Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0A median age of 52.8: Shediac is older than 91% of Canadian towns
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.3% in Shediac and 11% across Canada’s towns. 20% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 86% of Canadian towns. The town is home to some 9,849 people (July 2025 estimate), in 3,295 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
What stands out about the people of Shediac
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 72% of residents speak English and French, more than in 99% of Canadian towns. Another 4.8% speak only French and 23% only English. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Shediac’s median age is 52.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 31% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Shediac went from 6,664 people in 2016 to 7,535 in 2021, +13%: faster growth than in 89% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
72% of residents speak English and French, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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%; Shediac has 64%. At home: English 33%, French 60%. Elsewhere, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
From 2016 to 2021, Shediac outgrew 89% of Canadian towns: +13%
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 31%. Across New Brunswick’s towns the median is +3%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 95% of Canadian towns: 31%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Just over one in ten residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%). To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Shediac, 52.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
Where 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, Shediac has 33%. Here, 7.4% of households are one-parent families.
Shediac sits below 59% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (44%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: nearly a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%. Across Shediac, 12% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
In Shediac, 41% of households rent their home, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
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
By its share of households in buildings of five or more storeys (4.7%), Shediac is above 72% of Canadian towns. On average, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Locally, 53% of households live in a single-detached house.
A median household income of $67,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $67,000, the middle household in Shediac earned 22% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among New Brunswick’s towns, the typical figure is $73,300. The pandemic’s benefits: 22% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
5.9% 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
Compared with 17% across Canada’s towns, 5.9% of residents are immigrants here. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (60%), then in the Americas (26%).
78% said they are Christian and 20% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of visible minority residents (8%), Shediac is below just over three fifths of Canadian towns. The share of Indigenous residents stands at 2%.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 61% of Canadian towns: 22%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 11% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 51% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 51%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 31% of residents are 65 or over.
Of 41 towns its size (9,670 to 10,029 people), the 3rd oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Between Stanley (25.6) and Blind Bay (58.8) lies the rest of the group. In age, Shediac keeps company with Roberval (52.4), Ladysmith (52.8), Wiarton (56.8) and Blind Bay (58.8).
Shediac is older than every town around it
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shediac | 9,849 | — | 52.8 | 31% | 5.9% |
| Shediac | 5,699 | 3.6 km | 51.2 | 27% | 3.1% |
| Dundas | 4,733 | 11.6 km | 51.6 | 26% | 4.9% |
| Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est | 8,138 | 14.7 km | 50.8 | 24% | 3.4% |
| Cocagne | 2,982 | 18.0 km | 51.6 | 26% | 4.2% |
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. 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. 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.
Questions about Shediac’s residents
What is the median income in Shediac?
$67,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Shediac (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Shediac?
Statistics Canada estimates 9,849 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 7,535 in Shediac, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Shediac?
52.8 is the median age, older than 91% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 11%. 65 and over: 31%.
Is Shediac bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 72% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 23% speak only English and 4.8% only French; 64% grew up with French.
How diverse is Shediac?
Immigrants make up 5.9% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 8% are members of a visible minority, and 2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Shediac?
Christian: 78%. No religion: 20%. Another religion: 1.2%.
Is Shediac good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 11%. 49% of households are couple families and 7.4% one-parent families. Schools near Shediac are on its Schools page.
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).