Photo: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Nouvelle is older than 86% of Canadian towns: a median age of 50.4
With residents who moved in within the year at 5.7%, Nouvelle is behind 97% of Canadian towns on that count. On the census count, 7.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24. This Quebec town has fewer visible minority residents than 94% of Canadian towns, at 1.1%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,819 residents; the 2021 Census found 830 households.
What stands out about the people of Nouvelle
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 35% of adults, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, while 28% are married. Couples ↓
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Nouvelle is 50.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 25% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Nouvelle ranks above 80% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 29%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says 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 3.9% of residents have English as their mother tongue, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 66%. The benchmark for bilingual residents across Canada’s towns: 7.5%.
A +6% change since 2016: Nouvelle grew faster than 62% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 2%. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 81% of Canadian towns: 25%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%). On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
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.
Against a figure of 27% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households in Nouvelle comes in at 33%. Across Nouvelle, 7.2% of households are one-parent families.
35% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
In Nouvelle, 28% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 46% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
More households in single-detached houses than 80% of Canadian towns: 85%
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
37% of homes were built before 1961 and 11% in 2001 or later. The comparison figure for households in single-detached houses is 64% across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Renter households make up 19%, against 25% across Canada’s towns.
Median household income: $63,200 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $63,200, the middle household in Nouvelle earned 27% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $74,000 is the median household income across Quebec’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 25% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
2.3% 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
Set against 17% across Canada’s towns, 2.3% of residents are immigrants in Nouvelle. Lower than in 91% of Canadian towns: 0.9% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
In Nouvelle, 19% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 88% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Nouvelle, 2.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity. For comparison, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 14%, a lower share than 87% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 18% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
52% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
52% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 25% are 65 or more.
Every neighbour of Nouvelle has an older population
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nouvelle | 1,819 | — | 50.4 | 25% | 2.3% |
| Dalhousie | 3,255 | 9.7 km | 58 | 37% | 2.3% |
| Carleton-sur-Mer | 4,175 | 15.3 km | 52.8 | 30% | 1.5% |
| Charlo | 1,386 | 16.4 km | 56 | 31% | 0.7% |
| Eel River Crossing | 1,918 | 17.4 km | 52 | 24% | 1.1% |
| Dalhousie | 1,132 | 18.0 km | 54.8 | 25% | 0.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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.
- 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 Nouvelle’s residents
What is the population of Nouvelle?
Nouvelle had about 1,819 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,782, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Nouvelle?
A median age of 50.4. Children under 15 make up 15%, and people 65 and over 25%.
Is Nouvelle bilingual?
29% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 70% speak French only and 0.6% English only. French is the mother tongue of 94%.
How diverse is Nouvelle?
2.3% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1.1% belong to a visible minority and 2.3% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Nouvelle?
80% are Christian and 19% have no religion; 0.9% follow another religion.
Is Nouvelle good for families?
Under 15: 15% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 55% of households. One-parent families: 7.2%. Schools near Nouvelle are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Nouvelle?
The median household in Nouvelle took in $63,200 in 2020, against $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).