Photo: Mykola Swarnyk · CC BY-SA 4.0Older than 96% of Canadian towns: half of Plaster Rock is over 56
Across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents are under 15; in Plaster Rock, 12%. With about 1,062 residents in July 2025, Plaster Rock counted 475 households at the 2021 Census. For Plaster Rock, the census puts immigrants at 1.1%. One-parent families are more common here than in 88% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Plaster Rock
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Plaster Rock is 56; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 32% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Fewer people than before
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Plaster Rock went from 1,023 to 1,002 residents (−2%), slower growth than in 89% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
−2% since 2016, a pace below 89% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 6%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across New Brunswick’s towns, by more than +3%.
Above 96% of Canadian towns: 32% of residents are 65 or over
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 11% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Smaller households than 90% of Canadian towns: 2 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%; Plaster Rock has 35%.
Plaster Rock sits below 72% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (8%)
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of married residents 15 and over is 48%, against 46% across Canada’s towns. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
77% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 68% of Canadian towns
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
Older homes outnumber new: 44% predate 1961, 8.4% date from 2001 or later. The benchmark for households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns: 64%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Here 31% of households rent their home, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 25%.
Households here have a median income of $50,400 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Plaster Rock’s households had a total income below $50,400, 41% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across New Brunswick’s towns is $73,300. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 23% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
More residents who moved in within the year than 75% of Canadian towns: 14%
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Plaster Rock ranks below 57% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 33%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. For Plaster Rock, the census puts Indigenous residents at 2.6%. Residents with no religion: 35% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
A higher share of residents whose mother tongue is French than 70% of Canadian towns, at 4.1%
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
Here 9.2% of residents speak English and French, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 7.5%. Set beside that, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 12% in Plaster Rock, less than in 91% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 6% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
38% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 38%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 32% are 65 or over.
Every neighbour of Plaster Rock has a younger population
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Plaster Rock’s residents
How diverse is Plaster Rock?
1.1% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0% belong to a visible minority and 2.6% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Plaster Rock?
67% are Christian and 33% have no religion; 0% follow another religion.
Is Plaster Rock good for families?
Under 15: 12% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 48% of households. One-parent families: 12%. Schools near Plaster Rock are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Plaster Rock?
The median household in Plaster Rock took in $50,400 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Plaster Rock?
Plaster Rock had about 1,062 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,002, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Plaster Rock?
A median age of 56. Children under 15 make up 12%, and people 65 and over 32%.
Is Plaster Rock bilingual?
9.2% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 91% English only. French is the mother tongue of 4.1%.
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).