Saint John, New Brunswick Population & Demographics

Statistic	Saint John	New Brunswick	National
Population	70,776	779,582	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	225	11	4
Median age	42.7	45.7	40.9
Male/Female ratio	1.1:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	61%	66%	66%
Families w/ kids at home	34%	37%	43%
Speak English only	85.7%	57.5%	68.8%
Speak French only	0.2%	7.9%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in Saint John is 2013% higher than New Brunswick
The median age in Saint John is 7% lower than New Brunswick
In Saint John 2.67% of the population is Black
In Saint John 1.59% of the population is Chinese
In Saint John 1.12% of the population is Arab

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Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
Black	2.7%
Chinese	1.6%
Arab	1.1%
South Asian	0.8%
West Asian	0.4%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
China	0.8%
United Kingdom	0.8%
United States	0.6%
Syria	0.6%
India	0.3%

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Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Saint John age breakdown

Source: The Saint John, NB data and statistics displayed above are derived from Statistics Canada and updated for 2021 by Environics Analytics.