Photo: Dr Wilson · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 90% of Canadian towns: half of Saint-Isidore is over 52
Of the immigrants living here, 50% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. The 2021 Census found 610 households in Saint-Isidore; by July 2025 the population was about 1,372. The share of residents with no religion stands at 7.6%. Lower than in 95% of Canadian towns: 9.9% of residents are under 15.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Isidore
A French-speaking community
French is the mother tongue of 97% of residents, more than in 96% of Canadian towns. 35% can speak English and French, and 97% use French most at home. English & French ↓
Fewer people than before
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Saint-Isidore went from 1,361 to 1,312 residents (−4%), slower growth than in 94% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Older than most towns
Line Saint-Isidore’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 52; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 24% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 97% in Saint-Isidore, more than in 96% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Saint-Isidore comes in at 35%. As a reference point, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns.
−4% since 2016, a pace below 94% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 5% higher again.
More residents aged 65 and over than 76% of Canadian towns: 24%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
For Saint-Isidore, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%. As a reference point, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women.
A larger share of one-parent families than 92% of Canadian towns: 12%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Set against 27% across Canada’s towns, 31% of households are one person living alone in Saint-Isidore. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%.
In Saint-Isidore, 23% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Against a figure of 46% across Canada’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over in Saint-Isidore comes in at 29%. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Saint-Isidore: 89% of households live in a single-detached house, above 86% 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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households is 25%; Saint-Isidore has 19%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Just over a fifth of homes were built before 1961 and 15% in 2001 or later.
The middle household earns $52,800 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Saint-Isidore’s, at $52,800, is 39% lower. The provincial yardstick is $73,300, the median across New Brunswick’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 29% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
4.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
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
The share of immigrants trails 96% of Canadian towns: 1.5%. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
92% said they are Christian and 7.6% that they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
1.5% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). Compared with other places, Indigenous residents are scarce here: 1.9%, fewer than in 63% of Canadian towns.
Saint-Isidore ranks below 98% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 8.1%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 38%, against 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
A job for 45% of residents aged 15 and over
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.
The employment rate of 45% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 24% of residents are 65 or over.
Saint-Isidore is younger than 1 of its 2 nearest neighbours
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Isidore | 1,372 | — | 52 | 24% | 1.5% |
| Tracadie | 16,453 | 10.3 km | 52 | 26% | 0.9% |
| Paquetville | 2,225 | 17.3 km | 54.8 | 27% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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.
- Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over New Brunswick’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Saint-Isidore’s residents
What is the average age in Saint-Isidore?
Half the residents are older than 52 and half younger; 9.9% are children under 15 and 24% are 65 or over.
Is Saint-Isidore bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 35% are. Another 64% speak only French and 1.1% only English, and French is the first language of 97%.
How diverse is Saint-Isidore?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 1.5%. A visible minority makes up 1.5% and Indigenous residents 1.9%.
What religion are people in Saint-Isidore?
Most often Christian (92%) or no religion (7.6%); other religions make up 0%.
Is Saint-Isidore good for families?
Children under 15 are 9.9% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 47% of households and one-parent families 12%. Schools near Saint-Isidore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Isidore?
Median total household income in Saint-Isidore was $52,800 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-Isidore?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,372 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Saint-Isidore counted 1,312, 4% fewer than 2016.
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).