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Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census

Census metropolitan area of Moncton, New Brunswick

Map of Moncton

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Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

Chart A description: Moncton, CMA - Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

Prov. rank

Nat. rank

In 2011, the population of Moncton census metropolitan area (CMA) was 138,644, representing a percentage change of 9.7% from 2006. This compares to the national growth of 5.9% and to the average growth among all CMAs of 7.4%.

In Moncton, the land area is 2,406.31 square kilometres with a population density of 57.6 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 CMAs is 92,648.98 square kilometres with 249.58 persons per square kilometre.

In total, there were 58,294 private dwellings occupied by usual residents in Moncton in 2011. The change in private dwellings occupied by usual residents from 2006 was 13.0%. 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 Moncton CMA

Table 1 Moncton CMA – Census subdivisions, population change, 2006 to 2011
Census subdivision (CSD) name	Type	Population
Census subdivision (CSD) name	Type	2011	2006	% change
Moncton	C	69,074	64,128	7.7
Dieppe	C	23,310	18,565	25.6
Riverview	T	19,128	17,832	7.3
Moncton	P	9,421	8,861	6.3
Memramcook	VL	4,831	4,638	4.2
Coverdale	P	4,401	4,144	6.2
Salisbury	VL	2,208	2,036	8.4
Hillsborough	P	1,395	1,473	-5.3
Hillsborough	VL	1,350	1,292	4.5
Dorchester	VL	1,167	1,119	4.3
Elgin	P	968	973	-0.5
Saint-Paul	P	866	858	0.9
Dorchester	P	477	460	3.7
Fort Folly 1	IRI	48	45	6.7

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

Moncton – Age distribution

Chart C: Moncton - Population by broad age groups

Chart C description: Moncton - Population by broad age groups

Table 3 Moncton – Age distributions by broad age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
0 to 14	15.5%	16.3%	14.7%
15 to 64	69.9%	70.7%	69.1%
65 and over	14.6%	13.0%	16.2%

In 2011, the percentage of the population aged 65 and over in Moncton was 14.6%, compared with a national percentage of 14.8%. The percentage of the working age population (15 to 64) was 69.9% and the percentage of children aged 0 to 14 was 15.5%. 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.

Moncton – Population by broad age groups and sex

Table 4 Moncton – 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	138,645	126,425	12,220	9.7
0 to 14	21,470	20,230	1,240	6.1
15 to 64	96,910	88,900	8,010	9.0
65 and over	20,265	17,290	2,975	17.2
Males
Total	67,510	61,185	6,325	10.3
0 to 14	11,000	10,330	670	6.5
15 to 64	47,755	43,690	4,065	9.3
65 and over	8,765	7,165	1,600	22.3
Females
Total	71,130	65,240	5,890	9.0
0 to 14	10,475	9,895	580	5.9
15 to 64	49,155	45,210	3,945	8.7
65 and over	11,500	10,125	1,375	13.6

Moncton – Population by five-year age groups and sex

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

Table 5 Moncton – Population by five-year age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
Total - Age groups	138,645	67,510	71,130
0 to 4 years	7,410	3,755	3,660
5 to 9 years	7,015	3,615	3,405
10 to 14 years	7,040	3,630	3,410
15 to 19 years	8,140	4,050	4,090
20 to 24 years	9,310	4,630	4,680
25 to 29 years	9,780	4,860	4,925
30 to 34 years	9,700	4,810	4,895
35 to 39 years	10,040	4,920	5,125
40 to 44 years	9,800	4,940	4,865
45 to 49 years	11,160	5,460	5,695
50 to 54 years	10,415	5,080	5,335
55 to 59 years	9,690	4,720	4,970
60 to 64 years	8,870	4,295	4,580
65 to 69 years	6,300	3,055	3,245
70 to 74 years	4,540	2,130	2,405
75 to 79 years	3,645	1,575	2,065
80 to 84 years	2,725	1,020	1,705
85 to 89 years	1,965	690	1,270
90 to 94 years	850	240	610
95 to 99 years	210	40	170
100 years and over	30	5	30
Median age	40.4	39.5	41.3

Moncton – Median age¹ of the population

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

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

The median age in Moncton was 40.4 years. In comparison, the median age of New Brunswick was 43.7 years.

Table 6 Canada, New Brunswick and Moncton – Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses
	Median age
	2006	2011
Canada	39.5	40.6
New Brunswick	41.5	43.7
Moncton	39.4	40.4

Families and households

In 2011, the number of census families² in Moncton was 40,295, which represents a change of 8.5% from 2006. This compares to a growth rate for Canada of 5.5% over the same period.

In Moncton, 66.8% of census families were married couples in 2011, while 18.1% were common-law-couples and 15.1% were lone-parent families.

Chart F: Moncton - Census families by family structure

Chart F description: Moncton - Census families by family structure

Moncton – Family structure

Table 7 Canada, New Brunswick, Moncton – 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
Moncton	40,295	26,920	66.8	7,280	18.1	6,095	15.1	8.5

Moncton – Presence of children within couple families

Married couples		Common-law-couples
with children	without children	with children	without children
11,645 (34.0%)	15,270 (44.6%)	2,640 ( 7.7%)	4,645 (13.6%)

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

Among couples (married and common-law) in the census metropolitan area of Moncton, 41.8% 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 metropolitan area of Moncton, 85.6% were intact families, that is, in which all children were the biological or adopted children of both parents, while 14.4% 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.

