Photo: Brad4826 · CC BY 3.04.6% of households rent their home, below 99% of Canadian towns
With a median age of 48, Westfield is older than four fifths of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 2,245 for July 2025. Locally, 7.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. By its share of visible minority residents (1%), Westfield is below 95% of Canadian towns.
From 2016 to 2021, Westfield outgrew 71% of Canadian towns: +8%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 6%. Across New Brunswick’s towns the median is +3%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Children under 15 make up 14% in Westfield, less than in 70% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Westfield. For Westfield, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 21%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
Fewer one-person households than 61% of Canadian towns: 24%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The average household has 2.4 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. The census found that 6.8% of households are one-parent families in Westfield.
Westfield sits above 66% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (51%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over a fifth of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Common-law partners are more common here than in just over two thirds of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married.
Households in single-detached houses: 88%, a higher share than 85% of Canadian towns
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 20% date from 2001 or later, 13% from before 1961. The wider picture: 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.
The midpoint household income is $83,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Westfield’s, at $83,000, is close to it. The median across New Brunswick’s towns is $73,300. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 22% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
1.7% 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
Set against 17% across Canada’s towns, 1.7% of residents are immigrants in Westfield. Add to that, on residents without Canadian citizenship, Westfield sits lower than 86% of Canadian towns: 1.2%.
Residents with no religion make up 39% in Westfield, more than in 63% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Westfield, 1.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, beside 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 35%.
Bilingual residents make up 14% in Westfield, more than in 69% of Canadian towns
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
With residents whose mother tongue is French at 3.8%, Westfield is ahead of 70% of Canadian towns on that count. The comparison figure for bilingual residents is 7.5% across Canada’s towns. At home: English 99%, French 0.7%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 17%, a lower share than 76% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 6.1% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
56% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 56%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Older than Westfield: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield | 2,245 | — | 48 | 21% | 1.7% |
| Grand Bay-Westfield | 5,202 | 6.6 km | 45.2 | 20% | 2.8% |
| Greenwich | 1,272 | 10.5 km | 50.4 | 25% | 3.3% |
| Saint John | 79,371 | 15.1 km | 44 | 21% | 8.1% |
| Rothesay | 12,626 | 16.1 km | 45.6 | 21% | 7.4% |
| Kingston | 3,577 | 17.1 km | 48.4 | 23% | 2.7% |
| Quispamsis | 20,240 | 17.6 km | 43.2 | 18% | 6.9% |
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. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Westfield’s residents
What is the population of Westfield?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,245 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,114 in Westfield, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Westfield?
48 is the median age. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 21%.
Is Westfield bilingual?
14% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 86% English only. French is the mother tongue of 3.8%.
How diverse is Westfield?
Immigrants make up 1.7% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1% are members of a visible minority, and 1.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Westfield?
Christian: 61%. No religion: 39%. Another religion: 0%.
Is Westfield good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 59% of households are couple families and 6.8% one-parent families. Schools near Westfield are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Westfield?
$83,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Westfield (Canada’s towns: $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).