Photo: James Mann from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada · CC BY 2.0Riverview is older than 69% of Canadian towns: a median age of 45.2
Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over; in Riverview, 22%. 6% of residents are immigrants, a lower share than in 78% of Canadian towns. There are 5% more residents than in 2016. Visible minority residents: 6.5% of the total.
A +5% change since 2016: faster than 54% 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
The July 2025 estimate adds another 10%. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +3% across New Brunswick’s towns.
Below 59% of Canadian towns: 15% of residents are under 15
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 7.4% of residents. For comparison, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Riverview, 45.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women.
Riverview 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.
Census figures put one-parent families at 8.8% in Riverview. Just over a quarter of households are one person living alone (Canada’s towns: 27%).
More common-law partners than 64% of Canadian towns: 12%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 46% across Canada’s towns, 48% of residents 15 and over are married in Riverview. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Fewer renter households than 53% of Canadian towns: 24%
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 29% date from 2001 or later, 12% from before 1961. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%. Single-detached houses hold 64% of households, less than in 51% of Canadian towns, and buildings of five or more storeys 0.8%.
A median household income of $79,500 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Riverview had $79,500 before tax, 8% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across New Brunswick’s towns is $73,300. Pandemic benefits reached 24% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
6% of residents are immigrants
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
44% of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 1.3% of residents. Most immigrants were born in Asia (43%) or in Europe (31%).
37% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Riverview has fewer Indigenous residents than 63% of Canadian towns, at 1.9%. By way of comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
29% of residents speak English and French, a share 80% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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 93%, French 3.3%. Nearly one in ten residents have French as their mother tongue, a higher share than in 75% of Canadian towns. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 52% of Canadian towns: 26%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 4.4% here, 9.5% in the typical town. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
59% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 59%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
6th highest median age among 41 towns of 22,012 to 23,207
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver, at 31.4; the oldest, Cobourg, is at 54.8. The towns whose median age is nearest to Riverview’s: Birchcliffe-Cliffside (44.9), Cranbrook (45.2), Red Deer County (46) and Joliette (46.8).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Riverview are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview | 22,614 | — | 45.2 | 22% | 6% |
| Moncton | 102,378 | 5.9 km | 40.8 | 19% | 11% |
| Coverdale | 5,167 | 7.0 km | 44.8 | 18% | 2.6% |
| Dieppe | 35,986 | 7.3 km | 40.8 | 17% | 9.7% |
| Moncton | 12,238 | 13.9 km | 44.8 | 18% | 4% |
| Hillsborough | 1,569 | 15.2 km | 48.8 | 21% | 2.5% |
| Hillsborough | 1,414 | 17.9 km | 47.2 | 26% | 2.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Riverview’s residents
Is Riverview bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 29% are. Another 0.3% speak only French and 70% only English, and French is the first language of 8.5%.
How diverse is Riverview?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 6%. A visible minority makes up 6.5% and Indigenous residents 1.9%.
What religion are people in Riverview?
Most often Christian (60%) or no religion (37%); other religions make up 2.7%.
Is Riverview good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 56% of households and one-parent families 8.8%. Schools near Riverview are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Riverview?
Median total household income in Riverview was $79,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Riverview?
The latest figure is an estimate: 22,614 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Riverview counted 20,584, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Riverview?
Half the residents are older than 45.2 and half younger, older than 69% of Canadian towns; 15% are children under 15 and 22% are 65 or over.
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).