Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 92% of Canadian towns: 92%
16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, against 20% in Bury. This Quebec town is home to some 1,243 people (July 2025 estimate), in 520 households at the 2021 Census. Visible minority residents: 0.8% of the total. Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Bury
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 49% of residents speak English and French, more than in 89% of Canadian towns. Another 43% speak only French and 8.8% only English. English & French ↓
Common-law couples
31% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 34% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
49% of residents speak English and French, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
Just over a quarter of residents have English as their mother tongue, against 66% across Canada’s towns. The share of bilingual residents across Canada’s towns is 7.5%.
A growing town: +7% since 2016, faster than 66% 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
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%. By July 2025, Statistics Canada’s estimate had barely moved.
Below 87% of Canadian towns: 8.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Here, a fifth of residents are 65 or over. Half of Bury’s residents are over 44, older than in 62% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women.
One-parent families: 9.7%, a higher share than 72% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Bury the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Census figures put one-person households at 26% in the town. On average, 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
Bury ranks above 95% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 31%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here just over a third of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 46%. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
In Bury, 14% of households rent their home, fewer than in 79% 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. On average, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 48% of homes were built before 1961 and 16% in 2001 or later.
A median household income of $68,500 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
Half of Bury’s households had a total income below $68,500, 20% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 28% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
2% 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
Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Bury has 2%. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
30% of residents said they have no religion, below 64% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. On average, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 84% of Canadian towns, at 15%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
A job for 54% of residents aged 15 and over
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.
54% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 20% are 65 or more.
Older than Bury: 1 of the 3 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bury | 1,243 | — | 44 | 20% | 2% |
| Westbury | 1,207 | 14.1 km | 39.2 | 18% | 3.7% |
| Dudswell | 1,850 | 14.8 km | 49.6 | 23% | 1.1% |
| East Angus | 4,261 | 15.7 km | 43.6 | 24% | 0.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Bury’s residents
What is the median income in Bury?
The median household in Bury took in $68,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Bury?
Bury had about 1,243 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,252, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Bury?
A median age of 44. Children under 15 make up 20%, and people 65 and over 20%.
Is Bury bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 49% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 8.8% speak only English and 43% only French; 69% grew up with French.
How diverse is Bury?
2% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.8% belong to a visible minority and 0% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Bury?
69% are Christian and 30% have no religion; 0.4% follow another religion.
Is Bury good for families?
Under 15: 20% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 58% of households. One-parent families: 9.7%. Schools near Bury are on its Schools page.
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).