Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 80% of Canadian towns: half of Coaticook is over 48
36% of households are one person living alone, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 84% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts Coaticook’s population at 9,027 for July 2025. The census found that 21% of residents said they have no religion here.
What stands out about the people of Coaticook
Common-law couples
25% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 88% of Canadian towns; 33% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents: 38%, a higher share than 85% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English is 66%; Coaticook has 5.1%. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: French 94%, English 4.6%.
Coaticook changed by −1% from 2016 to 2021, behind 85% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 2%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 66% of Canadian towns: 9.9%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 60–64: nearly one in ten residents. Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24. On children under 15, 16% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Coaticook, 48. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 83% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families stands at 8.7%.
Coaticook: 25% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 88% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here a third of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 46%. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Above 73% of Canadian towns: 39% of households rent their home
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Against a figure of 64% across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses in Coaticook comes in at 58%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%. Older homes outnumber new: 36% predate 1961, 17% date from 2001 or later.
Household income at the median: $62,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Coaticook had $62,000 before tax, 28% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Quebec’s towns, the median household income is $74,000. Pandemic benefits reached 28% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Coaticook ranks below 63% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 9.7%
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
In Coaticook, 0.6% of residents are not Canadian citizens, beside 5.8% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across Canada’s towns. 2.4% of residents are immigrants.
78% said they are Christian and 21% that they have no religion
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 1.6% in Coaticook. For Coaticook, the census puts Indigenous residents at 2.5%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 10%, a lower share than 96% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 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. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 60% of residents aged 15 and over
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 60%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages here range from 32.3 in Hampton Village to 52 in Pictou County, Subdivision C. The closest ages to Coaticook’s belong to Queenswood Heights (47.7), Kingsway South (47.8), Kings County, Subdivision C (48.8) and Crescent Heights (49.4).
Median age: 1 of the 2 towns around Coaticook are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coaticook | 9,027 | — | 48 | 26% | 2.4% |
| Compton | 3,351 | 13.8 km | 41.2 | 20% | 3.1% |
| Ayer's Cliff | 1,284 | 19.3 km | 49.6 | 24% | 5.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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.
Questions about Coaticook’s residents
What is the population of Coaticook?
The latest figure is an estimate: 9,027 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Coaticook counted 8,867, 1% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Coaticook?
Half the residents are older than 48 and half younger, older than 80% of Canadian towns; 16% are children under 15 and 26% are 65 or over.
Is Coaticook bilingual?
38% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 61% speak French only and 1.4% English only. French is the mother tongue of 93%.
How diverse is Coaticook?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 2.4%. A visible minority makes up 1.6% and Indigenous residents 2.5%.
What religion are people in Coaticook?
Most often Christian (78%) or no religion (21%); other religions make up 0.5%.
Is Coaticook good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 51% of households and one-parent families 8.7%. Schools near Coaticook are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Coaticook?
Median total household income in Coaticook was $62,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).