Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHouseholds in single-detached houses: 95%, a higher share than 96% of Canadian towns
In New Glasgow, 7.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. The town is home to some 5,502 people (July 2025 estimate), in 1,710 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 23% of households are one person living alone locally. Half of the town’s residents are over 44.8, older than in 66% of Canadian towns.
Since 2016, New Glasgow has grown +11%, faster than 85% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 29%. The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Prince Edward Island’s towns +11%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 60% of Canadian towns: 10%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The largest age band is 55–59: nearly one in ten residents. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 19%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ New Glasgow, 44.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
New Glasgow households average 2.5 people, larger than in 58% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Prince Edward Island’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families are rarer here than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns.
Married residents 15 and over: 56%, a higher share than 81% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: nearly a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%. Measured more widely, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 9.8%.
Only 13% of households rent their home in New Glasgow
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, 25% of households rent their home. Just over a third of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 19% built before 1961.
The middle household earns $81,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in New Glasgow: half had less than $81,000, 6% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $82,500, the median across Prince Edward Island’s towns. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 26% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
4.8% 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
Recent arrivals are 13% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Here, 2% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Immigrants are rarer here than in 82% of Canadian towns.
32% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 60% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Compared with 2.8% across Canada’s towns, 1% of residents have an Indigenous identity here. Measured more widely, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Visible minority residents: 2.5% of the total.
16% of residents speak English and French, more than in 70% of Canadian towns
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
3.2% of residents have French as their mother tongue, against 1.5% across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: English 96%, French 0.9%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 25%, a lower share than 54% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 8.3% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
61% of residents 15 and over were in work
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 61%.
In its size band (5,391 to 5,616), the 11th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The span goes from 32 (Countryside) up to 55.6 (Saint-Jean-de-Matha). Stonewall (44), Wingham (44), Memramcook (45.6) and Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (46): the towns nearest New Glasgow in median age.
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than New Glasgow
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Glasgow | 5,502 | — | 44.8 | 19% | 4.8% |
| Miltonvale Park | 1,279 | 9.7 km | 45.2 | 18% | 4.4% |
| Kingston | 1,308 | 13.3 km | 39.2 | 14% | 5.9% |
| North Shore | 2,994 | 17.3 km | 42.4 | 18% | 4.8% |
| Cornwall | 7,920 | 18.7 km | 38.8 | 17% | 9.7% |
| Charlottetown | 48,118 | 18.9 km | 40.8 | 21% | 14% |
| New London | 1,443 | 19.1 km | 52.8 | 26% | 4.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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.
- 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.
Questions about New Glasgow’s residents
What is the median income in New Glasgow?
Half of New Glasgow’s households had more than $81,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of New Glasgow?
About 5,502, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 4,277 people in New Glasgow, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in New Glasgow?
The median age is 44.8, older than 66% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 19% 65 or older.
Is New Glasgow bilingual?
16% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 84% English only. French is the mother tongue of 3.2%.
How diverse is New Glasgow?
Immigrants: 4.8% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.5%. Indigenous identity: 1%.
What religion are people in New Glasgow?
32% said they have no religion and 68% that they are Christian; 0.3% named another faith.
Is New Glasgow good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 63% of households and one-parent families 7.6%. Schools near New Glasgow are on its Schools page.
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).