Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainIn Vernon River, 7.3% of households rent their home, fewer than in 95% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, 35% of residents said they have no religion; in Vernon River, 23%. Residents who moved in within the year account for 6.1%. Half of the town’s residents are under 37.2, younger than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 2,779 residents; the 2021 Census found 885 households.
Vernon River’s population changed by +11% since 2016, more than in 84% 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
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Prince Edward Island’s towns, +11%.
More children under 15 than 78% of Canadian towns: 19%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Residents aged 65 and over: 15% here and 19% across Canada’s towns. 25–29 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Vernon River, 37.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women.
Vernon River sits below 74% of Canadian towns for one-person households (21%)
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.
One in ten households are one-parent families; across Canada’s towns the figure is 8.2%. Measured more widely, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Households here average 2.6 people each.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 60% 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
29% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). For comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners stands at 10%.
90% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Older homes outnumber new: 34% predate 1961, 21% date from 2001 or later. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. One in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
The middle household earns $83,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Vernon River’s, at $83,000, is close to it. Within Prince Edward Island’s towns, the household in the middle had $82,500. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 24% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
3.5% 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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (65%), then in the Americas (29%). Lower than in 87% of Canadian towns: 3.5% of residents are immigrants. Add to that, with residents without Canadian citizenship at 0.7%, Vernon River is behind 94% of Canadian towns on that count.
76% said they are Christian and 23% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents make up 0.9%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. For Vernon River, the census puts Indigenous residents at 1.5%.
87% have English as their mother tongue; 7% also speak French
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, 11% mostly speak another language; 7.8% speak neither English nor French. Lower than in 62% of Canadian towns: 1.2% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Below 71% of Canadian towns: 19% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 9.2% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 64%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 64%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 7th of 41 towns of 2,739 to 2,817 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages climb from 28.8 (Kuujjuaq) to 57.6 (Saint-Côme) across the group. The towns whose median age is nearest to Vernon River’s: Talbot-Grey (36.5), Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse (36.8), Marritt (38.7) and Grimshaw (38.8).
Every neighbour of Vernon River has an older population
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon River | 2,779 | — | 37.2 | 15% | 3.5% |
| East River, Part 1 | 2,657 | 10.6 km | 41.2 | 19% | 3.5% |
| Crossroads | 2,366 | 11.4 km | 41.2 | 14% | 3.5% |
| Stratford | 13,152 | 16.4 km | 40.4 | 18% | 13% |
| Belfast | 2,110 | 16.9 km | 51.2 | 29% | 7.1% |
| North Shore | 1,609 | 18.3 km | 42 | 15% | 5.1% |
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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about Vernon River’s residents
Is Vernon River bilingual?
7% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 86% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.2%.
How diverse is Vernon River?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 3.5%. A visible minority makes up 0.9% and Indigenous residents 1.5%.
What religion are people in Vernon River?
Most often Christian (76%) or no religion (23%); other religions make up 0.8%.
Is Vernon River good for families?
Children under 15 are 19% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 65% of households and one-parent families 9.6%. Schools near Vernon River are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Vernon River?
Median total household income in Vernon River was $83,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Vernon River?
The latest figure is an estimate: 2,779 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Vernon River counted 2,499, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Vernon River?
Half the residents are older than 37.2 and half younger, younger than 81% of Canadian towns; 19% are children under 15 and 15% are 65 or over.
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).