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Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census

Census agglomeration of Bathurst, New Brunswick ¹

Map of Bathurst

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Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

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

Prov. rank

Nat. rank

In 2011, the population of Bathurst census agglomeration (CA) was 33,484, representing a percentage change of -1.8% from 2006. This compares to the national growth of 5.9% and to the average growth among all CAs of 4.2%.

In Bathurst, the land area is 2,292.80 square kilometres with a population density of 14.6 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 CAs is 232,264.62 square kilometres with 18.56 persons per square kilometre.

In total, there were 14,580 private dwellings occupied by usual residents in Bathurst in 2011. The change in private dwellings occupied by usual residents from 2006 was 2.9%. 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 Bathurst CA

Table 1 Bathurst CA – Census subdivisions, population change, 2006 to 2011
Census subdivision (CSD) name	Type	Population
Census subdivision (CSD) name	Type	2011	2006	% change
Bathurst	CY	12,275	12,714	-3.5
Beresford	P	6,354	6,301	0.8
Bathurst	P	4,979	5,144	-3.2
Beresford	TV	4,351	4,264	2.0
Petit-Rocher	VL	1,908	1,949	-2.1
Belledune	VL	1,548	1,711	-9.5
Pointe-Verte	VL	976	971	0.5
Nigadoo	VL	952	927	2.7
Pabineau 11	IRI	141	125	12.8

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

Bathurst – Age distribution

Chart C: Bathurst - Population by broad age groups

Chart C description: Bathurst - Population by broad age groups

Table 3 Bathurst – Age distributions by broad age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
0 to 14	12.7%	13.1%	12.3%
15 to 64	68.3%	68.8%	67.9%
65 and over	18.9%	18.1%	19.7%

In 2011, the percentage of the population aged 65 and over in Bathurst was 18.9%, compared with a national percentage of 14.8%. The percentage of the working age population (15 to 64) was 68.3% and the percentage of children aged 0 to 14 was 12.7%. 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.

Bathurst – Population by broad age groups and sex

Table 4 Bathurst – 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	33,485	34,105	-620	-1.8
0 to 14	4,255	4,990	-735	-14.7
15 to 64	22,880	23,815	-935	-3.9
65 and over	6,345	5,295	1,050	19.8
Males
Total	16,305	16,610	-305	-1.8
0 to 14	2,140	2,520	-380	-15.1
15 to 64	11,215	11,695	-480	-4.1
65 and over	2,950	2,390	560	23.4
Females
Total	17,180	17,495	-315	-1.8
0 to 14	2,120	2,470	-350	-14.2
15 to 64	11,670	12,120	-450	-3.7
65 and over	3,390	2,900	490	16.9

Bathurst – Population by five-year age groups and sex

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

Table 5 Bathurst – Population by five-year age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
Total - Age groups	33,485	16,305	17,180
0 to 4 years	1,220	625	590
5 to 9 years	1,350	685	670
10 to 14 years	1,690	830	860
15 to 19 years	1,950	1,005	945
20 to 24 years	1,555	800	755
25 to 29 years	1,365	690	675
30 to 34 years	1,670	795	875
35 to 39 years	1,885	890	995
40 to 44 years	2,355	1,150	1,205
45 to 49 years	2,920	1,395	1,525
50 to 54 years	3,120	1,525	1,595
55 to 59 years	3,105	1,510	1,590
60 to 64 years	2,950	1,450	1,500
65 to 69 years	2,195	1,120	1,070
70 to 74 years	1,650	815	830
75 to 79 years	1,100	535	565
80 to 84 years	745	285	455
85 to 89 years	455	145	310
90 to 94 years	170	45	125
95 to 99 years	35	5	30
100 years and over	5	0	0
Median age	48.0	47.5	48.5

Bathurst – Median age² of the population

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

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

The median age in Bathurst was 48 years. In comparison, the median age of New Brunswick was 43.7 years.

Table 6 Canada, New Brunswick and Bathurst – Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses
	Median age
	2006	2011
Canada	39.5	40.6
New Brunswick	41.5	43.7
Bathurst	44.3	48.0

Families and households

In 2011, the number of census families³ in Bathurst was 10,475, which represents a change of -1.6% from 2006. This compares to a growth rate for Canada of 5.5% over the same period.

In Bathurst, 66.3% of census families were married couples in 2011, while 19.6% were common-law-couples and 14.1% were lone-parent families.

Chart F: Bathurst - Census families by family structure

Chart F description: Bathurst - Census families by family structure

Bathurst – Family structure

Table 7 Canada, New Brunswick, Bathurst – 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
Bathurst	10,475	6,940	66.3	2,050	19.6	1,480	14.1	-1.6

Bathurst – Presence of children within couple families

Married couples		Common-law-couples
with children	without children	with children	without children
2,385 (26.5%)	4,555 (50.7%)	840 ( 9.3%)	1,210 (13.5%)

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

Among couples (married and common-law) in the census agglomeration of Bathurst, 35.9% 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 Bathurst, 85.1% were intact families, that is, in which all children were the biological or adopted children of both parents, while 14.9% 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.

