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Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census

Census agglomeration of Edmundston, New Brunswick ¹

Map of Edmundston

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Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

Chart A description: Edmundston, CA - Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

Prov. rank

Nat. rank

105

In 2011, the population of Edmundston census agglomeration (CA) was 21,903, representing a percentage change of -2.5% from 2006. This compares to the national growth of 5.9% and to the average growth among all CAs of 4.2%.

In Edmundston, the land area is 916.85 square kilometres with a population density of 23.9 persons per square kilometre. This compares to the national land area of 8,965,121.42 square kilometres with a population density of 3.7 persons per square kilometre. The land area of all CAs is 232,264.62 square kilometres with 18.56 persons per square kilometre.

In total, there were 9,705 private dwellings occupied by usual residents in Edmundston in 2011. The change in private dwellings occupied by usual residents from 2006 was 0.1%. For Canada as a whole, the number of private dwellings occupied by usual residents increased 7.1%.

Population and dwelling counts

Census subdivisions in the Edmundston CA

Table 1 Edmundston CA – Census subdivisions, population change, 2006 to 2011
Census subdivision (CSD) name	Type	Population
Census subdivision (CSD) name	Type	2011	2006	% change
Edmundston	C	16,032	16,643	-3.7
Saint-Joseph	P	2,171	1,696	28.0
Saint-Jacques	P	1,599	1,607	-0.5
Rivière-Verte	VL	744	798	-6.8
Saint-Basile	P	717	799	-10.3
Saint-Hilaire	P	290	531	-45.4
St. Basile 10	IRI	205	166	23.5
St. Hilaire	VL	145	231	-37.2

Census metropolitan areas (CMAs) or census agglomerations (CAs) in New Brunswick

Table 2 New Brunswick – Metropolitan areas, population rank and population change, 2006 to 2011
CMA or CA name	Type	Population			Rank
CMA or CA name	Type	2011	2006	% change	Nat.	Prov.
Moncton	CMA	138,644	126,424	9.7	29	1
Saint John	CMA	127,761	122,389	4.4	31	2
Fredericton	CA	94,268	86,226 A	9.3	39	3
Bathurst	CA	33,484	34,106 A	-1.8	82	4
Miramichi	CA	28,115	28,773 A	-2.3	90	5
Edmundston	CA	21,903	22,471 A	-2.5	105	6
Campbellton	CA	17,842	17,878 A	-0.2	113	···
Campbellton (New Brunswick part / partie du Nouveau-Brunswick)		14,520	14,816 A	-2.0	···	7
Campbellton (partie du Québec / Quebec part)		3,322	3,062	8.5	···	30

Age and sex

Edmundston – Age distribution

Chart C: Edmundston - Population by broad age groups

Chart C description: Edmundston - Population by broad age groups

Table 3 Edmundston – Age distributions by broad age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
0 to 14	13.2%	14.0%	12.5%
15 to 64	68.2%	69.7%	67.0%
65 and over	18.5%	16.3%	20.5%

In 2011, the percentage of the population aged 65 and over in Edmundston was 18.5%, compared with a national percentage of 14.8%. The percentage of the working age population (15 to 64) was 68.2% and the percentage of children aged 0 to 14 was 13.2%. In comparison, the national percentages were 68.5% for the population aged 15 to 64 and 16.7% for the population aged 0 to 14.

Edmundston – Population by broad age groups and sex

Table 4 Edmundston – Population by broad age groups and sex, and population change between 2006 and 2011, 2006 to 2011 censuses
Broad age groups by sex	Population
Broad age groups by sex	2011	2006	change	% change
Both sexes
Total	21,905	22,475	-570	-2.5
0 to 14	2,895	3,130	-235	-7.5
15 to 64	14,950	15,825	-875	-5.5
65 and over	4,050	3,520	530	15.1
Males
Total	10,500	10,735	-235	-2.2
0 to 14	1,470	1,570	-100	-6.4
15 to 64	7,320	7,750	-430	-5.5
65 and over	1,710	1,420	290	20.4
Females
Total	11,400	11,735	-335	-2.9
0 to 14	1,425	1,565	-140	-8.9
15 to 64	7,635	8,075	-440	-5.4
65 and over	2,340	2,095	245	11.7

