Photo: Quincylvania · CC0Half of Bishop's Falls is over 53.2, older than 92% of Canadian towns
By its share of Indigenous residents (6.5%), Bishop's Falls is above 77% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 are rarer here than in 93% of Canadian towns. Its population is down 2% on 2016. Locally, 6.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
What stands out about the people of Bishop's Falls
Older than most towns
Line Bishop's Falls’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 53.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 28% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Fewer people than before
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Bishop's Falls went from 3,156 to 3,082 residents (−2%), slower growth than in 90% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bishop's Falls changed by −2% from 2016 to 2021, behind 90% 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 3% higher again. The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns −2%.
Above 89% of Canadian towns: 28% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 60–64: 10% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Here, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Bishop's Falls, 53.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 83% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, against 29% in Bishop's Falls. Higher than in 69% of Canadian towns: 9.5% of households are one-parent families.
52% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 67% 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
22% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Set beside that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners stands at 11%.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 72% of Canadian towns: 79%
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
Older homes outnumber new: 19% predate 1961, 18% date from 2001 or later. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Set against 25% across Canada’s towns, nearly a quarter of households rent their home in Bishop's Falls.
The midpoint household income is $59,600 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Bishop's Falls: half had less than $59,600, 31% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: $63,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 25% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
0.8% 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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Add to that, across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants is 17%; Bishop's Falls has 0.8%.
Residents with no religion make up 11% in Bishop's Falls, less than in 97% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Compared with 15% across Canada’s towns, 0.7% of residents belong to a visible minority here. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 35%.
English is the mother tongue of 99%, and 1.2% speak French as well
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
Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Bishop's Falls has 1.2%. The share of residents whose mother tongue is French stands at 0.2%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 91% of Canadian towns: 12%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 19%, beside a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 39% of residents aged 15 and over
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. 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: 39%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 28% of residents are 65 or over.
The 8th oldest of 41 towns of 3,114 to 3,203 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages climb from 25.6 (La Loche) to 66 (Valhalla) across the group. The closest ages to Bishop's Falls’s belong to Thorhild County (52), Saint-David-de-Falardeau (52.4), Paspébiac (56.4) and Welcome Beach (56.4).
Bishop's Falls sits below 1 of its 2 closest neighbours on median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop's Falls | 3,162 | — | 53.2 | 28% | 0.8% |
| Grand Falls-Windsor | 14,510 | 13.7 km | 49.2 | 25% | 1.9% |
| Botwood | 2,884 | 17.1 km | 56.4 | 34% | 0.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Newfoundland and Labrador’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. 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. 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 Bishop's Falls’s residents
What is the median income in Bishop's Falls?
Median total household income in Bishop's Falls was $59,600 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Bishop's Falls?
The latest figure is an estimate: 3,162 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Bishop's Falls counted 3,082, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Bishop's Falls?
Half the residents are older than 53.2 and half younger, older than 92% of Canadian towns; 11% are children under 15 and 28% are 65 or over.
Is Bishop's Falls bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 1.2% are. Another 0% speak only French and 99% only English, and French is the first language of 0.2%.
How diverse is Bishop's Falls?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 0.8%. A visible minority makes up 0.7% and Indigenous residents 6.5%.
What religion are people in Bishop's Falls?
Most often Christian (89%) or no religion (11%); other religions make up 0%.
Is Bishop's Falls good for families?
Children under 15 are 11% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 56% of households and one-parent families 9.5%. Schools near Bishop's Falls are on its Schools page.
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).