Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainOnly 7.7% of households rent their home in Miminegash
With residents with no religion at 10%, Miminegash is behind 98% of Canadian towns on that count. On the census count, 11% of households are one-parent families. Half of the town’s residents are over 49.6, older than in 84% of Canadian towns. This Prince Edward Island town had about 1,166 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 460 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Miminegash
Fewer people than before
Miminegash went from 1,126 people in 2016 to 1,089 in 2021, −3%: slower growth than in 93% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
−3% since 2016: slower than 93% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Prince Edward Island’s towns the median is +11%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 7% higher again.
In Miminegash, 26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 84% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Compared with 16% across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents are under 15 here. Set beside that, 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.
Fewer one-person households than 57% of Canadian towns: 25%
Private households by type and size.
Against Prince Edward Island’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households in Miminegash hold 2.4 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4). The comparison figure for one-person households is 27% across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 65% of Canadian towns, at 51%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
24% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). The census found that 10% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Miminegash.
Miminegash: 95% of households live in a single-detached house, above 96% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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. As a yardstick, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 21% predate 1961, 13% date from 2001 or later.
The middle household earns $65,500 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Miminegash’s, at $65,500, is 24% lower. Across Prince Edward Island’s towns, half of households had more than $82,500 before tax. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 24% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Below 68% of Canadian towns: 9.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Of the immigrants living here, 63% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Immigrants account for 3.7%. Few places have so few residents without Canadian citizenship: 3.2% here, fewer than in 64% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%.
91% said they are Christian and 10% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Miminegash, 4.2% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns.
More residents whose mother tongue is French than 76% of Canadian towns: 9.6%
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 95%, French 2.3%. On bilingual residents, Miminegash sits higher than 72% of Canadian towns: 17%. The wider picture: 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns.
Miminegash ranks below 96% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 10%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 29%, against 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
42% 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. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 26% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 42% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
No nearby town is as old as Miminegash
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Prince Edward Island’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Prince Edward Island’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Miminegash’s residents
What is the population of Miminegash?
About 1,166, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,089 people in Miminegash, 3% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Miminegash?
The median age is 49.6. 15% are under 15 and 26% 65 or older.
Is Miminegash bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 17% are. Another 0.5% speak only French and 82% only English, and French is the first language of 9.6%.
How diverse is Miminegash?
Immigrants: 3.7% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 4.2%. Indigenous identity: 0%.
What religion are people in Miminegash?
10% said they have no religion and 91% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
Is Miminegash good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 56% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Miminegash are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Miminegash?
Half of Miminegash’s households had more than $65,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).