Edmundston – Population by five-year age groups and sex

Chart D description: Edmundston - Population by five-year age groups and sex

Table 5 Edmundston – Population by five-year age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
Total - Age groups	21,905	10,500	11,400
0 to 4 years	935	495	445
5 to 9 years	965	495	470
10 to 14 years	990	475	515
15 to 19 years	1,105	540	565
20 to 24 years	1,055	530	525
25 to 29 years	1,085	545	535
30 to 34 years	1,195	585	615
35 to 39 years	1,295	660	640
40 to 44 years	1,390	670	730
45 to 49 years	1,775	835	940
50 to 54 years	2,175	1,060	1,110
55 to 59 years	2,000	985	1,015
60 to 64 years	1,875	905	970
65 to 69 years	1,275	630	645
70 to 74 years	935	405	530
75 to 79 years	770	310	455
80 to 84 years	555	215	345
85 to 89 years	385	125	260
90 to 94 years	105	25	75
95 to 99 years	25	5	20
100 years and over	0	0	0
Median age	47.8	46.6	48.7

Edmundston – Median age² of the population

Chart E: Canada, New Brunswick and Edmundston - Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

Chart E description: Canada, New Brunswick and Edmundston - Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

The median age in Edmundston was 47.8 years. In comparison, the median age of New Brunswick was 43.7 years.

Table 6 Canada, New Brunswick and Edmundston – Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses
	Median age
	2006	2011
Canada	39.5	40.6
New Brunswick	41.5	43.7
Edmundston	44.6	47.8

Families and households

In 2011, the number of census families³ in Edmundston was 6,640, which represents a change of -4.2% from 2006. This compares to a growth rate for Canada of 5.5% over the same period.

In Edmundston, 62.0% of census families were married couples in 2011, while 24.3% were common-law-couples and 13.7% were lone-parent families.

Chart F: Edmundston - Census families by family structure

Chart F description: Edmundston - Census families by family structure

Edmundston – Family structure

Table 7 Canada, New Brunswick, Edmundston – Distribution of census families by family structure, 2011 Census
Geographic name	Total families	Married-couple families		Common-law-couple families		Lone-parent families		% change, census families, 2006 to 2011
Geographic name	Total families	number	%	number	%	number	%	% change, census families, 2006 to 2011
Canada †	9,389,695	6,293,950	67.0	1,567,905	16.7	1,527,840	16.3	5.5
New Brunswick	224,590	152,455	67.9	35,945	16.0	36,190	16.1	3.1
Edmundston	6,640	4,120	62.0	1,615	24.3	910	13.7	-4.2

Edmundston – Presence of children within couple families

Married couples		Common-law-couples
with children	without children	with children	without children
1,335 (23.3%)	2,780 (48.5%)	795 (13.9%)	820 (14.3%)

Chart G description: Edmundston - Presence of children within couple families

Among couples (married and common-law) in the census agglomeration of Edmundston, 37.1% were couples with children aged 24 and under at home. In comparison, as a whole, 46.9% of couples in Canada had children aged 24 and under at home.

Among couples with children aged 24 and under at home in the census agglomeration of Edmundston, 84.3% were intact families, that is, in which all children were the biological or adopted children of both parents, while 16.0% were stepfamilies, in which there was at least one child was the biological or adopted child of only one married spouse or common-law partner. For Canada as a whole in 2011, 12.6% of couples with children aged 24 and under were stepfamilies.

Edmundston – Marital status

Chart H description: Edmundston - Marital status

In Edmundston, 61.4% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (44.4%) or living with a common-law partner (17.0%).

The remaining 38.6% were not married and not living with a common-law partner, including those who were single (never-married), separated, divorced or widowed.

Note: Percentages may not total 100 percent due to random rounding.

