Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Residents with no religion make up 13% in Grand Falls-Windsor, less than in 96% of Canadian towns
With a median age of 49.2, Grand Falls-Windsor is older than 83% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 14,510 residents; the 2021 Census found 6,125 households. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 25% locally. Households average 2.2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns.
What stands out about the people of Grand Falls-Windsor
Fewer people than before
Grand Falls-Windsor went from 14,171 people in 2016 to 13,853 in 2021, −2%: slower growth than in 89% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Grand Falls-Windsor’s population moved −2% on 2016, less than in 89% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 5%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, −2%.
Grand Falls-Windsor sits below 73% of Canadian towns for children under 15 (14%)
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 8.5% of residents. Across the comparison, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Grand Falls-Windsor, 49.2. 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.
A higher share of one-parent families than 71% of Canadian towns, at 9.6%
Private households by type and size.
Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Grand Falls-Windsor, 29% of households are one person living alone, beside 27% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 61% of Canadian towns: 50%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 24% of adults (typical: 27%). Elsewhere, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 10%.
Renter households make up 33% in Grand Falls-Windsor, more than in 64% of Canadian towns
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. To put it in context, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 26% predate 1961, 22% date from 2001 or later. The share of households in single-detached houses is 65%, against 64% across Canada’s towns.
The midpoint household income is $66,000 a year
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
At $66,000, the middle household in Grand Falls-Windsor earned 23% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, the household in the middle had $63,600. Pandemic benefits reached 26% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 10%, a lower share than 58% of Canadian towns
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
The share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 1.3%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%. On the census count, 1.9% of residents are immigrants.
Grand Falls-Windsor ranks above 77% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 6.5%
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 6.5%.
98% have English as their mother tongue; 4.6% 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, 4.6% of residents speak English and French in Grand Falls-Windsor. The census found that 0.2% of residents have French as their mother tongue locally.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 18% in Grand Falls-Windsor, less than in 72% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 12% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
45% of residents 15 and over were in work
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 25% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 45% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 14,245 to 14,815 people: this is the 5th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Between La Crète (23.4) and Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy (57) lies the rest of the group. Nearest to Grand Falls-Windsor in age: Long Sault (48), Mont-Laurier (48.8), Durham (49.6) and South Glengarry (50.4).
Among its 5 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Grand Falls-Windsor
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Distances here run 14–75 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Grand Falls-Windsor.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Falls-Windsor | 14,510 | — | 49.2 | 25% | 1.9% |
| Bishop's Falls | 3,162 | 13.7 km | 53.2 | 28% | 0.8% |
| Botwood | 2,884 | 30.2 km | 56.4 | 34% | 0.4% |
| Lewisporte | 3,405 | 54.2 km | 55.6 | 37% | 0.5% |
| Springdale | 2,893 | 69.0 km | 53.6 | 32% | 1.2% |
| Gander | 12,707 | 74.9 km | 45.2 | 21% | 2.5% |
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 Grand Falls-Windsor’s residents
What is the average age in Grand Falls-Windsor?
49.2 is the median age, older than 83% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 25%.
Is Grand Falls-Windsor bilingual?
4.6% 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 0.2%.
How diverse is Grand Falls-Windsor?
Immigrants make up 1.9% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 2.8% are members of a visible minority, and 6.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Grand Falls-Windsor?
Christian: 85%. No religion: 13%. Another religion: 1.3%.
Is Grand Falls-Windsor good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 54% of households are couple families and 9.6% one-parent families. Schools near Grand Falls-Windsor are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Grand Falls-Windsor?
$66,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Grand Falls-Windsor (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Grand Falls-Windsor?
Statistics Canada estimates 14,510 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 13,853 in Grand Falls-Windsor, 2% fewer than 2016.
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).