Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Northeast: 20% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 96% of Canadian towns
Most recent wave: 62% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Northeast counted 9,670 residents and 4,325 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 13% of households are one-parent families. With a median age of 38.6, Northeast is younger than 73% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Northeast
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
20% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 12% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
18% of residents are under 15, more than in 72% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, against 12% in Northeast. Among Saskatchewan’s towns, Nutana Urban Centre has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 47%. No age band is larger than 30–34: 7.8% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Northeast, 38.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Northeast sits above 86% of Canadian towns for one-person households (39%)
Private households by type and size.
Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 2.2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Shared houses stand out: 7.1% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 87% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%.
Below 81% of Canadian towns: 33% of residents 15 and over are married
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
36% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. In Northeast, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
A larger share of renter households than 82% of Canadian towns: 46%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
The figure for households in single-detached houses is 60% in Northeast and 64% across Canada’s towns. Meanwhile, more households in buildings of five or more storeys than in 77% of Canadian towns: 7.3%. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%. Older homes outnumber new: 30% predate 1961, 12% date from 2001 or later.
Household income at the median: $65,000 a year
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
Northeast’s median household took in $65,000 before tax, 24% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Saskatchewan’s towns has $86,500 before tax. 30% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
In Northeast, 16% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 11%, above 70% of Canadian towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (68%) or in Europe (13%).
Northeast: 23% of residents belong to a visible minority, above 59% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
38% of residents said they have no religion, against 35% across Canada’s towns. On average, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (3%).
79% have English as their mother tongue; 3% also speak French
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 0.7%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns. 9.5% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.6% speak neither official language. On bilingual residents, Northeast sits lower than 94% of Canadian towns: 3%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 20%, a lower share than 68% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 15% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 55% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
55% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 17% are 65 or more.
Youngest by rank: 13th of 41 towns of 9,451 to 9,886 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
They run from Oromocto, at 31.8, to Qualicum Beach, at 67.5. Nearest to Northeast in age: North London (38.3), South Cambie (38.6), Devonshire (38.8) and Avalon (38.9).
Northeast sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast | 9,670 | — | 38.6 | 17% | 19% |
| Uplands | 5,273 | 1.8 km | 40.3 | 18% | 13% |
| Coronation Park | 7,307 | 2.0 km | 36.7 | 15% | 27% |
| North Central | 9,124 | 2.6 km | 35.1 | 9.8% | 15% |
| Regent Park | 2,876 | 3.0 km | 37 | 14% | 15% |
| Heritage | 5,172 | 3.3 km | 37.1 | 13% | 29% |
| Downtown | 4,282 | 3.4 km | 51.4 | 34% | 21% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Saskatchewan’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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about Northeast’s residents
Is Northeast good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 18%. 35% of households are couple families and 13% one-parent families. Schools near Northeast are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Northeast?
$65,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Northeast (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Northeast?
The 2021 Census counted 9,670 people in Northeast.
What is the average age in Northeast?
38.6 is the median age, younger than 73% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 18%. 65 and over: 17%.
Is Northeast bilingual?
3% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 96% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.7%.
How diverse is Northeast?
Immigrants make up 19% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 23% are members of a visible minority, and 20% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Northeast?
Christian: 53%. No religion: 38%. Another religion: 8.8%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).