Table 8 Canada, New Brunswick, Edmundston – Population 15 years and older by marital status, 2011 Census
Marital status	Edmundston		New Brunswick		Canada
Marital status	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Population 15 years and over	19,005	100.0	637,595	100.0	27,869,345	100.0
Married or living with a common-law partner	11,665	61.4	382,310	60.0	16,084,490	57.7
Married (and not separated)	8,430	44.4	310,310	48.7	12,941,965	46.4
Living common-law	3,230	17.0	72,000	11.3	3,142,525	11.3
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	7,345	38.6	255,285	40.0	11,784,855	42.3
Single (never legally married)	4,200	22.1	159,760	25.1	7,816,045	28.0
Separated	735	3.9	21,035	3.3	698,245	2.5
Divorced	910	4.8	32,930	5.2	1,686,035	6.0
Widowed	1,495	7.9	41,565	6.5	1,584,525	5.7

Edmundston – Types of private households

There were 9,705 private households⁴ in Edmundston in 2011, a change of -0.1% from 2006. Of these, 21.7% of households were comprised of couples with children aged 24 and under at home, a change of -14.9% compared with five years earlier.

Table 9 Canada, New Brunswick, Edmundston – Distribution of households by household type, 2011 Census
Household type⁵	Edmundston		New Brunswick		Canada
Household type⁵	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Private households	9,705	100.0	314,010	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Couple-family households with children aged 24 and under at home⁶	2,105	21.7	74,710	23.8	3,524,915	26.5
Couple-family households without children aged 24 and under at home⁷	3,515	36.2	108,040	34.4	3,935,540	29.5
Lone-parent family households⁸	855	8.8	32,940	10.5	1,375,450	10.3
One-person households	2,935	30.2	81,705	26.0	3,673,310	27.6
Multiple-family households⁹	80	0.8	4,415	1.4	268,060	2.0
Other households¹⁰	215	2.2	12,200	3.9	543,340	4.1

Edmundston – Structural type of dwelling

In Edmundston, 66.5% of private households lived in single-detached houses and 1.6% lived in apartments in buildings that have five or more storeys. The rest lived in other types of dwelling structures.

Table 10 Canada, New Brunswick, Edmundston – Distribution of private households by structural type of dwelling, 2011 Census
Structural type of dwelling	Edmundston		New Brunswick		Canada
Structural type of dwelling	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Structural type of dwelling	9,705	100.0	314,005	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Single-detached house	6,455	66.5	220,175	70.1	7,329,150	55.0
Semi-detached house	310	3.2	10,815	3.4	646,240	4.9
Row house	190	2.0	7,830	2.5	791,600	5.9
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	160	1.6	3,990	1.3	1,234,770	9.3
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	1,490	15.4	42,040	13.4	2,397,555	18.0
Apartment, duplex	655	6.7	14,110	4.5	704,485	5.3
Other single-attached house¹¹	55	0.6	1,050	0.3	33,310	0.3
Movable dwelling¹²	385	4.0	14,000	4.5	183,510	1.4

Language

Edmundston – Mother tongue

Chart J description: Edmundston - Mother tongue and language spoken most often at home

Note: Counts for mother tongue as well as those for language spoken most often at home include single responses only.

In Edmundston, 4.3% of the population reported English only as mother tongue, 94.0% reported French only, and 0.7% reported only a non-official language, in 2011. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 64.9% for English only, 31.6% for French only and 2.5% for only non-official languages.

In 2011, 3.8% of the population spoke only English most often at home, 94.9% spoke only French and 0.3% spoke only a non-official language. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 69.2% for English only, 28.4% for French only and 1.3% for only a non-official language.

Table 11 Edmundston – Mother tongue and language spoken most often at home, 2011 Census
Selected languages	Mother tongue		Language spoken most often at home
Selected languages	number	%	number	%
Total	21,300	100.0	21,300	100.0
English	910	4.3	810	3.8
French	20,030	94.0	20,210	94.9
Non-official language	155	0.7	70	0.3
Multiple responses	210	1.0	215	1.0

Table 12 Edmundston – Mother-tongue retention, 2011 Census
Mother tongue	Mother-tongue retention¹³ (in percentage)
Mother tongue	Total retention; language spoken at home at least on a regular basis	Complete retention; language spoken most often at home	Partial retention; language spoken at home on a regular basis
Note: Counts for mother tongue and home language include single response of a language as well as multiple responses of a language with English and/or French.
English	79.3	56.3	23.0
French	99.6	98.7	0.9
Non-official language	74.3	45.7	28.6

Edmundston – Non-official languages

In Edmundston, the three most common mother tongues were Arabic (0.1%), Chinese, n.o.s. (0.1%) and Romanian (0.1%), in 2011. In comparison, the most common mother tongues at the provincial / territorial level were Mi'kmaq (0.3%), German (0.3%) and Korean (0.3%).

