Photo: Denisn72sympatico · Public domainEast Broughton ranks below 96% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 13%
With a median age of 48, East Broughton is older than four fifths of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 2,311 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,015 households. In East Broughton, 8.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Households average 2.2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns.
What stands out about the people of East Broughton
Common-law couples
30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 35% are married. Couples ↓
Many older residents
28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 87% of Canadian towns; 6.7% are 80 or over, and 33% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents: 18%, a higher share than 72% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English is 66%; East Broughton has 0.7%. The comparison figure for bilingual residents is 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
+2% since 2016: slower than 63% 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
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 3%. The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Quebec’s towns +4%.
28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 87% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The share of children under 15 stands at 16%. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
One-person households: 33%, a higher share than 70% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families stands at 7.9%. The usual figure: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of common-law partners than 94% of Canadian towns, at 30%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 46% across Canada’s towns, just over a third of residents 15 and over are married in East Broughton. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
East Broughton: 78% of households live in a single-detached house, above 69% of Canadian towns
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. 42% of homes were built before 1961 and 7.4% in 2001 or later. For households in single-detached houses, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 64%. Renters are just over a quarter of households (Canada’s towns: 25%).
Household income at the median: $63,600 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; East Broughton’s, at $63,600, is 26% lower. Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 31% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 57% of Canadian towns: 10%
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
In East Broughton, 0.5% of residents are immigrants, beside 17% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns: 11%. On the census count, 0.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
87% said they are Christian and 13% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority: 0.9% (Canada’s towns: 15%). On the census count, 1.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 98% of Canadian towns: 7.9%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
In work on census day: 56% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 56%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
East Broughton is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Broughton | 2,311 | — | 48 | 28% | 0.5% |
| Tring-Jonction | 1,626 | 7.7 km | 42.8 | 21% | 0% |
| Saint-Frédéric | 1,172 | 12.8 km | 41.2 | 24% | 2% |
| Saint-Victor | 2,344 | 16.0 km | 47.2 | 24% | 1.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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. Provincial and national yardsticks: Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about East Broughton’s residents
Is East Broughton bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 18% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.5% speak only English and 82% only French; 98% grew up with French.
How diverse is East Broughton?
Immigrants: 0.5% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0.9%. Indigenous identity: 1.8%.
What religion are people in East Broughton?
13% said they have no religion and 87% that they are Christian; 0.2% named another faith.
Is East Broughton good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 57% of households and one-parent families 7.9%. Schools near East Broughton are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in East Broughton?
Half of East Broughton’s households had more than $63,600 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of East Broughton?
About 2,311, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,248 people in East Broughton, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in East Broughton?
The median age is 48. 16% are under 15 and 28% 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).