Photo: ParsonsPhotographyNL · CC BY-SA 4.0Indigenous residents: 25%, a higher share than 98% of Canadian towns
The median age in Corner Brook is 49.6, higher than in 84% of Canadian towns. Some 20,549 people live locally, by the estimate for July 2025. On the census count, 12% of residents are under 15. Renter households: 38%, above 71% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Corner Brook
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
25% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 17% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Fewer people than before
Corner Brook went from 19,806 people in 2016 to 19,333 in 2021, −2%: slower growth than in 90% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Many older residents
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 85% of Canadian towns; 6.6% are 80 or over, and 34% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Corner Brook changed by −2% from 2016 to 2021, behind 90% 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
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 6%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27%, a higher share than 85% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 8.1% of residents. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Corner Brook sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Corner Brook, 49.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Corner Brook households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 83% 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 share of one-parent families tops 77% of Canadian towns: 10%. Across Corner Brook, just over a third of households are one person living alone.
Only 44% of residents 15 and over are married in Corner Brook
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
28% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. The share of common-law partners stands at 10%. Set beside that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Only 62% of households live in a single-detached house in Corner Brook
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
31% of homes were built before 1961 and 13% in 2001 or later. The usual figure: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Nothing unusual on households in buildings of five or more storeys: 0.1%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $63,600 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 middle household in Corner Brook had $63,600 before tax, 26% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns have a median of $63,600. Pandemic benefits reached 26% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
2.5% 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
43% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The census found that 1.9% of residents are not Canadian citizens in Corner Brook. The town has fewer immigrants than 91% of Canadian towns, at 2.5%.
In Corner Brook, 18% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 90% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 15% belong to a visible minority and 2.8% are Indigenous; here, 2.8% and 25%. To put it in context, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
97% have English as their mother tongue; 5% also speak French
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
Set against 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 5% of residents speak English and French in Corner Brook. Residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.4% of the total.
Below 62% of Canadian towns: 22% 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
At the bottom of the ladder, 9.4% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 47% of residents 15 and over had a job
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 47% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 27% of residents are 65 or over.
Among 41 towns of 19,986 to 21,130 people, the 5th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages here range from 32.5 in Édouard-Montpetit to 57.2 in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Nearest to Corner Brook in age: Windsor (48.8), Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures (48.8), Rosedale-Moore Park (49.7) and Salmon Arm (51.6).
Corner Brook sits below 2 of its 3 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corner Brook | 20,549 | — | 49.6 | 27% | 2.5% |
| Irishtown-Summerside | 1,296 | 4.3 km | 51.6 | 28% | 0.9% |
| Massey Drive | 1,760 | 4.5 km | 39.2 | 11% | 2.2% |
| Humber Arm South | 1,595 | 16.0 km | 51.2 | 24% | 0% |
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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Newfoundland and Labrador’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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.
Questions about Corner Brook’s residents
What is the median income in Corner Brook?
$63,600 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Corner Brook (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Corner Brook?
Statistics Canada estimates 20,549 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 19,333 in Corner Brook, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Corner Brook?
49.6 is the median age, older than 84% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 12%. 65 and over: 27%.
Is Corner Brook bilingual?
5% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 95% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.4%.
How diverse is Corner Brook?
Immigrants make up 2.5% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 2.8% are members of a visible minority, and 25% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Corner Brook?
Christian: 81%. No religion: 18%. Another religion: 1.4%.
Is Corner Brook good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 12%. 47% of households are couple families and 10% one-parent families. Schools near Corner Brook 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).