Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER · CC0Torbay sits below 89% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (19%)
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (14%), Torbay is below 78% of Canadian towns. In Torbay, 7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Four in five households live in a single-detached house, more than in 74% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 2,985 households locally; by July 2025 the population was about 8,297.
−1% since 2016: slower than 82% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; −2% across Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 6% higher again.
18% of residents are under 15, more than in 72% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
45–49 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. With a median age of 42.8, Torbay is older than 54% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Torbay, 42.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Fewer one-person households than 79% of Canadian towns: 19%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The average household has 2.6 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many one-parent families: 9.5% here, more than in 69% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
53% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 72% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law (Canada’s towns: 11%). Never married and not common-law: a quarter of adults (typical: 27%).
Torbay ranks below 67% of Canadian towns on renter households: 18%
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
42% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 6.4% built before 1961. The comparison figure for renter households is 25% across Canada’s towns. Torbay sits close to the norm on households in buildings of five or more storeys: 0.3%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Half above, half below $108,000 a year in household income
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
Half of Torbay’s households had a total income above $108,000, 26% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns have a median of $63,600. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 26% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
2.6% 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
17% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 0.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Fewer immigrants than in 91% of Canadian towns: 2.6%.
Torbay ranks above 63% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 4.1%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 1.4% of residents belong to a visible minority in Torbay. Against that, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
Bilingual residents: 9.2%, a higher share than 59% of Canadian towns
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
By its share of residents whose mother tongue is French (0.3%), Torbay is below 97% of Canadian towns. For bilingual residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 7.5%.
Torbay ranks above 56% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 30%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 5.7% here, 9.5% in the typical town. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 61% of residents 15 and over had a job
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.
At 61%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 16th oldest of 41 towns of 8,183 to 8,417 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
They run from Secord, at 32.4, to Electoral Area G, Nanaimo, at 60.8. By median age, Torbay sits among Alta Vista (42.7), Plattsville (42.8), Southdale (44.7) and Mount Joy (45.2).
Torbay is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torbay | 8,297 | — | 42.8 | 14% | 2.6% |
| Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove | 2,601 | 5.0 km | 46.8 | 19% | 4.4% |
| Flatrock | 1,938 | 6.6 km | 40 | 13% | 0.8% |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's | 9,167 | 9.5 km | 43.2 | 15% | 3.8% |
| St. John's | 128,693 | 11.4 km | 42 | 20% | 7% |
| Pouch Cove | 2,270 | 11.6 km | 43.2 | 17% | 1.2% |
| Wabana | 2,008 | 15.3 km | 56.8 | 31% | 0.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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.
- Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Newfoundland and Labrador’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
Questions about Torbay’s residents
How diverse is Torbay?
2.6% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1.4% belong to a visible minority and 4.1% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Torbay?
81% are Christian and 19% have no religion; 1% follow another religion.
Is Torbay good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 63% of households. One-parent families: 9.5%. Schools near Torbay are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Torbay?
The median household in Torbay took in $108,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Torbay?
Torbay had about 8,297 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 7,852, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Torbay?
A median age of 42.8, older than 54% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 14%.
Is Torbay bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 9.2% are. Another 0% speak only French and 91% only English, and French is the first language of 0.3%.
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).