Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0A median age of 56: Rexton is older than 96% of Canadian towns
The share of children under 15 is 9.7%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census found 395 households in Rexton; by July 2025 the population was about 1,059. Indigenous residents account for 8.3%. At 33%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 72% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Rexton
Older than most towns
Rexton’s median age is 56; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 32% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
A bilingual town
46% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 88% of Canadian towns; 0% speak French only and 53% English only. English & French ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
46% of residents speak English and French, a share 88% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
At home: English 78%, French 17%. 29% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 79% of Canadian towns. For bilingual residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 7.5%.
Faster growth than 58% of Canadian towns: Rexton changed by +5% since 2016
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, the typical town changed +4%; across New Brunswick’s towns, +3%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 21% higher again.
32% of residents are 65 or over, a share 95% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Rexton comes in at 9.1%. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 83% of Canadian towns: 2.1 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.
For Rexton, the census puts one-parent families at 7.6%.
Fewer common-law partners than 60% of Canadian towns: 9.5%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 23% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Married residents 15 and over: 48% of the total. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
In Rexton, 75% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 65% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. In Rexton, 21% of households rent their home. To put it in context, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Median household income here: $63,600 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Rexton’s, at $63,600, is 26% lower. $73,300 is the median household income across New Brunswick’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 25% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Only 9.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Rexton
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
Recent arrivals are 58% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Here, 6.7% of residents are immigrants. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns: 11%.
15% of residents said they have no religion, below 94% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
With visible minority residents at 5.6%, Rexton is behind two thirds of Canadian towns on that count. The usual figure: just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 80% of Canadian towns: 16%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 10% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
51% of adults were employed in May 2021
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
51% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 32% are 65 or more.
Around Rexton, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rexton | 1,059 | — | 56 | 32% | 6.7% |
| Richibucto | 1,745 | 4.4 km | 53.2 | 34% | 4.5% |
| Richibucto | 2,457 | 7.4 km | 53.6 | 26% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Charles | 2,189 | 8.3 km | 53.2 | 28% | 1.2% |
| Richibucto 15 | 2,126 | 10.9 km | 30.8 | 9% | 0% |
| Saint-Louis de Kent | 1,026 | 11.9 km | 57.6 | 39% | 2% |
| Saint-Louis | 1,830 | 14.4 km | 54.8 | 30% | 2.3% |
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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across New Brunswick’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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 Rexton’s residents
Is Rexton good for families?
9.7% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 51% of households and one-parent families 7.6%. Schools near Rexton are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rexton?
Half of Rexton’s households had more than $63,600 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Rexton?
About 1,059, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 874 people in Rexton, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Rexton?
The median age is 56. 9.7% are under 15 and 32% 65 or older.
Is Rexton bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 46% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 53% speak only English and 0% only French; 29% grew up with French.
How diverse is Rexton?
Immigrants: 6.7% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 5.6%. Indigenous identity: 8.3%.
What religion are people in Rexton?
15% said they have no religion and 85% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
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).