Photo: Tango7174 · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 91% of Canadian towns: 11%
The share of children under 15 is 20%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. In Paradise, nearly a fifth of residents said they have no religion. One-person households are rarer here than in 76% of Canadian towns. Some 26,155 people live in the town, by the estimate for July 2025.
A +7% change since 2016: Paradise grew faster than 69% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. 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%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 14%.
Younger than 77% of Canadian towns: half of Paradise is under 38
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (12%), Paradise is above 70% of Canadian towns. No age band is larger than 35–39: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Paradise, 38. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
2.6 people per household, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
On the census count, 8.8% of households are one-parent families.
In Paradise, 52% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here 13% of residents 15 and over live common-law, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. Single and never married: a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%.
22% of households rent their home, fewer than in 58% of Canadian towns
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
Nearly two thirds of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 1.9% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. The figure for households in single-detached houses is 66% in Paradise and 64% across Canada’s towns.
The midpoint household income is $111,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Paradise: half had more than $111,000, 29% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns have a median of $63,600. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 27% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
1.5% of residents are immigrants
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
Recent arrivals are 44% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Census figures put residents without Canadian citizenship at 0.9% in Paradise. Fewer immigrants than in 96% of Canadian towns: 1.5%.
In Paradise, 3.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 61% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents is 1.5%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
98% have English as their mother tongue; 7.9% 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
1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns, against 0.3% in Paradise.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 31% in Paradise, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 4% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
67% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 67%.
Youngest by rank: 13th of 41 towns of 24,972 to 27,429 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Wellington Place is the youngest of them at 31.1; White Rock, at 58, the oldest. Woburn North (37.5), Angus (37.6), Box Grove (38.1) and Morningside Heights (38.6): the towns nearest Paradise in median age.
Paradise is younger than every town around it
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise | 26,155 | — | 38 | 11% | 1.5% |
| Mount Pearl | 24,266 | 5.0 km | 46 | 22% | 2.3% |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's | 9,167 | 7.6 km | 43.2 | 15% | 3.8% |
| Conception Bay South | 29,725 | 9.5 km | 43.2 | 18% | 1.5% |
| St. John's | 128,693 | 9.8 km | 42 | 20% | 7% |
| Wabana | 2,008 | 12.7 km | 56.8 | 31% | 0.8% |
| Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove | 1,005 | 14.4 km | 47.2 | 19% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. The middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
Questions about Paradise’s residents
Is Paradise bilingual?
7.9% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 92% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.3%.
How diverse is Paradise?
Immigrants: 1.5% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.5%. Indigenous identity: 3.8%.
What religion are people in Paradise?
19% said they have no religion and 81% that they are Christian; 0.5% named another faith.
Is Paradise good for families?
20% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 63% of households and one-parent families 8.8%. Schools near Paradise are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Paradise?
Half of Paradise’s households had more than $111,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Paradise?
About 26,155, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 22,957 people in Paradise, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Paradise?
The median age is 38, younger than 77% of Canadian towns. 20% are under 15 and 11% 65 or older.
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).