Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainOnly 6.4% of households rent their home in Wellington
By its share of residents with no religion (18%), Wellington is below 90% of Canadian towns. 8.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24. On immigrants, Wellington sits lower than 88% of Canadian towns: 3.3%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,972 residents; the 2021 Census found 780 households.
What stands out about the people of Wellington
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 55% of residents speak English and French, more than in 92% of Canadian towns. Another 0.8% speak only French and 45% only English. English & French ↓
Fewer people than before
Wellington went from 1,874 people in 2016 to 1,811 in 2021, −3%: slower growth than in 93% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Wellington’s residents are under 51.2 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 22% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 92% of Canadian towns, at 55%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. 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: English 63%, French 34%. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, residents whose mother tongue is French are common here: 42%, more than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns.
Wellington changed by −3% from 2016 to 2021, behind 93% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +11% across Prince Edward Island’s towns. The July 2025 estimate adds another 9%.
Half of Wellington is over 51.2, older than 88% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The figure for children under 15 is 14% in Wellington and 16% across Canada’s towns. In Wellington, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
One-person households make up 23% in Wellington, less than in 65% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Prince Edward Island’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. For one-person households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 27%. One-parent families account for 6.4%.
Above 86% of Canadian towns: 57% of residents 15 and over are married
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Common-law partners: 12% here and 11% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married.
In Wellington, 87% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 82% 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
9.6% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, households in single-detached houses come to 64%.
$80,000 a year is the median household income here
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Wellington: half had less than $80,000, 7% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $82,500 is the median household income across Prince Edward Island’s towns. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 23% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 10%, a lower share than 60% of Canadian towns
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (67%) and in the Americas (17%).
80% said they are Christian and 18% 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
1.4% of residents belong to a visible minority; across Canada’s towns the figure is 15%. Indigenous residents account for 2.8%.
Wellington ranks below 95% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 10%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 15%, beside a typical 9.5%. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 64% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
64% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Every nearby town is younger than Wellington
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington | 1,972 | — | 51.2 | 22% | 3.3% |
| Miscouche | 1,113 | 12.0 km | 42.4 | 20% | 3.6% |
| Central Prince | 1,287 | 14.1 km | 47.6 | 22% | 1.8% |
| Summerside | 19,006 | 18.2 km | 46.8 | 24% | 6.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Prince Edward Island’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Prince Edward Island’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Wellington’s residents
Is Wellington good for families?
Under 15: 14% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 64% of households. One-parent families: 6.4%. Schools near Wellington are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Wellington?
The median household in Wellington took in $80,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Wellington?
Wellington had about 1,972 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,811, 3% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Wellington?
A median age of 51.2. Children under 15 make up 14%, and people 65 and over 22%.
Is Wellington bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 55% are. Another 0.8% speak only French and 45% only English, and French is the first language of 42%.
How diverse is Wellington?
3.3% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1.4% belong to a visible minority and 2.8% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Wellington?
80% are Christian and 18% have no religion; 1.9% 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).