Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Adstock sits below 98% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (5.4%)
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.1%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many households in single-detached houses: 94% here, more than in 95% of Canadian towns. A median age of 49.6 (older than 84% of Canadian towns) sets Adstock apart: 2,903 residents in 1,280 households at the 2021 Census. For Adstock, the census puts residents with no religion at 17%.
What stands out about the people of Adstock
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 28% of adults, more than in 92% of Canadian towns, while 38% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Adstock: 25% of residents speak English and French, above 77% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
Compared with 66% across Canada’s towns, 1.2% of residents have English as their mother tongue here. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: French 98%, English 0.9%.
+4% since 2016, a pace below 53% of Canadian towns
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 10%.
Older than 84% of Canadian towns: half of Adstock is over 49.6
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 65–69: 11% of residents, 1.8 times the share across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 16% of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Adstock, 49.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women.
One-person households: 31%, a higher share than 65% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
With one-parent families at 4.7%, Adstock is behind 94% of Canadian towns on that count. The benchmark for one-person households across Canada’s towns: 27%. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
Above 92% of Canadian towns: 28% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Adstock has 38%. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Below 71% of Canadian towns: 17% of households rent their home
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
Just over a quarter of homes were built before 1961 and 24% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Typically, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
$72,000 a year: where the middle household sits
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Adstock: half had less than $72,000, 16% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 26% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
0.9% of residents are immigrants
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 1.9% here and 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Fewer immigrants than in 98% of Canadian towns: 0.9%.
81% said they are Christian and 17% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents is 2.4%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Indigenous identity: 1.6% (2.8%).
Only 19% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Adstock
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 11%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
55% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 55% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 10th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Between Coalhurst (32) and Valhalla (66) lies the rest of the group. The towns whose median age is nearest to Adstock’s: Electoral Area D, North Okanagan (49.6), Pincher Creek No. 9 (49.6), Val-Morin (51.2) and Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (51.6).
1 of the 4 nearest towns are older than Adstock
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adstock | 3,203 | — | 49.6 | 26% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce | 2,575 | 11.6 km | 43.2 | 19% | 0.4% |
| La Guadeloupe | 1,927 | 15.2 km | 45.6 | 25% | 5% |
| Thetford Mines | 27,155 | 16.7 km | 53.6 | 33% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Victor | 2,344 | 19.2 km | 47.2 | 24% | 1.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Quebec’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. 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.
- 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 Adstock’s residents
Is Adstock bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 25% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.2% speak only English and 75% only French; 97% grew up with French.
How diverse is Adstock?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 0.9%. A visible minority makes up 2.4% and Indigenous residents 1.6%.
What religion are people in Adstock?
Most often Christian (81%) or no religion (17%); other religions make up 2.6%.
Is Adstock good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 60% of households and one-parent families 4.7%. Schools near Adstock are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Adstock?
Median total household income in Adstock was $72,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Adstock?
The latest figure is an estimate: 3,203 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Adstock counted 2,903, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Adstock?
Half the residents are older than 49.6 and half younger, older than 84% of Canadian towns; 16% are children under 15 and 26% 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).