Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainOlder than 91% of Canadian towns: half of Southesk is over 52.4
Just over one in ten residents are under 15, against 16% across Canada’s towns. With about 1,748 residents in July 2025, Southesk counted 720 households at the 2021 Census. Residents who moved in within the year: 5.8% of the total. Renter households are rarer here than in 95% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Southesk
Older than most towns
Half of Southesk’s residents are under 52.4 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Slower growth than 88% of Canadian towns: Southesk changed by −2% since 2016
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across New Brunswick’s towns, +3%.
In Southesk, 26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 83% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
9.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (Canada’s towns: 11%). Measured more widely, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Below 65% of Canadian towns: 23% of households are one person living alone
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Southesk, 2.3. The share of one-person households across Canada’s towns is 27%. The census found that nearly one in ten households are one-parent families in the town.
More married residents 15 and over than 82% of Canadian towns: 56%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
24% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. As a reference point, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 8.8% in Southesk.
Above 91% of Canadian towns: 92% of households live in a single-detached house
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house. 17% of homes were built before 1961 and 13% in 2001 or later.
$71,500 a year: where the middle household sits
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Southesk’s households had a total income below $71,500, 17% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $73,300 is the median household income across New Brunswick’s towns. 27% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
1.5% of residents are immigrants
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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, 1.5% of residents are immigrants here. Add to that, residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 91% of Canadian towns: 17%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority; in Southesk, 1.2%. Residents with no religion: 35% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. 1.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Southesk ranks above 70% of Canadian towns on residents whose mother tongue is French: 3.6%
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Southesk, 10%. On average, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns. At home: English 98%, French 0.9%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 86% of Canadian towns: 14%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 3.4%, beside a typical 9.5%. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
50% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 50%; 26% of residents are 65 or over.
The towns around Southesk are all younger
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southesk | 1,748 | — | 52.4 | 26% | 1.5% |
| Northesk | 2,301 | 6.4 km | 52 | 25% | 1.8% |
| Nelson | 1,014 | 10.9 km | 49.6 | 23% | 1% |
| Blackville | 2,104 | 15.9 km | 51.6 | 27% | 2.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. For each measure we take the median of New Brunswick’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about Southesk’s residents
What is the population of Southesk?
About 1,748, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,666 people in Southesk, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Southesk?
The median age is 52.4. 11% are under 15 and 26% 65 or older.
Is Southesk bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 10% are. Another 0% speak only French and 90% only English, and French is the first language of 3.6%.
How diverse is Southesk?
Immigrants: 1.5% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.2%. Indigenous identity: 1.8%.
What religion are people in Southesk?
17% said they have no religion and 82% that they are Christian; 0.3% named another faith.
Is Southesk good for families?
11% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 61% of households and one-parent families 8.3%. Schools near Southesk are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Southesk?
Half of Southesk’s households had more than $71,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).