Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA smaller share of renter households than 90% of Canadian towns: 9.6%
Half of Salisbury’s residents are over 46.8, older than in 76% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 3,806 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,355 households. Locally, 6.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are immigrants; locally, 2.7%.
Slower growth than 79% of Canadian towns: Salisbury changed by ±0% since 2016
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across New Brunswick’s towns, by more than +3%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 13%.
Salisbury sits above 65% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (21%)
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
55–59 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 10%, against 11% across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Salisbury, 46.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 70% of Canadian towns
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.
Households average 2.5 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of households are one person living alone. The share of one-parent families stands at 8.1%.
A larger share of common-law partners than 69% of Canadian towns: 13%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here nearly half of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 46%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Above 91% of Canadian towns: 92% of households live in a single-detached house
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 17% date from 2001 or later, 17% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
The midpoint household income is $71,500 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 median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Salisbury’s, at $71,500, is 17% lower. For New Brunswick’s towns, the median household income is $73,300. In 2020, 24% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
2.7% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
0.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens (Canada’s towns: 5.8%).
Residents with no religion make up 45% in Salisbury, more than in 79% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 2.8% across Canada’s towns, 1.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity in Salisbury. For residents with no religion, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 35%. Here, 1.1% of residents belong to a visible minority.
Above 71% of Canadian towns: 16% of residents speak English and French
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is 1.5%; Salisbury has 3%. The share of bilingual residents across Canada’s towns is 7.5%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 4.5% in Salisbury, less than in 99% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 14% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
55% of adults were employed in May 2021
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 55%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Oldest by rank: 14th of 41 towns of 3,731 to 3,885 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Georgian Bay is the oldest at 58.4, Clareview Town Centre the youngest at 32.1. Golf Course (46.5), Electoral Area C, Nanaimo (46.8), Westville (47.2) and Mulmur (50): the towns nearest Salisbury in median age.
Median age: 1 of the 3 towns around Salisbury are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury | 3,806 | — | 46.8 | 21% | 2.7% |
| Petitcodiac | 1,610 | 7.6 km | 45.6 | 26% | 1.4% |
| Salisbury | 2,585 | 9.3 km | 45.2 | 25% | 3.2% |
| Havelock | 1,105 | 15.3 km | 47.6 | 20% | 6.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of New Brunswick’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are 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.
Questions about Salisbury’s residents
Is Salisbury bilingual?
16% 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%.
How diverse is Salisbury?
Immigrants: 2.7% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.1%. Indigenous identity: 1.5%.
What religion are people in Salisbury?
45% said they have no religion and 54% that they are Christian; 0.4% named another faith.
Is Salisbury good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 59% of households and one-parent families 8.1%. Schools near Salisbury are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Salisbury?
Half of Salisbury’s households had more than $71,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Salisbury?
About 3,806, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 3,377 people in Salisbury, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Salisbury?
The median age is 46.8, older than 76% of Canadian towns. 16% are under 15 and 21% 65 or older.
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).