Photo: Neil and Kathy Carey from Edmonton, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 87% of Canadian towns: half of Malpeque Bay is over 50.8
A quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns, against 9.6% in Malpeque Bay. Higher than in 78% of Canadian towns: 15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,351 residents; the 2021 Census found 520 households. The census found that 3.8% of residents are immigrants here.
What stands out about the people of Malpeque Bay
Growing faster than most
Malpeque Bay went from 1,030 people in 2016 to 1,191 in 2021, +16%: faster growth than in 93% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Malpeque Bay’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 27% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A growing town: +16% since 2016, faster than 93% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 13%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Prince Edward Island’s towns, by more than +11%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27%, a higher share than 86% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
In Malpeque Bay, 14% of residents are under 15, beside 16% across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 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.
Smaller households than 64% of Canadian towns: 2.3 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Prince Edward Island’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Where nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, Malpeque Bay has 6.7%. Locally, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone.
58% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly a fifth of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Set beside that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 11% of the total.
93% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 94% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
34% of homes were built before 1961 and 24% in 2001 or later. The comparison figure for households in single-detached houses is 64% across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
The midpoint household income is $82,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Malpeque Bay’s households had a total income above $82,000 and half below, close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Prince Edward Island’s towns have a median of $82,500. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 22% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
3.8% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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 make up 3.4%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (56%) and in the Americas (33%).
Residents with no religion make up 32% in Malpeque Bay, less than in 60% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, Malpeque Bay has 3.4%. Compared with other places, Indigenous residents are scarce here: 1.7%, fewer than in 68% of Canadian towns. Typically, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Above 69% of Canadian towns: 3.4% of residents have French as their mother tongue
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 98%, French 0.8%. The wider picture: 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns. Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Malpeque Bay has 9.2%.
Malpeque Bay sits below 58% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (23%)
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
7.8% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
In work on census day: 57% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 57% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Malpeque Bay
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malpeque Bay | 1,351 | — | 50.8 | 27% | 3.8% |
| Kensington, Part 1 | 3,357 | 7.6 km | 45.6 | 19% | 3.4% |
| Kensington | 2,016 | 7.6 km | 50 | 27% | 5.2% |
| New London | 1,443 | 10.3 km | 52.8 | 26% | 4.1% |
| Summerside | 19,006 | 15.4 km | 46.8 | 24% | 6.2% |
| Kinkora | 1,416 | 17.3 km | 50.8 | 22% | 3.5% |
| Miscouche | 1,113 | 18.3 km | 42.4 | 20% | 3.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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 Malpeque Bay’s residents
What is the population of Malpeque Bay?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,351 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Malpeque Bay counted 1,191, 16% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Malpeque Bay?
Half the residents are older than 50.8 and half younger; 14% are children under 15 and 27% are 65 or over.
Is Malpeque Bay bilingual?
English and French: 9.2% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 90%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 3.4%.
How diverse is Malpeque Bay?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 3.8%. A visible minority makes up 3.4% and Indigenous residents 1.7%.
What religion are people in Malpeque Bay?
Most often Christian (67%) or no religion (32%); other religions make up 0.9%.
Is Malpeque Bay good for families?
Children under 15 are 14% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 63% of households and one-parent families 6.7%. Schools near Malpeque Bay are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Malpeque Bay?
Median total household income in Malpeque Bay was $82,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).