Photo: Ycleymans · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 52.4: Gambo is older than 91% of Canadian towns
Residents with no religion make up 12%, against 35% across Canada’s towns. At 7.4%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 95% of Canadian towns. About 1,859 people lived in Gambo in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. Across Gambo, 92% of households live in a single-detached house.
What stands out about the people of Gambo
Fewer people than before
Gambo went from 1,978 people in 2016 to 1,816 in 2021, −8%: slower growth than in 99% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Gambo’s residents are under 52.4 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 29% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A −8% change since 2016: slower than 99% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 2% higher again.
More residents aged 65 and over than 91% of Canadian towns: 29%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of children under 15 is 14%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Gambo households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 64% 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.
In Gambo, 6.2% of households are one-parent families, beside 8.2% across Canada’s towns. The census found that a quarter of households are one person living alone here.
Married residents 15 and over: 57%, a higher share than 87% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: nearly a fifth of adults (typical: 27%). Across Gambo, 12% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
A smaller share of renter households than 72% of Canadian towns: 16%
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. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%. Newer homes outnumber old: 18% date from 2001 or later, 17% from before 1961.
$58,800 a year is the median household income here
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Gambo: half had less than $58,800, 32% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, half of households had more than $63,600 before tax. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 26% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Below 86% of Canadian towns: 7.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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
The figure for immigrants is 1.4% in Gambo and 17% across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
3% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 52% 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. Elsewhere, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
99% have English as their mother tongue; 1.4% 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
0.3% of residents have French as their mother tongue, against 1.5% across Canada’s towns. Set against 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 1.4% of residents speak English and French in Gambo.
Gambo sits below 99% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (5.4%)
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 14% (typical 9.5%). Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
36% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. 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: 36%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Of the 3 towns nearest Gambo, 2 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Gambo has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 15–36 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gambo | 1,859 | — | 52.4 | 29% | 1.4% |
| Glovertown | 2,014 | 15.3 km | 54.8 | 31% | 1.1% |
| Gander | 12,707 | 35.8 km | 45.2 | 21% | 2.5% |
| Centreville-Wareham-Trinity | 1,100 | 36.4 km | 59.6 | 39% | 1.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- 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 Gambo’s residents
What is the population of Gambo?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,859 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,816 in Gambo, 8% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Gambo?
52.4 is the median age. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 29%.
Is Gambo bilingual?
English and French: 1.4% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 99%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.3%.
How diverse is Gambo?
Immigrants make up 1.4% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0% are members of a visible minority, and 3% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Gambo?
Christian: 88%. No religion: 12%. Another religion: 0%.
Is Gambo good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 62% of households are couple families and 6.2% one-parent families. Schools near Gambo are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Gambo?
$58,800 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Gambo (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).