Half of Sussex Corner is over 50, older than 85% of Canadian towns
Just over one in ten households are one-parent families (Canada’s towns: 8.2%). The 2021 Census found 650 households in Sussex Corner; by July 2025 the population was about 1,532. For Sussex Corner, the census puts residents with no religion at 27%. Compared with other places, renter households are scarce here: 16%, fewer than in 72% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Sussex Corner
Older than most towns
Half of Sussex Corner’s residents are under 50 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 29% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A change of ±0% since 2016 leaves Sussex Corner behind 78% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. 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%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 5%.
29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 70–74: 8.6% of residents, 1.8 times the share across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 10%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Sussex Corner households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Sussex Corner, 31% of households are one person living alone, beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
Below 80% of Canadian towns: 6.9% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Compared with 46% across Canada’s towns, 51% of residents 15 and over are married here. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
A lower share of households in single-detached houses than 51% of Canadian towns, at 63%
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. Just over a fifth of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 17% built before 1961. The benchmark for households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns: 64%.
$64,500 a year: the median household income
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Sussex Corner had $64,500 before tax, 25% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $73,300 is the median household income across New Brunswick’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 21% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
3.1% of residents are immigrants
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (56%) and in the Americas (44%). Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Sussex Corner has 3.1%.
73% said they are Christian and 27% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 2.8% across Canada’s towns, the share of Indigenous residents in Sussex Corner comes in at 1.7%. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 69% of Canadian towns: 15%
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
2.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 19%, a lower share than 70% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 7.3% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. By way of comparison, 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
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 50%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Among its 5 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Sussex Corner
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Each comparison is its own median: over New Brunswick’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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 Sussex Corner’s residents
Is Sussex Corner good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 50% of households and one-parent families 12%. Schools near Sussex Corner are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Sussex Corner?
Median total household income in Sussex Corner was $64,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Sussex Corner?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,532 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Sussex Corner counted 1,458, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Sussex Corner?
Half the residents are older than 50 and half younger; 16% are children under 15 and 29% are 65 or over.
Is Sussex Corner bilingual?
15% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 85% English only. French is the mother tongue of 2.1%.
How diverse is Sussex Corner?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 3.1%. A visible minority makes up 0% and Indigenous residents 1.7%.
What religion are people in Sussex Corner?
Most often Christian (73%) or no religion (27%); other religions make up 0.3%.
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).