Table 13 Edmundston – The most common non-official-language mother tongues, 2011 Census
Mother tongue	Number	Percentage of non-official language mother-tongue population	Percentage of total population
Note: Counts for mother tongue and home language include single response of a language as well as multiple responses of a language with English and/or French.
Arabic	25	14.7	0.1
Chinese, n.o.s.	25	14.7	0.1
Romanian	25	14.7	0.1
Spanish	20	11.8	0.1
German	10	5.9	0.0
Thai	10	5.9	0.0

Edmundston – Bilingualism

Table 14 Edmundston – Rate of English-French bilingualism by mother tongue and age groups, 2011 Census
Age groups	Mother tongue
Age groups	Total	English	French	Non-official language
Note: Counts for mother tongue include single responses only. Consequently, the total excludes multiple responses.
Total	58.1	76.2	57.4	41.9
0 to 19	33.5	66.7	32.3	50.0
20 to 44	71.9	82.8	71.9	36.4
45 to 64	63.6	78.3	62.9	60.0
65 and over	50.7	69.2	50.2	33.3

Table 15 Edmundston – Knowledge of official languages, 2011 Census
Knowledge of official languages	Number	Percentage
Total	21,300	100.0
English only	265	1.2
French only	8,600	40.4
English and French	12,420	58.3
Neither English nor French	15	0.1

Symbols:

···: not applicable
†: excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements. For further information, refer to Notes.
¶: incompletely enumerated Indian reserve or Indian settlement. For further information, refer to Notes.
A: adjusted figure due to boundary change. For further information, refer to Content considerations.
E: use with caution. For further information, refer to Cautionary note.

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Edmundston – This census agglomeration has the following data quality indicators (commonly referred to as data quality flags):

2006 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.

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Footnote 2

Median age: Age 'x' that divides a population in two groups of the same population size, one group being older than age 'x' and the other group being younger than age 'x'.

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Footnote 3

Census family: Refers to a married couple (with or without children), a common-law couple (with or without children) or a lone parent family.

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Footnote 4

Household, private: Refers to a person or a group of persons (other than foreign residents) who occupy a private dwelling and do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada.

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Footnote 5

Household type: Refers to the basic division of private households into family and non-family households. Family household refers to a household that contains at least one census family, that is, a married couple with or without children, or a couple living in common-law with or without children or a lone parent living with one or more children.

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Footnote 6

Couple-family households with children: Refers to couple households with at least one child aged 24 and under.

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Footnote 7

Couple-family households without children: Refers to couple households without children aged 24 and under. Includes couple households with all children aged 25 and over.

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Footnote 8

Lone-parent-family households: Refers to all lone-parent family households regardless of age of children.

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Footnote 9

Multiple-family households: Refers to a household in which two or more census families (with or without additional persons) occupy the same private dwelling.

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Footnote 10

Other households: Refers to two or more people who share a private dwelling, but who do not constitute a census family.

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Footnote 11

Other single-attached house: A single dwelling that is attached to another building and that does not fall into any of the other categories, such as a single dwelling attached to a non-residential structure (e.g., a store or a church) or occasionally to another residential structure (e.g., an apartment building).

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Footnote 12

Movable dwelling includes mobile homes and other movable dwellings such as houseboats and railroad cars.

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Footnote 13

Mother-tongue retention: Retention refers to the situation where people speak their mother tongue at home. Retention is defined as 'complete' when the mother tongue is the language spoken most often and 'partial' when it is spoken on a regular basis but not most often. The (complete or partial) retention rate refers to the proportion of the population with a given mother tongue that speaks that language at home most often or on a regular basis. The retention rate provides an indication of a group's linguistic vitality, particularly the importance of transmitting languages between generations.

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Source:

Statistics Canada. 2012. Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-310-XWE2011004. Ottawa, Ontario. Analytical products, 2011 Census. Last updated October 24, 2012.

Related data:

2011 Census Topic-based tabulations – Census agglomeration of Edmundston
2011 Census Highlight tables – Census agglomeration of Edmundston
2011 NHS Focus on Geography Series – Census agglomeration of Edmundston

Date modified:: 2019-03-27

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