Photo: Not specified · Public domainA median age of 53.6: Richibucto is older than 92% of Canadian towns
The figure for residents with no religion is 13% in Richibucto and 35% across Canada’s towns. Renter households: 9% of the total. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 95% of Canadian towns: 7.4%. With about 2,457 residents in July 2025, Richibucto counted 945 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Richibucto
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 12% of residents, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, and 8.9% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 63% of residents speak English and French, more than in 96% of Canadian towns. Another 5.3% speak only French and 32% only English. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Line Richibucto’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 53.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Richibucto went from 1,872 people in 2016 to 2,085 in 2021, +11%: faster growth than in 85% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
63% of residents speak English and French, more than in 96% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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
An Indigenous language is the mother tongue of 2.2%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are more common here than in 82% of Canadian towns. Bilingual residents make up 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
Richibucto grew +11% from 2016 to 2021, ahead of 85% of Canadian towns
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across New Brunswick’s towns +3%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 18%.
12% of residents are under 15, fewer than in 87% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 26%, against 19% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
Richibucto households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% 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: 6.3% here and 8.2% across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 28% of households are one person living alone.
Married residents 15 and over: 51%, a higher share than 65% 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
Singles who have never married make up 21% of adults, beside a typical 27%. 13% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
Richibucto ranks above 97% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 95%
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. Across Canada’s towns, households in single-detached houses come to 64%. Newer homes outnumber old: 20% date from 2001 or later, 19% from before 1961.
Median household income here: $66,500 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Richibucto had $66,500 before tax, 23% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across New Brunswick’s towns, half of households had more than $73,300 before tax. The pandemic’s benefits: 20% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 8.5% in Richibucto, less than in 77% of Canadian towns
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
In Richibucto, 2.9% of residents are not Canadian citizens, beside 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Across Richibucto, 5.5% of residents are immigrants. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of Indigenous residents than 90% of Canadian towns: 12%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 4.8% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. For Indigenous residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 2.8%.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 87% of Canadian towns, at 13%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
In work on census day: 50% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 50% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 26% of residents are 65 or over.
3 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Richibucto
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richibucto | 2,457 | — | 53.6 | 26% | 5.5% |
| Rexton | 1,059 | 7.4 km | 56 | 32% | 6.7% |
| Richibucto | 1,745 | 9.6 km | 53.2 | 34% | 4.5% |
| Wellington | 3,458 | 14.7 km | 54.4 | 30% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Charles | 2,189 | 15.4 km | 53.2 | 28% | 1.2% |
| Richibucto 15 | 2,126 | 16.1 km | 30.8 | 9% | 0% |
| Bouctouche | 2,678 | 17.7 km | 54.4 | 31% | 5.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Richibucto’s residents
Is Richibucto good for families?
Children under 15 are 12% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 56% of households and one-parent families 6.3%. Schools near Richibucto are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Richibucto?
Median total household income in Richibucto was $66,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Richibucto?
The latest figure is an estimate: 2,457 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Richibucto counted 2,085, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Richibucto?
Half the residents are older than 53.6 and half younger; 12% are children under 15 and 26% are 65 or over.
Is Richibucto bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 63% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 32% speak only English and 5.3% only French; 55% grew up with French.
How diverse is Richibucto?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 5.5%. A visible minority makes up 4.8% and Indigenous residents 12%.
What religion are people in Richibucto?
Most often Christian (87%) or no religion (13%); other religions make up 0.5%.
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).