Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0Three Rivers ranks above 81% of Canadian towns on one-parent families: 11%
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns, against 23% in Three Rivers. For Three Rivers, the census puts residents with no religion at 27%. More households in single-detached houses than in 64% of Canadian towns: 74%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 9,322 residents; the 2021 Census found 3,245 households.
A +10% change since 2016: Three Rivers grew faster than 81% 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
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +11% across Prince Edward Island’s towns. The July 2025 estimate adds another 18%.
Three Rivers is older than 66% of Canadian towns: a median age of 44.8
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Children under 15 make up 15%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 7.8% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Three Rivers, 44.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 74% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Prince Edward Island’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here 33% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 27%.
Below 64% of Canadian towns: 42% of residents 15 and over are married
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: nearly a third of adults, against a typical 27%. Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married. Census figures put common-law partners at 9.7% in Three Rivers.
A higher share of renter households than 54% of Canadian towns, at 27%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
9.8% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Renter households: 25% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
A median household income of $63,600 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Three Rivers had $63,600 before tax, 26% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Prince Edward Island’s towns have a median of $82,500. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 24% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 60% of Canadian towns: 10%
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (42%), then in the Americas (28%). Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Fewer immigrants than in 82% of Canadian towns: 4.9%. 17% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
70% said they are Christian and 27% that they have no religion
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
With visible minority residents at 4.1%, Three Rivers is behind 71% of Canadian towns on that count. Here, 2.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
English is the mother tongue of 88%, and 8.3% speak French as well
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
9.4% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 3.3% speak neither official language. On residents whose mother tongue is French, Three Rivers sits lower than 71% of Canadian towns: 1%.
Three Rivers ranks below 76% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 17%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 13%, against 9.5%. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 55%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 55%; 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages here range from 31.8 in Oromocto to 52.4 in Vankleek Hill. Next to Three Rivers on this scale come Centrepointe - Briargreen (44.3), Riverbend (44.6), Barbertown (45.3) and Castlegar (45.6).
Three Rivers and its 5 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. The nearest places to Three Rivers with figures are 16–27 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Rivers | 9,322 | — | 44.8 | 23% | 4.9% |
| Murray River, Part 1 | 1,638 | 15.7 km | 49.2 | 22% | 3.3% |
| Vernon River | 2,779 | 20.9 km | 37.2 | 15% | 3.5% |
| Belfast | 2,110 | 24.3 km | 51.2 | 29% | 7.1% |
| Morell | 1,422 | 25.6 km | 49.6 | 24% | 5.8% |
| East River, Part 1 | 2,657 | 27.3 km | 41.2 | 19% | 3.5% |
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. 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. 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.
Questions about Three Rivers’s residents
Is Three Rivers bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 8.3% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 88% only English, and French is the first language of 1%.
How diverse is Three Rivers?
Immigrants: 4.9% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 4.1%. Indigenous identity: 2.4%.
What religion are people in Three Rivers?
27% said they have no religion and 70% that they are Christian; 3.2% named another faith.
Is Three Rivers good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 49% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Three Rivers are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Three Rivers?
Half of Three Rivers’s households had more than $63,600 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Three Rivers?
About 9,322, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 7,883 people in Three Rivers, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Three Rivers?
The median age is 44.8, older than 66% of Canadian towns. 15% are under 15 and 23% 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).