Photo: Larry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · CC BY 2.0Below 87% of Canadian towns: 11% of households rent their home
The figure for residents with no religion is 23% in Central Prince and 35% across Canada’s towns. Still, half of the town’s residents are over 47.6, older than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns. This Prince Edward Island town is home to some 1,287 people (July 2025 estimate), in 455 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 22% of households are one person living alone.
Central Prince’s population changed by +7% since 2016, more than in 68% 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
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +11% across Prince Edward Island’s towns. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 14%.
Above 67% of Canadian towns: 22% of residents are 65 or over
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Children under 15 make up 17%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
9.8% of households are one-parent families, more than in 73% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Prince Edward Island’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
At 2.5 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over: 54%, a higher share than 74% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
25% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 11% in Central Prince.
91% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 91% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%. 37% of homes were built before 1961 and 18% in 2001 or later.
Household income, middle of the range: $66,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Central Prince’s, at $66,000, is 23% lower. Among Prince Edward Island’s towns, the typical figure is $82,500. Pandemic benefits reached 26% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Only 9.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Central Prince
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
With immigrants at 1.8%, Central Prince is behind 94% of Canadian towns on that count. Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 0.9% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
77% said they are Christian and 23% that they have no religion
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. Across Central Prince, 0.9% of residents belong to a visible minority.
English is the mother tongue of 98%, and 6.7% speak French as well
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
At home: English 100%, French 0.9%. Residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.8%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
Central Prince ranks below 98% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 8.8%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Employment: 50% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 50%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 22% are 65 or over.
Of the 2 towns nearest Central Prince, 1 are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Prince | 1,287 | — | 47.6 | 22% | 1.8% |
| Wellington | 1,972 | 14.1 km | 51.2 | 22% | 3.3% |
| O'Leary | 2,878 | 19.0 km | 46 | 21% | 3.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 Prince Edward Island’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Prince Edward Island’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.
Questions about Central Prince’s residents
Is Central Prince bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6.7% are. Another 0% speak only French and 94% only English, and French is the first language of 1.8%.
How diverse is Central Prince?
Immigrants: 1.8% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0.9%. Indigenous identity: 0%.
What religion are people in Central Prince?
23% said they have no religion and 77% that they are Christian; 0.5% named another faith.
Is Central Prince good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 61% of households and one-parent families 9.8%. Schools near Central Prince are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Central Prince?
Half of Central Prince’s households had more than $66,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Central Prince?
About 1,287, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,129 people in Central Prince, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Central Prince?
The median age is 47.6. 17% are under 15 and 22% 65 or older.
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).