Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain5.8% of households rent their home, below 98% of Canadian towns
Compared with 35% across Canada’s towns, 7% of residents said they have no religion here. At 4.6%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is lower than in 99% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts Tignish’s population at 2,041 for July 2025. 1.4% of residents are immigrants.
Tignish changed by −1% from 2016 to 2021, behind 83% 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
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 13% higher again. Across Prince Edward Island’s towns the median is +11%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Tignish ranks above 86% of Canadian towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 14%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The median age in Tignish is 45.2, higher than in 69% of Canadian towns. The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with nearly one in ten residents. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. 19% of residents are 65 or over, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women.
Below 71% of Canadian towns: 22% of households are one person living alone
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Prince Edward Island’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, 8.2% of households are one-parent families; in Tignish, 5.8%. A household here holds 2.6 people on average. On average, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 86% of Canadian towns, at 57%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns, Tignish has 7.6%. Singles who have never married make up 27% of adults, beside a typical 27%.
Households in single-detached houses make up 94% in Tignish, more than in 95% 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 25% date from 2001 or later, 17% from before 1961. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
The middle household earns $86,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Tignish had $86,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Prince Edward Island’s towns has $82,500 before tax. COVID-19 benefits went to 24% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
1.4% 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
The share of residents without Canadian citizenship trails 92% of Canadian towns: 0.8%.
93% said they are Christian and 7% that they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents: 1.4%, below 73% of Canadian towns. In Tignish, 1.1% of residents belong to a visible minority.
6.9% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 74% 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
Bilingual residents: 18% here, 13% across Prince Edward Island’s towns and 7.5% across Canada’s towns. Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 1.5% across Canada’s towns. At home: English 97%, French 0.8%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 87% of Canadian towns: 13%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 19% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 61%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 61%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Tignish is younger than every town around it
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tignish | 2,041 | — | 45.2 | 19% | 1.4% |
| Miminegash | 1,166 | 15.9 km | 49.6 | 26% | 3.7% |
| Alberton | 1,498 | 18.8 km | 49.6 | 32% | 3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Prince Edward Island’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Prince Edward Island’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Tignish’s residents
Is Tignish good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 66% of households. One-parent families: 5.8%. Schools near Tignish are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Tignish?
The median household in Tignish took in $86,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Tignish?
Tignish had about 2,041 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,800, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Tignish?
A median age of 45.2. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 19%.
Is Tignish bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 18% are. Another 0% speak only French and 82% only English, and French is the first language of 6.9%.
How diverse is Tignish?
1.4% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1.1% belong to a visible minority and 1.4% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Tignish?
93% are Christian and 7% have no religion; 0% follow another religion.
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).