Photo: Félix Mathieu-Bégin · CC BY-SA 4.0In Mansfield-et-Pontefract, 25% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns, against 6.5% in Mansfield-et-Pontefract. The median age here is 49.2, higher than in 83% of Canadian towns. The town had about 2,332 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 885 households at the 2021 Census. Households in single-detached houses account for 88%.
What stands out about the people of Mansfield-et-Pontefract
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 25% of residents, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and 2.5% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
A bilingual town
78% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 11% speak French only and 10% English only. English & French ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Mansfield-et-Pontefract: 78% of residents speak English and French, above 99% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. 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
Here 18% of residents have English as their mother tongue, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 66%. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Slower than most: −2% since 2016, behind 87% 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
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 4% higher again.
Mansfield-et-Pontefract ranks above 72% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 23%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Children under 15: 15% here and 16% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Mansfield-et-Pontefract households average 2.5 people, larger than in 58% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Against a figure of 27% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households in Mansfield-et-Pontefract comes in at 25%. Few places have so few one-parent families: 7.3% here, fewer than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns.
Common-law partners make up 16% in Mansfield-et-Pontefract, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 25% of adults (typical: 27%). Set beside that, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Renter households make up 17% in Mansfield-et-Pontefract, less than in 71% of Canadian towns
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
Nearly a quarter of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 16% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
$76,500 a year: the median household income
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Mansfield-et-Pontefract: half had less than $76,500, 11% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 23% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
0.7% of residents are immigrants
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
Most recent wave: 67% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Still, on immigrants, Mansfield-et-Pontefract sits lower than 99% of Canadian towns: 0.7%.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 99% of Canadian towns, at 8%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 1.1%, below 94% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 35% of residents said they have no religion.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 99% of Canadian towns, at 6.3%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
A job for 49% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 49%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 23% of residents are 65 or over.
No nearby town is as old as Mansfield-et-Pontefract
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mansfield-et-Pontefract | 2,332 | — | 49.2 | 23% | 0.7% |
| Fort-Coulonge | 1,293 | 2.0 km | 48.4 | 24% | 0% |
| Whitewater Region | 7,899 | 16.5 km | 47.6 | 23% | 5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Quebec’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Mansfield-et-Pontefract’s residents
Is Mansfield-et-Pontefract bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 78% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 10% speak only English and 11% only French; 78% grew up with French.
How diverse is Mansfield-et-Pontefract?
Immigrants: 0.7% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.1%. Indigenous identity: 25%.
What religion are people in Mansfield-et-Pontefract?
8% said they have no religion and 92% that they are Christian; 0.2% named another faith.
Is Mansfield-et-Pontefract good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 57% of households and one-parent families 7.3%. Schools near Mansfield-et-Pontefract are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mansfield-et-Pontefract?
Half of Mansfield-et-Pontefract’s households had more than $76,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Mansfield-et-Pontefract?
About 2,332, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,250 people in Mansfield-et-Pontefract, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Mansfield-et-Pontefract?
The median age is 49.2. 15% 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).