Photo: Froliking on the Iceshield · CC BY 2.0In Blanc-Sablon, 13% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
Half of Blanc-Sablon’s residents are over 46, older than in 72% of Canadian towns. The town is home to some 1,090 people (July 2025 estimate), in 465 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, just over four in five households live in a single-detached house. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%; Blanc-Sablon has 9.7%.
What stands out about the people of Blanc-Sablon
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
13% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 1.4% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
A bilingual town
59% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 0.9% speak French only and 40% English only. English & French ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents: 59%, a higher share than 94% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Where nearly two thirds of residents have English as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns, Blanc-Sablon has 75%. Bilingual residents: 7.5% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
+1% since 2016: slower than 71% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate was 3% lower. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Quebec’s towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10%, a lower share than 60% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 55–59: one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 20%. The wider picture: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women.
Households here average 2.4 people, below 53% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
27% of households are one person living alone.
Blanc-Sablon: 22% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 86% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 27% of adults (typical: 27%). At 38%, the share of married residents 15 and over is lower than in 72% of Canadian towns. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Below 56% of Canadian towns: 23% of households rent their home
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
Nearly one in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Renter households make up 25% across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $89,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Blanc-Sablon’s median household took in $89,000 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $74,000 is the median household income across Quebec’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 22% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Below 58% of Canadian towns: 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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 immigrants trails 96% of Canadian towns: 1.4%. Add to that, residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. On average, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 8.3%, a lower share than 98% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 1.8% in Blanc-Sablon. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Canada’s towns: 35%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 11% in Blanc-Sablon, less than in 93% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 23% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 54% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
54% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 20% are 65 or more.
Every nearby town is older than Blanc-Sablon
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Distances here run 37–110 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Blanc-Sablon.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanc-Sablon | 1,090 | — | 46 | 20% | 1.4% |
| Division No. 9, Subdivision C | 2,137 | 36.7 km | 56.4 | 30% | 0.5% |
| St. Anthony | 2,203 | 110.3 km | 51.6 | 29% | 4.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Blanc-Sablon’s residents
How diverse is Blanc-Sablon?
Immigrants make up 1.4% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1.8% are members of a visible minority, and 13% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Blanc-Sablon?
Christian: 92%. No religion: 8.3%. Another religion: 0%.
Is Blanc-Sablon good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 16%. 58% of households are couple families and 9.7% one-parent families. Schools near Blanc-Sablon are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Blanc-Sablon?
$89,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Blanc-Sablon (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Blanc-Sablon?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,090 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,122 in Blanc-Sablon, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Blanc-Sablon?
46 is the median age. Under 15: 16%. 65 and over: 20%.
Is Blanc-Sablon bilingual?
59% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.9% speak French only and 40% English only. French is the mother tongue of 21%.
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).