Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY 3.05.1% of households rent their home, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 19%; Sackville has 22%. With a median age of 46.4, Sackville is older than nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. This New Brunswick town had about 1,286 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 495 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 50% of residents said they have no religion.
Slower growth than 65% of Canadian towns: Sackville changed by +2% since 2016
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 7% higher again. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across New Brunswick’s towns, +3%.
Sackville ranks below 84% of Canadian towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.7%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 10% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Typically, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
Sackville sits below 64% of Canadian towns for one-person households (23%)
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Compared with 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 7% of households are one-parent families here. On average, 2.4 people share a household. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of households are one person living alone.
Sackville: 53% of residents 15 and over are married, above 73% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, 13% of residents 15 and over live common-law here. 20% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%).
Sackville sits above 98% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (96%)
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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 24% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 21% built before 1961.
$72,500 a year is the median household income here
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $72,500, the middle household in Sackville earned 16% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $73,300, the median across New Brunswick’s towns. In 2020, 24% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Sackville ranks above 61% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 12%
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
Here 1.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 5.8%. In Sackville, 5% of residents are immigrants. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
50% said they have no religion, more than say they are Christian
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity; in Sackville, 0.8%. Here, 2.1% of residents belong to a visible minority.
Sackville: 17% of residents speak English and French, above 72% of Canadian towns
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 97%, French 2.1%. Few places have as many residents whose mother tongue is French: 4.6% here, more than in 71% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for bilingual residents across Canada’s towns: 7.5%.
In Sackville, 17% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 11%, beside a typical 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 57% of residents 15 and over had a job
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 57%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
1 in 4 nearby towns have a higher median age than Sackville
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sackville | 1,286 | — | 46.4 | 22% | 5% |
| Sackville | 6,572 | 8.1 km | 46 | 25% | 7.4% |
| Dorchester | 1,130 | 9.8 km | 44.4 | 16% | 4.7% |
| Amherst | 10,072 | 17.8 km | 48.8 | 26% | 3.1% |
| Memramcook | 5,616 | 19.1 km | 45.6 | 21% | 3.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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.
Questions about Sackville’s residents
Is Sackville good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 61% of households and one-parent families 7%. Schools near Sackville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Sackville?
Half of Sackville’s households had more than $72,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Sackville?
About 1,286, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,204 people in Sackville, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Sackville?
The median age is 46.4. 16% are under 15 and 22% 65 or older.
Is Sackville bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 17% are. Another 0% speak only French and 83% only English, and French is the first language of 4.6%.
How diverse is Sackville?
Immigrants: 5% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.1%. Indigenous identity: 0.8%.
What religion are people in Sackville?
50% said they have no religion and 47% that they are Christian; 2.5% 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).