Photo: Tango7174 · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer residents with no religion than 90% of Canadian towns: 18%
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier here. Conception Bay South had about 29,725 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 10,710 households at the 2021 Census. 21% of households are one person living alone. Renter households are rarer here than in 67% of Canadian towns.
A change of +4% since 2016 leaves Conception Bay South behind 52% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 9%.
A median age of 43.2: Conception Bay South is older than 57% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The largest age band is 55–59: 7.8% of residents. The highest share aged 65 or over among Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns is Lewisporte’s: 37%. Little separates the share of children under 15 here, 16%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Conception Bay South, 43.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
Conception Bay South households average 2.5 people, larger than in 58% 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.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%; Conception Bay South has 9.2%.
Common-law partners make up 13% in Conception Bay South, more than in 68% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over is 46%; Conception Bay South has 50%. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Households in single-detached houses: 77%, a higher share than 67% of Canadian towns
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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 40% date from 2001 or later, 7.4% from before 1961.
Before tax, the median household income is $94,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $94,000, the middle household in Conception Bay South out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 9%. The median across Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns is $63,600. The pandemic’s benefits: 26% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
1.5% of residents are immigrants
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
30% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 0.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Fewer immigrants than in 96% of Canadian towns: 1.5%.
82% said they are Christian and 18% 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
Indigenous residents make up 3.6%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 1% of residents belong to a visible minority.
99% have English as their mother tongue; 6.8% also speak French
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
At home: English 100%, French 0.1%. 0.3% of residents have French as their mother tongue, a lower share than in 97% of Canadian towns.
Below 65% of Canadian towns: 21% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 7.8% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
In work on census day: 58% of adults
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 58%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
11th highest median age among 41 towns of 28,264 to 31,166
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is Alloa, at 31.3; the oldest, Wasaga Beach, is at 56.4. Next to Conception Bay South on this scale come Rockland (43.2), King (43.2), Marie-Victorin (43.3) and Sainte-Julie (44.4).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Conception Bay South
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conception Bay South | 29,725 | — | 43.2 | 18% | 1.5% |
| Paradise | 26,155 | 9.5 km | 38 | 11% | 1.5% |
| Mount Pearl | 24,266 | 13.2 km | 46 | 22% | 2.3% |
| Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview | 1,180 | 15.1 km | 52.8 | 28% | 1.4% |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's | 9,167 | 15.5 km | 43.2 | 15% | 3.8% |
| Wabana | 2,008 | 15.6 km | 56.8 | 31% | 0.8% |
| Holyrood | 2,749 | 15.9 km | 49.2 | 26% | 1.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- 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.
Questions about Conception Bay South’s residents
Is Conception Bay South bilingual?
6.8% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 93% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.3%.
How diverse is Conception Bay South?
Immigrants: 1.5% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1%. Indigenous identity: 3.6%.
What religion are people in Conception Bay South?
18% said they have no religion and 82% that they are Christian; 0.3% named another faith.
Is Conception Bay South good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 61% of households and one-parent families 9.2%. Schools near Conception Bay South are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Conception Bay South?
Half of Conception Bay South’s households had more than $94,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Conception Bay South?
About 29,725, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 27,168 people in Conception Bay South, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Conception Bay South?
The median age is 43.2, older than 57% of Canadian towns. 16% are under 15 and 18% 65 or older.
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).