Photo: Jay Woodworth from Brooklyn, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0Half of Saint Martins is over 51.2, older than 88% of Canadian towns
In Saint Martins, 92% of households live in a single-detached house, beside 64% across Canada’s towns. At 6%, the share of Indigenous residents is higher than in 75% of Canadian towns. This New Brunswick town is home to some 1,280 people (July 2025 estimate), in 535 households at the 2021 Census. Here, just over one in ten residents are under 15.
What stands out about the people of Saint Martins
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Saint Martins is 51.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 25% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
+4% since 2016, a pace below 51% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 9%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 25% in Saint Martins, more than in 79% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, against 8.9% in Saint Martins. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 74% of Canadian towns: 2.2 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.
One-parent families: 7.5% of the total. Nothing unusual on one-person households: 27%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Saint Martins ranks above 71% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 53%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly a fifth of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Measured more widely, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Saint Martins, the census puts common-law partners at 13%.
11% of households rent their home, fewer than in 87% 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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Typically, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Median household income: $65,500 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Saint Martins’s households had a total income below $65,500, 24% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For New Brunswick’s towns, the median household income is $73,300. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 26% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 3.2%, a lower share than 99% of Canadian towns
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
5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, against 0.8% in Saint Martins. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Europe (75%) or in the Americas (38%). Immigrants are rarer here than in 89% of Canadian towns.
Saint Martins ranks below 53% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 34%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
0.8% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). The wider picture: just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
98% have English as their mother tongue; 7.7% also speak French
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 residents whose mother tongue is French stands at 1.3%.
6.5% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
15% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
48% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 25% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 48% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Every neighbour of Saint Martins has a younger population
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: New Brunswick’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Saint Martins’s residents
Is Saint Martins good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 12%. 60% of households are couple families and 7.5% one-parent families. Schools near Saint Martins are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint Martins?
$65,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Saint Martins (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Saint Martins?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,280 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,177 in Saint Martins, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint Martins?
51.2 is the median age. Under 15: 12%. 65 and over: 25%.
Is Saint Martins bilingual?
English and French: 7.7% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 92%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.3%.
How diverse is Saint Martins?
Immigrants make up 3.2% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0.8% are members of a visible minority, and 6% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Saint Martins?
Christian: 66%. No religion: 34%. Another religion: 0%.
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).