Photo: Cernavoda · CC BY-SA 2.0Saint Andrews is older than 97% of Canadian towns: a median age of 57.2
Children under 15 make up 11%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 14% of the total. Saint Andrews has more residents with no religion than 73% of Canadian towns, at 42%. With about 2,167 residents in July 2025, Saint Andrews counted 920 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Saint Andrews
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Saint Andrews is 57.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 34% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Saint Andrews went from 1,786 people in 2016 to 2,048 in 2021, +15%: faster growth than in 92% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint Andrews grew +15% from 2016 to 2021, ahead of 92% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 6%. Across New Brunswick’s towns the median is +3%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 97% of Canadian towns: 34%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24; in Saint Andrews, 7.8%. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
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.
Couple families are 54% of households (Canada’s towns 53%) and one-parent families 6% (8.2%). Across Saint Andrews, just over a third of households are one person living alone.
Married residents 15 and over: 49%, a higher share than 58% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 21% of adults, against a typical 27%. Few places have as many common-law partners: 12% here, more than in 60% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Households in single-detached houses make up 79% in Saint Andrews, more than in 72% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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. Typically, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 42% predate 1961, 19% date from 2001 or later. 27% of households rent their home, against 25% across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $74,500 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
Saint Andrews’s median household took in $74,500 before tax, 13% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across New Brunswick’s towns has $73,300 before tax. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 21% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
13% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Most recent wave: 8.3% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). The share of residents without Canadian citizenship stands at 6.6%.
55% said they are Christian and 42% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 6.1% in Saint Andrews. Locally, 2.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Saint Andrews: 15% of residents speak English and French, above 70% of Canadian towns
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 97%, French 1%. Higher than in 68% of Canadian towns: 3% of residents have French as their mother tongue. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Above 72% of Canadian towns: 40% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 2.7% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
53% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 53%; 34% of residents are 65 or over.
Every nearby town is younger than Saint Andrews
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Andrews | 2,167 | — | 57.2 | 34% | 13% |
| Saint George | 2,675 | 15.9 km | 46.8 | 21% | 6.4% |
| St. George | 1,757 | 19.1 km | 47.2 | 24% | 12% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for New Brunswick’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town 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.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Saint Andrews’s residents
How diverse is Saint Andrews?
Immigrants make up 13% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 6.1% are members of a visible minority, and 2.1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Saint Andrews?
Christian: 55%. No religion: 42%. Another religion: 2.6%.
Is Saint Andrews good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 11%. 54% of households are couple families and 6% one-parent families. Schools near Saint Andrews are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint Andrews?
$74,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Saint Andrews (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Saint Andrews?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,167 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,048 in Saint Andrews, 15% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint Andrews?
57.2 is the median age. Under 15: 11%. 65 and over: 34%.
Is Saint Andrews bilingual?
15% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 84% English only. French is the mother tongue of 3%.
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).