Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/clifbudden/ Clif Budden · CC BY 2.0St. Alban's is older than 96% of Canadian towns: a median age of 56
With residents with no religion at 2.1%, St. Alban's is behind 99% of Canadian towns on that count. Compared with other places, renter households are scarce here: 8%, fewer than in 94% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 1,093 for July 2025. Residents who moved in within the year account for 6.3%.
What stands out about the people of St. Alban's
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 27% of residents, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and 24% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Older than most towns
Line St. Alban's’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 56; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 29% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
St. Alban's’s population moved ±0% on 2016, less than in 75% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, by more than −2%. The July 2025 estimate is down 8% on the census.
29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8% in St. Alban's and 11% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
St. Alban's households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 83% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
St. Alban's sits close to the norm on one-parent families: 8.9%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. Here, 30% of households are one person living alone.
St. Alban's: 53% of residents 15 and over are married, above 71% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 23% of adults (typical: 27%). For comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 10% in St. Alban's.
Households in single-detached houses make up 97% in St. Alban's, more than in 99% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 26% date from 2001 or later, 13% from before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%.
Before tax, the median household income is $53,200 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
Household incomes run lower in St. Alban's: half had less than $53,200, 38% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, the household in the middle had $63,600. 21% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
1.7% 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
Against a figure of 17% across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants in St. Alban's comes in at 1.7%. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
27% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 98% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In St. Alban's, 0.8% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 99%, and 0.8% 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
7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 0.8% in St. Alban's. On top of that, the town has fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than 95% of Canadian towns, at 0.4%.
St. Alban's ranks below 99% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 6.6%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 22%, beside a typical 9.5%. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
38% of residents 15 and over were in work
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 38%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Older than St. Alban's: 1 of the 5 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. St. Alban's has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 45–104 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Alban's | 1,093 | — | 56 | 29% | 1.7% |
| Harbour Breton | 1,481 | 45.4 km | 52 | 25% | 0% |
| Grand Bank | 2,082 | 87.6 km | 58.4 | 38% | 0.5% |
| Fortune | 1,249 | 90.3 km | 54.8 | 32% | 0% |
| Marystown | 5,196 | 94.3 km | 50.8 | 26% | 1.9% |
| Burin | 2,249 | 104.1 km | 51.2 | 25% | 1.3% |
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 St. Alban's’s residents
How diverse is St. Alban's?
Immigrants: 1.7% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0.8%. Indigenous identity: 27%.
What religion are people in St. Alban's?
2.1% said they have no religion and 98% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
Is St. Alban's good for families?
11% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 57% of households and one-parent families 8.9%. Schools near St. Alban's are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in St. Alban's?
Half of St. Alban's’s households had more than $53,200 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of St. Alban's?
About 1,093, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,189 people in St. Alban's, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in St. Alban's?
The median age is 56. 11% are under 15 and 29% 65 or older.
Is St. Alban's bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 0.8% are. Another 0% speak only French and 99% only English, and French is the first language of 0.4%.
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).