 79% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 6.9%, against 9.5%. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 50%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. 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: 50%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Among its 4 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Petitcodiac
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
- 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. Provincial and national yardsticks: New Brunswick’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
Questions about Petitcodiac’s residents
Is Petitcodiac good for families?
Children under 15 are 19% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 53% of households and one-parent families 9%. Schools near Petitcodiac are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Petitcodiac?
Median total household income in Petitcodiac was $66,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Petitcodiac?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,610 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Petitcodiac counted 1,476, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Petitcodiac?
Half the residents are older than 45.6 and half younger; 19% are children under 15 and 26% are 65 or over.
Is Petitcodiac bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 14% are. Another 0% speak only French and 86% only English, and French is the first language of 2.4%.
How diverse is Petitcodiac?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 1.4%. A visible minority makes up 1% and Indigenous residents 4.4%.
What religion are people in Petitcodiac?
Most often Christian (60%) or no religion (39%); other religions make up 0.7%.
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).