Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 52.4: Bonaventure is older than 91% of Canadian towns
Most recent wave: half of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Statistics Canada puts Bonaventure’s population at 2,719 for July 2025. For Bonaventure, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.3%. 39% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 86% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Bonaventure
Older than most towns
Line Bonaventure’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 52.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 30% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 30% of adults, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, while 28% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
35% of residents speak English and French, a share 84% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
In Bonaventure, 5.3% of residents have English as their mother tongue, beside 66% across Canada’s towns. At home: French 94%, English 5.2%. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A change of +1% since 2016 leaves Bonaventure behind 71% of Canadian towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%. The July 2025 estimate is close to the census count.
Bonaventure sits above 92% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (30%)
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Where 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, Bonaventure has 13%. Set beside that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Bonaventure, 52.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Bonaventure households average 2 people, smaller than in 90% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, against 6.8% in Bonaventure.
In Bonaventure, 30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
28% of residents 15 and over are married, against 46% across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Above 61% of Canadian towns: 72% of households live in a single-detached house
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
31% of homes were built before 1961 and 14% in 2001 or later. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Set against 25% across Canada’s towns, 30% of households rent their home in Bonaventure.
The median household brings in $62,800 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Bonaventure: half had less than $62,800, 27% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 22% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 83% of Canadian towns: 7.9%
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 residents without Canadian citizenship trails 71% of Canadian towns: 2.4%. 2.6% of residents are immigrants. Typically, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Bonaventure sits below 86% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (20%)
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Bonaventure, 1.9% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. On average, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents account for 4.1%.
24% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 56% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
11% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 50% of residents 15 and over had a job
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 50% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 30% of residents are 65 or over.
Among 41 towns of 2,680 to 2,758 people, the 6th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The group spans Waskaganish, youngest at 25, to Eastman, oldest at 56.8. The towns whose median age is nearest to Bonaventure’s: Musquodoboit Harbour (50.9), Country Hills Village (51.9), Victoria County, Subdivision A (52.8) and Division No. 8, Subdivision L (53.6).
Bonaventure is younger than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonaventure | 2,719 | — | 52.4 | 30% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Siméon | 1,254 | 8.2 km | 53.2 | 30% | 0% |
| New Carlisle | 1,331 | 11.1 km | 53.2 | 30% | 1.9% |
| Paspébiac | 3,132 | 16.3 km | 56.4 | 33% | 0% |
| Caplan | 1,961 | 16.4 km | 56.4 | 32% | 0.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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 Bonaventure’s residents
What religion are people in Bonaventure?
Most often Christian (77%) or no religion (20%); other religions make up 2.5%.
Is Bonaventure good for families?
Children under 15 are 13% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 50% of households and one-parent families 6.8%. Schools near Bonaventure are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bonaventure?
Median total household income in Bonaventure was $62,800 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Bonaventure?
The latest figure is an estimate: 2,719 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Bonaventure counted 2,733, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Bonaventure?
Half the residents are older than 52.4 and half younger, older than 91% of Canadian towns; 13% are children under 15 and 30% are 65 or over.
Is Bonaventure bilingual?
English and French: 35% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 2.4%. French only: 63%. French mother tongue: 93%.
How diverse is Bonaventure?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 2.6%. A visible minority makes up 1.9% and Indigenous residents 4.1%.
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).