Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainRenter households make up 8.3% in Wilmot, less than in 94% of Canadian towns
Residents with no religion: 47% here and 35% across Canada’s towns. The share of one-person households stands at 23%. Immigrants are rarer here than in 69% of Canadian towns. Wilmot is home to some 1,057 people (July 2025 estimate), in 395 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Wilmot
Fewer people than before
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Wilmot went from 1,022 to 969 residents (−5%), slower growth than in 96% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Wilmot’s residents are under 50 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 22% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Slower than most: −5% since 2016, behind 96% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 9% higher again. The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across New Brunswick’s towns +3%.
Older than 85% of Canadian towns: half of Wilmot is over 50
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%). Wilmot has more residents aged 65 and over than 66% of Canadian towns, at 22%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
Wilmot households average 2.4 people, smaller than in 53% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 7.5% of the total.
Wilmot sits above 72% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (53%)
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
22% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). On the census count, 13% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
A higher share of households in single-detached houses than 93% of Canadian towns, at 92%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Nearly two in five homes were built before 1961 and 8.4% in 2001 or later.
Half of households earn more than $66,500 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Wilmot’s median household took in $66,500 before tax, 23% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across New Brunswick’s towns the median is $73,300. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 20% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 65% of Canadian towns: 9.5%
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
24% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in the Americas (47%) or in Europe (47%). The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns: 11%.
2.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 51% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 97%, and 7.3% speak French as well
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
Residents whose mother tongue is French account for 1.6%.
Wilmot ranks below 95% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 10%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 15%, beside a typical 9.5%. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 51% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 51%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Every neighbour of Wilmot has a younger population
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
- 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. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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.
Questions about Wilmot’s residents
How diverse is Wilmot?
Immigrants: 8.4% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 2.9%.
What religion are people in Wilmot?
47% said they have no religion and 53% that they are Christian; 0.9% named another faith.
Is Wilmot good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 63% of households and one-parent families 7.5%. Schools near Wilmot are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Wilmot?
Half of Wilmot’s households had more than $66,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Wilmot?
About 1,057, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 969 people in Wilmot, 5% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Wilmot?
The median age is 50. 15% are under 15 and 22% 65 or older.
Is Wilmot bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 7.3% are. Another 0% speak only French and 92% only English, and French is the first language of 1.6%.
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).