Photo: Tango7174 · CC BY-SA 4.0A smaller share of residents with no religion than 93% of Canadian towns: 16%
With a median age of 48, Spaniard's Bay is older than 80% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 2,664 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,110 households. The census found that 92% of households live in a single-detached house here. Residents aged 65 and over: 23%, above nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Spaniard's Bay changed by −1% from 2016 to 2021, behind 85% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, −2%.
Below 68% of Canadian towns: 14% of residents are under 15
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 60–64: nearly one in ten residents. One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 63% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Spaniard's Bay, 48. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
25% of households are one person living alone, below 56% of Canadian towns
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.
The typical household size is 2.4 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. 8.5% of households are one-parent families.
Spaniard's Bay ranks above 80% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 55%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law; across Canada’s towns the figure is 11%.
Spaniard's Bay sits below 78% of Canadian towns for renter households (14%)
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, renter households come to 25%.
The median household brings in $63,600 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Spaniard's Bay had $63,600 before tax, 26% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: $63,600. In 2020, 29% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Spaniard's Bay sits below 71% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (9.1%)
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Immigrants account for 1.1%. Measured more widely, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
84% said they are Christian and 16% 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. For Spaniard's Bay, the census puts Indigenous residents at 3.2%.
English is the mother tongue of 99%, and 2.3% speak French as well
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
0.2% of residents have French as their mother tongue; across Canada’s towns the figure is 1.5%. Lower than in 97% of Canadian towns: 2.3% of residents speak English and French.
Spaniard's Bay ranks below 96% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 10%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 13%, beside a typical 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 39% of adults
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 39%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 23% are 65 or over.
The 8th oldest of 41 towns of 2,629 to 2,703 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The youngest of these towns is La Ronge, at 31; the oldest, Brockville, is at 67.7. Nearest to Spaniard's Bay in age: Meadowlark Park (47.1), Sundre (47.6), Hanna (49.2) and Bouctouche (54.4).
Of the 6 towns nearest Spaniard's Bay, 5 are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spaniard's Bay | 2,664 | — | 48 | 23% | 1.1% |
| Bay Roberts | 6,407 | 3.6 km | 47.2 | 23% | 0.3% |
| Upper Island Cove | 1,553 | 6.3 km | 53.2 | 29% | 1.1% |
| Harbour Grace | 2,872 | 8.5 km | 54 | 30% | 0.7% |
| Clarke's Beach | 1,555 | 11.3 km | 52 | 30% | 1.5% |
| Carbonear | 5,041 | 13.6 km | 51.6 | 29% | 2.6% |
| Victoria | 1,837 | 17.1 km | 51.2 | 25% | 0.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Spaniard's Bay’s residents
Is Spaniard's Bay bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 2.3% are. Another 0% speak only French and 98% only English, and French is the first language of 0.2%.
How diverse is Spaniard's Bay?
Immigrants make up 1.1% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0% are members of a visible minority, and 3.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Spaniard's Bay?
Christian: 84%. No religion: 16%. Another religion: 0.4%.
Is Spaniard's Bay good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 60% of households are couple families and 8.5% one-parent families. Schools near Spaniard's Bay are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Spaniard's Bay?
$63,600 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Spaniard's Bay (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Spaniard's Bay?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,664 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,630 in Spaniard's Bay, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Spaniard's Bay?
48 is the median age, older than 80% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 23%.
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).