Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 99% of Canadian towns: 4.9%
By its share of households in single-detached houses (92%), Dudswell is above 92% of Canadian towns. 8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 91% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,850 residents; the 2021 Census found 800 households. Immigrants: 1.1% of the total.
What stands out about the people of Dudswell
Common-law couples
33% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 30% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More bilingual residents than 83% of Canadian towns: 35%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
Compared with 66% across Canada’s towns, 5.7% of residents have English as their mother tongue here. At home: French 93%, English 5.4%. Bilingual residents make up 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
A +2% change since 2016: slower than 67% 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 Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 5% higher again.
Older than 84% of Canadian towns: half of Dudswell is over 49.6
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with just over one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. Higher than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns: 23% of residents are 65 or over. Locally, 17% of residents are under 15.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women.
Dudswell households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
A third of households are one person living alone, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The share of one-parent families stands at 7.5%.
33% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 97% of Canadian towns don’t reach
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married; in Dudswell, 30%. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Dudswell sits below 82% of Canadian towns for renter households (13%)
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
Older homes outnumber new: 43% predate 1961, 20% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $70,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Dudswell’s, at $70,000, is 19% lower. For Quebec’s towns, the median household income is $74,000. In 2020, 25% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
1.1% 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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
In Dudswell, 25% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Across Dudswell, 1.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Only 14% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Dudswell
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 15% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 58% of residents aged 15 and over
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 58% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Median age: 1 of the 4 towns around Dudswell are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dudswell | 1,850 | — | 49.6 | 23% | 1.1% |
| Weedon | 2,845 | 13.3 km | 56.4 | 32% | 1.7% |
| Bury | 1,243 | 14.8 km | 44 | 20% | 2% |
| East Angus | 4,261 | 14.8 km | 43.6 | 24% | 0.7% |
| Westbury | 1,207 | 15.2 km | 39.2 | 18% | 3.7% |
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. 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. 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 Dudswell’s residents
Is Dudswell bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 35% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 1.4% speak only English and 64% only French; 92% grew up with French.
How diverse is Dudswell?
Immigrants: 1.1% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 1.4%.
What religion are people in Dudswell?
25% said they have no religion and 75% that they are Christian; 0.3% named another faith.
Is Dudswell good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 55% of households and one-parent families 7.5%. Schools near Dudswell are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Dudswell?
Half of Dudswell’s households had more than $70,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Dudswell?
About 1,850, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,755 people in Dudswell, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Dudswell?
The median age is 49.6. 17% are under 15 and 23% 65 or older.
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).