Photo: Chacal1233 · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 96% of Canadian towns: half of Paspébiac is over 56.4
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.8% in Paspébiac and 11% across Canada’s towns. By contrast, this Quebec town has more Indigenous residents than 86% of Canadian towns, at 9.3%. With about 3,132 residents in July 2025, Paspébiac counted 1,410 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 5.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
What stands out about the people of Paspébiac
Older than most towns
Line Paspébiac’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 56.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 33% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Fewer people than before
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Paspébiac went from 3,164 to 3,033 residents (−4%), slower growth than in 95% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 26% of adults, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, while 32% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents make up 19% in Paspébiac, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
The figure for residents whose mother tongue is English is 5.1% in Paspébiac and 66% across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Slower than most: −4% since 2016, behind 95% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 3%.
Above 96% of Canadian towns: 33% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of children under 15 is 11%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Against that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Paspébiac, 56.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Smaller households than 83% of Canadian towns: 2.1 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of households are one person living alone; in Paspébiac, 32%. More one-parent families than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns: 9.9%.
A higher share of common-law partners than 90% of Canadian towns, at 26%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 25% of adults (typical: 27%). Typically, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Paspébiac: 84% of households live in a single-detached house, above 78% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Typically, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Census figures put renter households at 28% in Paspébiac.
Household income at the median: $61,200 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Paspébiac: half had less than $61,200, 29% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 23% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
0% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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.
Residents with no religion: 9.8%, a lower share than 98% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
In Paspébiac, 9.6% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 96% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 17%, against 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 45% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
45% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 33% are 65 or more.
Ranked by age, 6th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages here range from 25.6 in La Loche to 66 in Valhalla. In age, Paspébiac keeps company with Saint-Gabriel (53.6), Welcome Beach (56.4), Sudbury, Unorganized, North Part (56.8) and Percé (57.6).
Paspébiac is older than every town around it
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paspébiac | 3,132 | — | 56.4 | 33% | 0% |
| New Carlisle | 1,331 | 6.8 km | 53.2 | 30% | 1.9% |
| Bonaventure | 2,719 | 16.3 km | 52.4 | 30% | 2.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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 Paspébiac’s residents
Is Paspébiac good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 11%. 50% of households are couple families and 9.9% one-parent families. Schools near Paspébiac are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Paspébiac?
$61,200 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Paspébiac (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Paspébiac?
Statistics Canada estimates 3,132 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 3,033 in Paspébiac, 4% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Paspébiac?
56.4 is the median age, older than 96% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 11%. 65 and over: 33%.
Is Paspébiac bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 19% are. Another 79% speak only French and 2.5% only English, and French is the first language of 94%.
How diverse is Paspébiac?
Immigrants make up 0% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0% are members of a visible minority, and 9.3% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Paspébiac?
Christian: 90%. No religion: 9.8%. Another religion: 0.1%.
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).