Photo: Haydn Blackey · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer residents with no religion than 94% of Canadian towns: 14%
Compared with 64% across Canada’s towns, 93% of households live in a single-detached house here. Fewer immigrants than in 97% of Canadian towns: 1.2%. Pouch Cove is home to some 2,270 people (July 2025 estimate), in 820 households at the 2021 Census. The share of residents without Canadian citizenship stands at 0.5%.
A ±0% change since 2016: slower than 79% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 10%. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, −2%.
Older than 57% of Canadian towns: half of Pouch Cove is over 43.2
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: 8.2% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. For Pouch Cove, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 17%. Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 63% of Canadian towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Pouch Cove sits below 64% of Canadian towns for one-person households (23%)
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
A household here has 2.5 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. 9.1% of households are one-parent families. Against that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Pouch Cove: 51% of residents 15 and over are married, above 63% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 26% of adults (typical: 27%). As a yardstick, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: just over a tenth of the total.
Renter households: 10%, a lower share than 88% 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
31% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 23% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for renter households is 25% across Canada’s towns.
Half above, half below $83,000 a year in household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Pouch Cove’s median household took in $83,000 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $63,600, the median across Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 27% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Residents who moved in within the year make up 9.3% in Pouch Cove, less than in 68% 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
86% said they are Christian and 14% that they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents trails 95% of Canadian towns: 1%. Across Pouch Cove, 2.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
98% have English as their mother tongue; 3.4% 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
On residents whose mother tongue is French, 0.7% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns. At home: English 99%, French 0.5%. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 91% of Canadian towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 14%, a lower share than 86% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 9.9% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
53% of adults were employed in May 2021
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.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 53%; 17% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age: 2 of the 5 towns around Pouch Cove are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pouch Cove | 2,270 | — | 43.2 | 17% | 1.2% |
| Flatrock | 1,938 | 6.4 km | 40 | 13% | 0.8% |
| Torbay | 8,297 | 11.6 km | 42.8 | 14% | 2.6% |
| Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove | 2,601 | 15.0 km | 46.8 | 19% | 4.4% |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's | 9,167 | 18.3 km | 43.2 | 15% | 3.8% |
| Wabana | 2,008 | 19.2 km | 56.8 | 31% | 0.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- 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 Pouch Cove’s residents
Is Pouch Cove bilingual?
3.4% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 96% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.7%.
How diverse is Pouch Cove?
1.2% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1% belong to a visible minority and 2.2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Pouch Cove?
86% are Christian and 14% have no religion; 0% follow another religion.
Is Pouch Cove good for families?
Under 15: 17% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 59% of households. One-parent families: 9.1%. Schools near Pouch Cove are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Pouch Cove?
The median household in Pouch Cove took in $83,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Pouch Cove?
Pouch Cove had about 2,270 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 2,063, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Pouch Cove?
A median age of 43.2. Children under 15 make up 17%, and people 65 and over 17%.
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).