Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Glovertown is older than 95% of Canadian towns: a median age of 54.8
The share of Indigenous residents tops 76% of Canadian towns: 6.4%. Statistics Canada puts Glovertown’s population at 2,014 for July 2025. 94% of households live in a single-detached house. Lower than in 89% of Canadian towns: 8.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
What stands out about the people of Glovertown
Fewer people than before
Glovertown went from 2,083 people in 2016 to 1,948 in 2021, −7%: slower growth than in 98% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Older than most towns
Line Glovertown’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 54.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 31% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
−7% since 2016: slower than 98% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and −2% across Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 3%.
Glovertown: 31% of residents are 65 or over, above 94% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Children under 15: 13% here and 16% across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 23% in Glovertown, less than in 65% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, against 4.9% in Glovertown. As a yardstick, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
60% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns, Glovertown has 8.5%.
In Glovertown, 15% of households rent their home, fewer than in 74% 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
21% of homes were built before 1961 and 17% in 2001 or later. Measured more widely, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
$63,200 a year is the median household income here
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Glovertown’s, at $63,200, is 27% lower. Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns have a median of $63,600. Pandemic benefits reached 25% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
5.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 99% of Canadian towns
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
1.1% of residents are immigrants, against 17% across Canada’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 94% of Canadian towns, at 15%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents is 0.5%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
98% have English as their mother tongue; 1.9% 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
Set against 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 1.9% of residents speak English and French in Glovertown. Lower than in 92% of Canadian towns: 0.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
9.8% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 96% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
12% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
35% 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 labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 35% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 31% of residents are 65 or over.
Glovertown and its 3 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. Glovertown has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 15–39 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glovertown | 2,014 | — | 54.8 | 31% | 1.1% |
| Gambo | 1,859 | 15.3 km | 52.4 | 29% | 1.4% |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision E | 2,632 | 36.4 km | 55.2 | 29% | 0.8% |
| Centreville-Wareham-Trinity | 1,100 | 38.7 km | 59.6 | 39% | 1.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns. 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. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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 Glovertown’s residents
What is the median income in Glovertown?
Half of Glovertown’s households had more than $63,200 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Glovertown?
About 2,014, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,948 people in Glovertown, 7% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Glovertown?
The median age is 54.8. 13% are under 15 and 31% 65 or older.
Is Glovertown bilingual?
English and French: 1.9% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 98%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.5%.
How diverse is Glovertown?
Immigrants: 1.1% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0.5%. Indigenous identity: 6.4%.
What religion are people in Glovertown?
15% said they have no religion and 85% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
Is Glovertown good for families?
13% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 67% of households and one-parent families 4.9%. Schools near Glovertown 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).