Bathurst – Marital status

Chart H description: Bathurst - Marital status

In Bathurst, 62.4% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (48.3%) or living with a common-law partner (14.0%).

The remaining 37.6% 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, Bathurst – Population 15 years and older by marital status, 2011 Census
Marital status	Bathurst		New Brunswick		Canada
Marital status	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Population 15 years and over	29,225	100.0	637,595	100.0	27,869,345	100.0
Married or living with a common-law partner	18,230	62.4	382,310	60.0	16,084,490	57.7
Married (and not separated)	14,130	48.3	310,310	48.7	12,941,965	46.4
Living common-law	4,100	14.0	72,000	11.3	3,142,525	11.3
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	10,990	37.6	255,285	40.0	11,784,855	42.3
Single (never legally married)	6,500	22.2	159,760	25.1	7,816,045	28.0
Separated	1,155	4.0	21,035	3.3	698,245	2.5
Divorced	1,310	4.5	32,930	5.2	1,686,035	6.0
Widowed	2,025	6.9	41,565	6.5	1,584,525	5.7

Bathurst – Types of private households

There were 14,580 private households⁴ in Bathurst in 2011, a change of 2.9% from 2006. Of these, 21.6% of households were comprised of couples with children aged 24 and under at home, a change of -14.8% compared with five years earlier.

Table 9 Canada, New Brunswick, Bathurst – Distribution of households by household type, 2011 Census
Household type⁵	Bathurst		New Brunswick		Canada
Household type⁵	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Private households	14,580	100.0	314,010	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Couple-family households with children aged 24 and under at home⁶	3,155	21.6	74,710	23.8	3,524,915	26.5
Couple-family households without children aged 24 and under at home⁷	5,570	38.2	108,040	34.4	3,935,540	29.5
Lone-parent family households⁸	1,370	9.4	32,940	10.5	1,375,450	10.3
One-person households	3,890	26.7	81,705	26.0	3,673,310	27.6
Multiple-family households⁹	190	1.3	4,415	1.4	268,060	2.0
Other households¹⁰	405	2.8	12,200	3.9	543,340	4.1

Bathurst – Structural type of dwelling

In Bathurst, 75.1% of private households lived in single-detached houses and 0.3% 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, Bathurst – Distribution of private households by structural type of dwelling, 2011 Census
Structural type of dwelling	Bathurst		New Brunswick		Canada
Structural type of dwelling	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Structural type of dwelling	14,580	100.0	314,005	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Single-detached house	10,955	75.1	220,175	70.1	7,329,150	55.0
Semi-detached house	495	3.4	10,815	3.4	646,240	4.9
Row house	535	3.7	7,830	2.5	791,600	5.9
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	50	0.3	3,990	1.3	1,234,770	9.3
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	1,330	9.1	42,040	13.4	2,397,555	18.0
Apartment, duplex	820	5.6	14,110	4.5	704,485	5.3
Other single-attached house¹¹	65	0.4	1,050	0.3	33,310	0.3
Movable dwelling¹²	340	2.3	14,000	4.5	183,510	1.4

Language

Bathurst – Mother tongue

Chart J description: Bathurst - 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 Bathurst, 32.8% of the population reported English only as mother tongue, 64.7% reported French only, and 0.8% 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, 39.2% of the population spoke only English most often at home, 58.7% 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 Bathurst – 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	32,935	100.0	32,935	100.0
English	10,810	32.8	12,915	39.2
French	21,300	64.7	19,320	58.7
Non-official language	275	0.8	110	0.3
Multiple responses	545	1.7	590	1.8

Table 12 Bathurst – 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	97.4	94.2	3.2
French	94.6	88.3	6.3
Non-official language	67.7	40.3	27.4

Bathurst – Non-official languages

In Bathurst, the three most common mother tongues were German (0.1%), Korean (0.1%) and Spanish (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 Bathurst – 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.
German	35	11.3	0.1
Korean	25	8.1	0.1
Spanish	25	8.1	0.1

Bathurst – Bilingualism

Table 14 Bathurst – 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	62.0	38.0	74.6	25.0
0 to 19	46.6	40.4	50.5	37.5
20 to 44	75.6	50.2	88.7	21.4
45 to 64	63.6	34.2	77.8	31.6
65 and over	54.5	25.2	70.5	14.3

Table 15 Bathurst – Knowledge of official languages, 2011 Census
Knowledge of official languages	Number	Percentage
Total	32,935	100.0
English only	7,015	21.3
French only	5,345	16.2
English and French	20,560	62.4
Neither English nor French	20	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

Bathurst – 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 Bathurst
2011 Census Highlight tables – Census agglomeration of Bathurst
2011 NHS Focus on Geography Series – Census agglomeration of Bathurst

Date modified:: 2019-03-27

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