Photo: GuyFromGaspésie2 · CC0A median age of 56: Chandler is older than 96% of Canadian towns
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 91% of Canadian towns: 8%. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 8.6% here, fewer than in 98% of Canadian towns. Chandler had about 7,323 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 3,570 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 6.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
What stands out about the people of Chandler
Older than most towns
Line Chandler’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 56; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 32% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Above 74% of Canadian towns: 20% of residents speak English and French
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
Across Canada’s towns, 66% of residents have English as their mother tongue; in Chandler, 3.7%. For bilingual residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 7.5%.
Chandler changed by −1% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 83% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate was 2% lower. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 32% in Chandler, more than in 96% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Here 11% of residents are under 15, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 16%. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Chandler, 56. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
Chandler ranks above 92% of Canadian towns on one-parent families: 12%
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-person households make up 35%, against 27% across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns. On average, 2.1 people share a household.
Chandler ranks below 95% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 26%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 32% of adults (typical: 27%). Common-law partners: 25% of the total. Against that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Chandler sits above 64% of Canadian towns for renter households (33%)
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
Just over a third of homes were built before 1961 and 6.5% in 2001 or later. The usual figure: a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, households in single-detached houses are common here: 74%, more than in 64% of Canadian towns. On households in buildings of five or more storeys, 0.1% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Half above, half below $60,000 a year in household income
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $60,000, the middle household in Chandler earned 30% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Quebec’s towns, the typical figure is $74,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 25% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
0.7% of residents are immigrants
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
Of the immigrants living here, 46% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Across Chandler, 0.3% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Lower than in 99% of Canadian towns: 0.7% of residents are immigrants.
Chandler ranks above 80% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 7.4%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
0.5% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). For Indigenous residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 2.8%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 13% in Chandler, less than in 88% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
In work on census day: 47% of adults
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 47%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 32% of residents are 65 or over.
Among 41 towns of 7,190 to 7,447 people, the 2nd oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages climb from 31.8 (Blairmore Suburban Centre) to 58 (Trent Lakes) across the group. By median age, Chandler sits among Hamptons (51.1), Val-des-Sources (55.2) and Trent Lakes (58).
1 of the 3 nearest towns are older than Chandler
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. The nearest places to Chandler with figures are 16–23 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandler | 7,323 | — | 56 | 32% | 0.7% |
| Grande-Rivière | 3,318 | 15.7 km | 55.6 | 30% | 2.2% |
| Port-Daniel--Gascons | 2,263 | 21.4 km | 56 | 33% | 0.4% |
| Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé | 1,009 | 23.1 km | 56.4 | 31% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Chandler’s residents
How diverse is Chandler?
0.7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.5% belong to a visible minority and 7.4% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Chandler?
91% are Christian and 8.6% have no religion; 0.4% follow another religion.
Is Chandler good for families?
Under 15: 11% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 43% of households. One-parent families: 12%. Schools near Chandler are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Chandler?
The median household in Chandler took in $60,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Chandler?
Chandler had about 7,323 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 7,490, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Chandler?
A median age of 56, older than 96% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 11%, and people 65 and over 32%.
Is Chandler bilingual?
20% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 80% speak French only and 0.3% English only. French is the mother tongue of 94%.
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).