Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Carleton-sur-Mer is over 52.8, older than 91% of Canadian towns
The share of one-person households tops 86% of Canadian towns: 39%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 4,175 residents; the 2021 Census found 2,015 households. For Carleton-sur-Mer, the census puts children under 15 at 13%. Compared with other places, immigrants are scarce here: 1.5%, fewer than in 96% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Carleton-sur-Mer
Older than most towns
Carleton-sur-Mer’s median age is 52.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 30% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
29% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 30% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
30% of residents speak English and French, a share 81% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: French 99%, English 0.5%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%. 1.2% of residents have English as their mother tongue, fewer than in 94% of Canadian towns.
Carleton-sur-Mer changed by ±0% from 2016 to 2021, behind 76% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 2% higher again.
In Carleton-sur-Mer, 30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.5%, Carleton-sur-Mer is behind 86% of Canadian towns on that count. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Carleton-sur-Mer, 52.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Carleton-sur-Mer 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.
One-parent families make up 6.9% of households and couple families 50%, against 8.2% and 53% across Canada’s towns.
More common-law partners than 92% of Canadian towns: 29%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 27% of adults (typical: 27%). Elsewhere, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Carleton-sur-Mer sits above 63% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (73%)
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Compared with 25% across Canada’s towns, 30% of households rent their home here. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 26% of homes were built before 1961 and 17% in 2001 or later.
Median household income here: $62,800 a year
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
At $62,800, the middle household in Carleton-sur-Mer earned 27% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Quebec’s towns, the typical figure is $74,000. In 2020, 23% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 78% of Canadian towns: 8.4%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Recent arrivals are 33% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The census found that 1.1% of residents are not Canadian citizens in Carleton-sur-Mer.
Carleton-sur-Mer sits below 86% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (21%)
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Carleton-sur-Mer, 0.7% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Here, 1.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Below 57% of Canadian towns: 24% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 11% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 49% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 49%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 30% are 65 or over.
In its size band (4,105 to 4,242), the 4th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Banff Trail (31.7) and the oldest Lake of Bays (58.4). The towns whose median age is nearest to Carleton-sur-Mer’s: La Pocatière (50.4), Merivale Gardens - Grenfell Glen - Pineglen - Country Place (51.9), Claresholm (56.8) and Barry's Bay (58.4).
1 in 2 nearby towns have a higher median age than Carleton-sur-Mer
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Quebec’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
Questions about Carleton-sur-Mer’s residents
What is the average age in Carleton-sur-Mer?
Half the residents are older than 52.8 and half younger, older than 91% of Canadian towns; 13% are children under 15 and 30% are 65 or over.
Is Carleton-sur-Mer bilingual?
30% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 70% speak French only and 0.2% English only. French is the mother tongue of 97%.
How diverse is Carleton-sur-Mer?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 1.5%. A visible minority makes up 0.7% and Indigenous residents 1.9%.
What religion are people in Carleton-sur-Mer?
Most often Christian (79%) or no religion (21%); other religions make up 0.8%.
Is Carleton-sur-Mer 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 6.9%. Schools near Carleton-sur-Mer are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Carleton-sur-Mer?
Median total household income in Carleton-sur-Mer was $62,800 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Carleton-sur-Mer?
The latest figure is an estimate: 4,175 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Carleton-sur-Mer counted 4,081, about the same as 2016.
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).