Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of Canadian towns, at 2.6%
Here 11% of residents are under 15, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 16%. At the same time, the median age in Saint-Joseph is 48.8, higher than in 82% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,641 residents; the 2021 Census found 675 households. Locally, just over one in ten residents said they have no religion.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Joseph
A French-speaking community
96% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 50% speak both official languages and 97% speak French most often at home. English & French ↓
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 50% of residents speak English and French, more than in 90% of Canadian towns. Another 50% speak only French and 1% only English. English & French ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint-Joseph: 96% of residents have French as their mother tongue, above 95% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
The share of bilingual residents is 50%, against 7.5% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns.
Slower growth than 72% of Canadian towns: Saint-Joseph changed by +1% since 2016
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 Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across New Brunswick’s towns, +3%.
Saint-Joseph sits above 68% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (22%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 10% in Saint-Joseph and 11% across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 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 107 men for every 100 women.
Saint-Joseph households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 64% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Compared with 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 5.9% of households are one-parent families here. Locally, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone.
Saint-Joseph: 21% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 85% 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: 23% of adults, against a typical 27%. Typically, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of households in single-detached houses than 93% of Canadian towns, at 93%
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
The share of renter households is 10%, against 25% across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 16% date from 2001 or later, 14% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%.
Half of households earn more than $73,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Saint-Joseph had $73,000 before tax, 15% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across New Brunswick’s towns is $73,300. In 2020, 26% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
1.3% 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
The share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 1%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Fewer immigrants than in 97% of Canadian towns: 1.3%.
88% said they are Christian and 12% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 2.8% across Canada’s towns, the share of Indigenous residents in Saint-Joseph comes in at 1.3%. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 13% in Saint-Joseph, less than in 89% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
57% 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.
The employment rate of 57% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Every nearby town is older than Saint-Joseph
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Joseph | 1,641 | — | 48.8 | 22% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Jacques | 1,763 | 4.3 km | 52.4 | 24% | 2.7% |
| Edmundston | 18,174 | 8.2 km | 54 | 31% | 3.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Saint-Joseph’s residents
Is Saint-Joseph good for families?
11% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 62% of households and one-parent families 5.9%. Schools near Saint-Joseph are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Joseph?
Half of Saint-Joseph’s households had more than $73,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Saint-Joseph?
About 1,641, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,549 people in Saint-Joseph, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Joseph?
The median age is 48.8. 11% are under 15 and 22% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Joseph bilingual?
50% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 50% speak French only and 1% English only. French is the mother tongue of 96%.
How diverse is Saint-Joseph?
Immigrants: 1.3% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 1.3%.
What religion are people in Saint-Joseph?
12% said they have no religion and 88% that they are Christian; 0% 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).