Photo: David Asch · Public domainPort-Daniel--Gascons is older than 96% of Canadian towns: a median age of 56
Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house; in Port-Daniel--Gascons, 87%. Still, at 11%, the share of children under 15 is lower than in 92% of Canadian towns. About 2,263 people lived in the town in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. For Port-Daniel--Gascons, the census puts residents with no religion at 8.2%.
What stands out about the people of Port-Daniel--Gascons
Older than most towns
Port-Daniel--Gascons’s median age is 56; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 33% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Port-Daniel--Gascons sits above 73% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (18%)
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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 Port-Daniel--Gascons comes in at 13%. Across the comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Port-Daniel--Gascons changed by +3% from 2016 to 2021, behind 58% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Quebec’s towns +4%. By July 2025, Statistics Canada’s estimate had barely moved.
33% of residents are 65 or over, a share 96% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.1%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
A higher share of one-person households than 82% of Canadian towns, at 37%
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.
At 2.1 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 9.7% of households are one-parent families.
In Port-Daniel--Gascons, 23% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 86% 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: 31% of adults (typical: 27%). Lower than in 89% of Canadian towns: 30% of residents 15 and over are married. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
A larger share of renter households than 51% of Canadian towns: 26%
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. 42% of homes were built before 1961 and 11% in 2001 or later. For renter households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 25%.
A median household income of $59,200 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Port-Daniel--Gascons: half had less than $59,200, 31% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Quebec’s towns, the typical figure is $74,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 27% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
7.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 86% of Canadian towns
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
Here 0.4% of residents are immigrants, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 17%. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of Indigenous residents than 81% of Canadian towns: 7.7%
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. Measured more widely, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
In Port-Daniel--Gascons, 8.3% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 98% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 30%, against 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Employment: 43% 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.
43% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 33% are 65 or more.
1 of the 5 nearest towns are older than Port-Daniel--Gascons
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. The nearest places to Port-Daniel--Gascons with figures are 21–44 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port-Daniel--Gascons | 2,263 | — | 56 | 33% | 0.4% |
| Chandler | 7,323 | 21.4 km | 56 | 32% | 0.7% |
| Paspébiac | 3,132 | 30.3 km | 56.4 | 33% | 0% |
| Grande-Rivière | 3,318 | 36.6 km | 55.6 | 30% | 2.2% |
| New Carlisle | 1,331 | 37.1 km | 53.2 | 30% | 1.9% |
| Bonaventure | 2,719 | 43.8 km | 52.4 | 30% | 2.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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 Port-Daniel--Gascons’s residents
What is the population of Port-Daniel--Gascons?
About 2,263, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,271 people in Port-Daniel--Gascons, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Port-Daniel--Gascons?
The median age is 56. 11% are under 15 and 33% 65 or older.
Is Port-Daniel--Gascons bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 18% are. Another 74% speak only French and 8.8% only English, and French is the first language of 87%.
How diverse is Port-Daniel--Gascons?
Immigrants: 0.4% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 7.7%.
What religion are people in Port-Daniel--Gascons?
8.2% said they have no religion and 92% that they are Christian; 0.2% named another faith.
Is Port-Daniel--Gascons good for families?
11% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 44% of households and one-parent families 9.7%. Schools near Port-Daniel--Gascons are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Port-Daniel--Gascons?
Half of Port-Daniel--Gascons’s households had more than $59,200 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).