Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainRenter households: 5.3%, a lower share than 98% of Canadian towns
Here 1.8% of residents are immigrants, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 17%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,751 residents; the 2021 Census found 655 households. The census found that 0.6% of residents belong to a visible minority in Springfield. With a median age of 48.4, Springfield is older than 81% of Canadian towns.
Springfield grew +8% from 2016 to 2021, faster than 71% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across New Brunswick’s towns the median is +3%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 7% higher again.
Above 72% of Canadian towns: 23% of residents are 65 or over
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The largest age band is 60–64: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Here, 15% of residents are under 15. For comparison, 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.
24% of households are one person living alone, below 62% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households average 2.4 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. 7.7% of households are one-parent families.
Above 78% of Canadian towns: 55% of residents 15 and over are married
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
In Springfield, one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. Never married and not common-law: just over a fifth of adults (typical: 27%).
Above 93% of Canadian towns: 92% of households live in a single-detached house
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Older homes outnumber new: 25% predate 1961, 25% date from 2001 or later. Typically, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
$72,000 a year is the median household income here
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Springfield’s, at $72,000, is 16% lower. The median across New Brunswick’s towns is $73,300. Pandemic benefits reached 20% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Only 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Springfield
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
In Springfield, 0.6% of residents are not Canadian citizens, beside 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Typically, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Only 31% of residents said they have no religion in Springfield
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns, against 1.5% in Springfield. Elsewhere, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 60% of Canadian towns: 9.8%
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
On residents whose mother tongue is French, Springfield sits lower than 62% of Canadian towns: 1.2%. For bilingual residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 7.5%.
Only 17% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Springfield
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 9.7%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 56%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 56%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 23% are 65 or over.
Springfield is older than every town around it
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about Springfield’s residents
What religion are people in Springfield?
69% are Christian and 31% have no religion; 0.6% follow another religion.
Is Springfield good for families?
Under 15: 15% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 62% of households. One-parent families: 7.7%. Schools near Springfield are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Springfield?
The median household in Springfield took in $72,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Springfield?
Springfield had about 1,751 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,641, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Springfield?
A median age of 48.4. Children under 15 make up 15%, and people 65 and over 23%.
Is Springfield bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 9.8% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 90% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.2% grew up with French.
How diverse is Springfield?
1.8% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.6% belong to a visible minority and 1.5% have an Indigenous identity.
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).