Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY 4.0Half of Wabana is over 56.8, older than 97% of Canadian towns
35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns, against 7.2% in Wabana. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 96% of Canadian towns: 6.9%. The town had about 2,008 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 950 households at the 2021 Census. For Wabana, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 3.9%.
What stands out about the people of Wabana
Fewer people than before
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Wabana went from 2,146 to 1,815 residents (−15%), slower growth than in 99% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Wabana’s residents are under 56.8 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 31% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
42% of households are one person living alone, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 31% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Wabana’s population moved −15% on 2016, less than in 99% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 11%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, by more than −2%.
31% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
60–64 is the most common age band: 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Here, just over one in ten residents are under 15.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More one-parent families than 98% of Canadian towns: 15%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-person households: 42% here and 27% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
Fewer married residents 15 and over than 77% of Canadian towns: 35%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 34% of adults, against a typical 27%. As a yardstick, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: nearly a tenth of the total.
In Wabana, 83% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 77% 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
57% of homes were built before 1961 and 5.2% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for households in single-detached houses is 64% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households is 25%; Wabana has 27%.
$36,000 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Wabana’s median household took in $36,000 before tax, 58% less 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 23% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
0.8% of residents are immigrants
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Against a figure of 17% across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants in Wabana comes in at 0.8%.
92% said they are Christian and 7.2% 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
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Indigenous residents: 0.8% of the total.
99% have English as their mother tongue; 0.6% 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
The share of residents whose mother tongue is French trails 97% of Canadian towns: 0.3%. What’s more, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 0.6% in Wabana.
Below 99% of Canadian towns: 4.5% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 27% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town.
In work on census day: 25% of adults
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 25%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 31% of residents are 65 or over.
Every nearby town is younger than Wabana
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wabana | 2,008 | — | 56.8 | 31% | 0.8% |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's | 9,167 | 8.7 km | 43.2 | 15% | 3.8% |
| Paradise | 26,155 | 12.7 km | 38 | 11% | 1.5% |
| Torbay | 8,297 | 15.3 km | 42.8 | 14% | 2.6% |
| Conception Bay South | 29,725 | 15.6 km | 43.2 | 18% | 1.5% |
| Mount Pearl | 24,266 | 17.1 km | 46 | 22% | 2.3% |
| St. John's | 128,693 | 18.3 km | 42 | 20% | 7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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. 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 Wabana’s residents
What is the average age in Wabana?
Half the residents are older than 56.8 and half younger; 12% are children under 15 and 31% are 65 or over.
Is Wabana bilingual?
0.6% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 99% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.3%.
How diverse is Wabana?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 0.8%. A visible minority makes up 0% and Indigenous residents 0.8%.
What religion are people in Wabana?
Most often Christian (92%) or no religion (7.2%); other religions make up 0.8%.
Is Wabana good for families?
Children under 15 are 12% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 35% of households and one-parent families 15%. Schools near Wabana are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Wabana?
Median total household income in Wabana was $36,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Wabana?
The latest figure is an estimate: 2,008 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Wabana counted 1,815, 15% fewer than 2016.
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).