Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rebfoto/ Emile Baddour · CC0Residents with no religion: 15%, a lower share than 94% of Canadian towns
Where 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns, Holyrood has 91%. The town had about 2,749 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 995 households at the 2021 Census. 26% of residents are 65 or over. The median age here is 49.2, higher than in 83% of Canadian towns.
From 2016 to 2021, 75% of Canadian towns grew faster than Holyrood: ±0%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, −2%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 11%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 93% of Canadian towns, at 7.7%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 8.9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Holyrood, 49.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Holyrood sits below 69% of Canadian towns for one-person households (22%)
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households average 2.4 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across Holyrood, 7.5% of households are one-parent families. One-person households: 27% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
53% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 73% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 21% of adults (typical: 27%). Set beside that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 11%.
Holyrood ranks below 75% of Canadian towns on renter households: 15%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 46% date from 2001 or later, 12% from before 1961. The usual figure: 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
$87,000 a year: the median household income
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Holyrood had $87,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, the household in the middle had $63,600. 24% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 79% of Canadian towns: 8.3%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, against 0.4% in Holyrood. To put it in context, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Immigrants: 1.2% of the total.
85% said they are Christian and 15% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Here, 2.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
99% have English as their mother tongue; 1.8% also speak French
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
The share of bilingual residents trails 98% of Canadian towns: 1.8%.
Below 60% of Canadian towns: 23% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 8.6% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
An employment rate of 48%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 48%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 26% are 65 or over.
Oldest by rank: 14th of 41 towns of 2,715 to 2,784 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest of these towns is Waskaganish, at 25; the oldest, Cultus Lake, is at 56.8. Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay (47.6), Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part (48.8), Rivergrove (50.2) and Musquodoboit Harbour (50.9): the towns nearest Holyrood in median age.
Holyrood and its 4 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holyrood | 2,749 | — | 49.2 | 26% | 1.2% |
| Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview | 1,180 | 3.3 km | 52.8 | 28% | 1.4% |
| Division No. 1, Subdivision M | 1,270 | 15.7 km | 52.8 | 24% | 0% |
| Conception Bay South | 29,725 | 15.9 km | 43.2 | 18% | 1.5% |
| Clarke's Beach | 1,555 | 17.9 km | 52 | 30% | 1.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Holyrood’s residents
What religion are people in Holyrood?
15% said they have no religion and 85% that they are Christian; 0.2% named another faith.
Is Holyrood good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 61% of households and one-parent families 7.5%. Schools near Holyrood are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Holyrood?
Half of Holyrood’s households had more than $87,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Holyrood?
About 2,749, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,471 people in Holyrood, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Holyrood?
The median age is 49.2, older than 83% of Canadian towns. 16% are under 15 and 26% 65 or older.
Is Holyrood bilingual?
1.8% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 98% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0%.
How diverse is Holyrood?
Immigrants: 1.2% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 2.3%.
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).