Moncton – Marital status

Chart H description: Moncton - Marital status

In Moncton, 59.3% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (46.8%) or living with a common-law partner (12.4%).

The remaining 40.7% 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, Moncton – Population 15 years and older by marital status, 2011 Census
Marital status	Moncton		New Brunswick		Canada
Marital status	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Population 15 years and over	117,175	100.0	637,595	100.0	27,869,345	100.0
Married or living with a common-law partner	69,465	59.3	382,310	60.0	16,084,490	57.7
Married (and not separated)	54,890	46.8	310,310	48.7	12,941,965	46.4
Living common-law	14,575	12.4	72,000	11.3	3,142,525	11.3
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	47,710	40.7	255,285	40.0	11,784,855	42.3
Single (never legally married)	31,055	26.5	159,760	25.1	7,816,045	28.0
Separated	3,845	3.3	21,035	3.3	698,245	2.5
Divorced	6,525	5.6	32,930	5.2	1,686,035	6.0
Widowed	6,280	5.4	41,565	6.5	1,584,525	5.7

Moncton – Types of private households

There were 58,290 private households³ in Moncton in 2011, a change of 13.0% from 2006. Of these, 24.0% of households were comprised of couples with children aged 24 and under at home, a change of 3.0% compared with five years earlier.

Table 9 Canada, New Brunswick, Moncton – Distribution of households by household type, 2011 Census
Household type⁴	Moncton		New Brunswick		Canada
Household type⁴	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Private households	58,290	100.0	314,010	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Couple-family households with children aged 24 and under at home⁵	13,995	24.0	74,710	23.8	3,524,915	26.5
Couple-family households without children aged 24 and under at home⁶	19,235	33.0	108,040	34.4	3,935,540	29.5
Lone-parent family households⁷	5,675	9.7	32,940	10.5	1,375,450	10.3
One-person households	15,410	26.4	81,705	26.0	3,673,310	27.6
Multiple-family households⁸	695	1.2	4,415	1.4	268,060	2.0
Other households⁹	3,290	5.6	12,200	3.9	543,340	4.1

Moncton – Structural type of dwelling

In Moncton, 56.8% of private households lived in single-detached houses and 2.2% 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, Moncton – Distribution of private households by structural type of dwelling, 2011 Census
Structural type of dwelling	Moncton		New Brunswick		Canada
Structural type of dwelling	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Structural type of dwelling	58,295	100.0	314,005	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Single-detached house	33,120	56.8	220,175	70.1	7,329,150	55.0
Semi-detached house	4,830	8.3	10,815	3.4	646,240	4.9
Row house	1,785	3.1	7,830	2.5	791,600	5.9
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	1,295	2.2	3,990	1.3	1,234,770	9.3
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	10,855	18.6	42,040	13.4	2,397,555	18.0
Apartment, duplex	3,330	5.7	14,110	4.5	704,485	5.3
Other single-attached house¹⁰	170	0.3	1,050	0.3	33,310	0.3
Movable dwelling¹¹	2,905	5.0	14,000	4.5	183,510	1.4

Language

Moncton – Mother tongue

Chart J description: Moncton - 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 Moncton, 61.4% of the population reported English only as mother tongue, 34.5% reported French only, and 2.5% 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, 68.6% of the population spoke only English most often at home, 28.3% spoke only French and 1.3% 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 Moncton – 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	136,145	100.0	136,150	100.0
English	83,585	61.4	93,425	68.6
French	46,960	34.5	38,500	28.3
Non-official language	3,400	2.5	1,715	1.3
Multiple responses	2,205	1.6	2,500	1.8

Table 12 Moncton – Mother-tongue retention, 2011 Census
Mother tongue	Mother-tongue retention¹² (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	99.4	98.3	1.1
French	90.7	79.4	11.3
Non-official language	76.2	52.8	23.3

Moncton – Non-official languages

In Moncton, the three most common mother tongues were Korean (0.4%), Arabic (0.3%) and Spanish (0.2%), 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 Moncton – 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.
Korean	555	15.1	0.4
Arabic	370	10.0	0.3
Spanish	270	7.3	0.2
German	250	6.8	0.2
Italian	195	5.3	0.1
Dutch	165	4.5	0.1
Chinese, n.o.s.	155	4.2	0.1
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	155	4.2	0.1
Swahili	100	2.7	0.1
Vietnamese	100	2.7	0.1

Moncton – Bilingualism

Table 14 Moncton – 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	45.8	22.0	89.6	27.6
0 to 19	40.4	30.0	65.9	26.3
20 to 44	54.6	30.3	96.3	30.6
45 to 64	42.7	12.5	95.0	26.6
65 and over	38.4	7.4	90.8	20.3

Table 15 Moncton – Knowledge of official languages, 2011 Census
Knowledge of official languages	Number	Percentage
Total	136,145	100.0
English only	68,060	50.0
French only	4,650	3.4
English and French	63,245	46.5
Neither English nor French	195	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

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 2

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 3

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 4

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 5

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

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Footnote 6

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 7

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

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Footnote 8

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 9

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 10

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 11

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

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Footnote 12

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 metropolitan area of Moncton
2011 Census Highlight tables – Census metropolitan area of Moncton
2011 NHS Focus on Geography Series – Census metropolitan area of Moncton

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