Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0East Angus: 35% of households are one person living alone, above 78% of Canadian towns
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. There are 5% more residents than in 2016. Here, 0.7% of residents are immigrants. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over (Canada’s towns: 19%).
What stands out about the people of East Angus
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 29% of adults, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, while 26% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
27% of residents speak English and French, a share 78% 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
Against a figure of 66% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English in East Angus comes in at 3.2%. Elsewhere, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Growth of +5% since 2016 puts East Angus ahead of 55% 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
The July 2025 estimate adds another 11%. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
A higher share of children under 15 than 68% of Canadian towns, at 18%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Where just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, East Angus has 9.5%. Half of the town’s residents are over 43.6, older than in nearly three fifths of Canadian towns. The largest age band is 60–64: 7.7% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ East Angus, 43.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 74% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Census figures put one-parent families at 8.5% in East Angus.
East Angus ranks above 93% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 29%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
30% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Married residents 15 and over account for 26%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
A larger share of renter households than 67% of Canadian towns: 35%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Against that, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Locally, 58% of households live in a single-detached house. Nearly one in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
The middle household earns $60,800 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $60,800, the middle household in East Angus earned 29% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. Pandemic benefits reached 26% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Below 56% of Canadian towns: 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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
27% of residents said they have no religion, below 74% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents make up 0.5%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. For comparison, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. The share of Indigenous residents stands at 2.3%.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 99% of Canadian towns: 7.3%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Employment: 55% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 55%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 24% of residents are 65 or over.
17th lowest median age among 41 towns of 4,188 to 4,331
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The span goes from 33.6 (Fraipont) up to 56.8 (Claresholm). By median age, East Angus sits among Port Hardy (42.8), Bartonville (43.1), Mayliewan (43.7) and Invermere (44).
Around East Angus, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Angus | 4,261 | — | 43.6 | 24% | 0.7% |
| Westbury | 1,207 | 2.2 km | 39.2 | 18% | 3.7% |
| Cookshire-Eaton | 5,491 | 10.3 km | 43.2 | 21% | 2.7% |
| Ascot Corner | 3,725 | 11.0 km | 40 | 16% | 2.7% |
| Stoke | 3,272 | 12.9 km | 43.6 | 18% | 3% |
| Dudswell | 1,850 | 14.8 km | 49.6 | 23% | 1.1% |
| Bury | 1,243 | 15.7 km | 44 | 20% | 2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- 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. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about East Angus’s residents
What is the median income in East Angus?
The median household in East Angus took in $60,800 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of East Angus?
East Angus had about 4,261 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 3,840, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in East Angus?
A median age of 43.6, older than 59% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 24%.
Is East Angus bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 27% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.4% speak only English and 73% only French; 95% grew up with French.
How diverse is East Angus?
0.7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.5% belong to a visible minority and 2.3% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in East Angus?
73% are Christian and 27% have no religion; 0% follow another religion.
Is East Angus good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 50% of households. One-parent families: 8.5%. Schools near East Angus 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).