Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0Residents who moved in within the year: 5.1%, a lower share than 99% of Canadian towns
Against a figure of 64% across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses in Westbury comes in at 94%. About 1,207 people lived locally in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. In Westbury, 24% of residents said they have no religion. With a median age of 39.2, Westbury is younger than 69% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Westbury
A town of families
22% of residents are under 15, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 4.8% of households are one-parent families and households average 2.6 people. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
38% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 32% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
26% of residents speak English and French, a share 78% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Across Canada’s towns, nearly two thirds of residents have English as their mother tongue; in Westbury, 3.2%. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: French 96%, English 2.7%.
+9% since 2016, a pace 77% of Canadian towns didn’t match
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Quebec’s towns. The July 2025 estimate adds another 10%.
In Westbury, 22% of residents are under 15, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Where just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, Westbury has 8.7%. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 18%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women.
One-person households: 22%, a lower share than 68% of Canadian towns
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 2.6 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Westbury has fewer one-parent families than 93% of Canadian towns, at 4.8%. The usual figure: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Westbury ranks above 99% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 38%
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: just over a fifth of adults (typical: 27%). To put it in context, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Westbury sits below 84% of Canadian towns for renter households (12%)
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
Older homes outnumber new: 28% predate 1961, 24% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for renter households is 25% across Canada’s towns.
The middle household earns $80,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Westbury had $80,000 before tax, 7% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Quebec’s towns, the household in the middle had $74,000. Pandemic benefits reached 28% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
3.7% 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: half of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Residents without Canadian citizenship: 1.8% of the total. Lower than in 86% of Canadian towns: 3.7% of residents are immigrants.
76% said they are Christian and 24% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 0.9% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. On Indigenous residents, Westbury sits lower than 65% of Canadian towns: 1.8%.
Below 96% of Canadian towns: 9.8% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 22% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
A job for 56% of residents aged 15 and over
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 56% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Westbury is younger than every town around it
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westbury | 1,207 | — | 39.2 | 18% | 3.7% |
| East Angus | 4,261 | 2.2 km | 43.6 | 24% | 0.7% |
| Cookshire-Eaton | 5,491 | 9.4 km | 43.2 | 21% | 2.7% |
| Ascot Corner | 3,725 | 12.4 km | 40 | 16% | 2.7% |
| Bury | 1,243 | 14.1 km | 44 | 20% | 2% |
| Stoke | 3,272 | 14.7 km | 43.6 | 18% | 3% |
| Dudswell | 1,850 | 15.2 km | 49.6 | 23% | 1.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town 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. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Westbury’s residents
What is the population of Westbury?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,207 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,097 in Westbury, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Westbury?
39.2 is the median age. Under 15: 22%. 65 and over: 18%.
Is Westbury bilingual?
26% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 74% speak French only and 0.9% English only. French is the mother tongue of 95%.
How diverse is Westbury?
Immigrants make up 3.7% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0.9% are members of a visible minority, and 1.8% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Westbury?
Christian: 76%. No religion: 24%. Another religion: 0%.
Is Westbury good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 22%. 68% of households are couple families and 4.8% one-parent families. Schools near Westbury are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Westbury?
$80,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Westbury (Canada’s towns: $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).