Photo: Ryan Hodnett · CC BY-SA 4.010% of residents said they have no religion, below 98% of Canadian towns
With residents who moved in within the year at 4.5%, Bay Roberts is behind 99% of Canadian towns on that count. At the same time, on households in single-detached houses, Bay Roberts sits higher than 88% of Canadian towns: 90%. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 6,407 for July 2025. In Bay Roberts, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
A −1% change since 2016: slower than 82% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, by more than −2%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 7%.
Half of Bay Roberts is over 47.2, older than 77% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Children under 15: 15% here and 16% across Canada’s towns. More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Bay Roberts, 47.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
In Bay Roberts, 10% of households are one-parent families, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 2.4 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. For one-parent families, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 8.2%. The share of one-person households stands at 24%.
53% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 73% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly a quarter of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Here, 10% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
In Bay Roberts, 19% of households rent their home, fewer than in 64% of Canadian towns
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 74% of Canadian towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 30% date from 2001 or later, 19% from before 1961.
Household income, middle of the range: $72,500 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Bay Roberts’s median household took in $72,500 before tax, 16% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: $63,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 27% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
0.3% 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
Here 0.2% of residents are not Canadian citizens, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 5.8%. Add to that, on immigrants, Bay Roberts sits lower than 99% of Canadian towns: 0.3%.
90% said they are Christian and 10% 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
With visible minority residents at 0.6%, Bay Roberts is behind 98% of Canadian towns on that count. 1.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
99% have English as their mother tongue; 3.3% also speak French
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
Against a figure of 1.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French in Bay Roberts comes in at 0.2%. On bilingual residents, Bay Roberts sits lower than 92% of Canadian towns: 3.3%.
16% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 80% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 13% (typical 9.5%). Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 47% of adults
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.
The employment rate of 47% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
City View is the youngest of them at 33.5; Mont-Joli, at 52.8, the oldest. By median age, Bay Roberts sits among St. Paul County No. 19 (45.6), Hubley (46.4), Antigonish County, Subdivision B (48) and Fitzroy (48.3).
Bay Roberts is younger than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Roberts | 6,407 | — | 47.2 | 23% | 0.3% |
| Spaniard's Bay | 2,664 | 3.6 km | 48 | 23% | 1.1% |
| Upper Island Cove | 1,553 | 8.0 km | 53.2 | 29% | 1.1% |
| Clarke's Beach | 1,555 | 8.3 km | 52 | 30% | 1.5% |
| Harbour Grace | 2,872 | 11.3 km | 54 | 30% | 0.7% |
| Division No. 1, Subdivision M | 1,270 | 15.3 km | 52.8 | 24% | 0% |
| Carbonear | 5,041 | 16.7 km | 51.6 | 29% | 2.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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 Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Bay Roberts’s residents
What religion are people in Bay Roberts?
90% are Christian and 10% have no religion; 0.2% follow another religion.
Is Bay Roberts good for families?
Under 15: 15% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 60% of households. One-parent families: 10%. Schools near Bay Roberts are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bay Roberts?
The median household in Bay Roberts took in $72,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Bay Roberts?
Bay Roberts had about 6,407 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 5,974, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Bay Roberts?
A median age of 47.2, older than 77% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 15%, and people 65 and over 23%.
Is Bay Roberts bilingual?
English and French: 3.3% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 97%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.2%.
How diverse is Bay Roberts?
0.3% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.6% belong to a visible minority and 1.9% 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).