Percentage of population aged 65 and over

Table

Unit %

Year 2025 Year 2024 Year 2023 Year 2022 Year 2021 Year 2020 Year 2019 Year 2018
Province
New Brunswick
23.3
23.0
23.0
22.9
22.6
22.0
21.3
20.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
20.7
20.7
21.1
21.4
21.4
21.0
20.5
20.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
22.5
22.1
21.9
21.7
21.3
20.6
20.0
19.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
21.1
20.7
20.6
20.5
20.2
19.7
19.1
18.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
27.9
27.5
27.4
26.9
26.2
25.1
24.1
23.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
31.1
30.6
30.4
29.6
28.9
28.1
27.3
26.7
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
31.5
30.6
30.0
29.2
28.4
27.5
26.5
25.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
28.0
27.4
27.1
26.8
26.1
25.3
24.5
23.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
31.7
30.8
30.1
29.4
28.6
28.3
27.2
26.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
28.9
28.4
28.0
27.3
26.9
26.2
25.4
24.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
30.0
29.5
29.1
28.6
28.0
26.9
25.8
25.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
34.0
33.1
32.6
31.7
30.8
28.9
28.0
27.1
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
32.3
31.7
31.6
30.7
29.9
29.4
28.7
28.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
16.2
16.3
16.8
17.2
17.4
16.2
15.7
15.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
21.1
20.7
20.7
20.5
20.2
19.7
19.2
18.5
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
29.6
29.3
29.4
28.8
28.1
26.9
25.8
24.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
23.7
23.0
22.5
22.2
21.5
21.0
20.4
19.7
Fredericton
19.5
19.2
19.4
19.6
19.6
19.5
18.9
18.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
24.8
24.3
23.9
23.5
22.8
21.5
20.9
20.4
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
25.8
25.4
25.1
24.6
23.9
23.3
22.2
21.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
26.4
26.2
26.1
26.3
25.7
26.7
26.1
25.7
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
25.1
24.6
24.5
23.7
23.1
21.6
20.9
20.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
32.3
31.4
31.0
31.0
30.7
31.3
30.6
30.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
28.3
27.7
27.4
27.1
26.5
25.8
24.9
24.2
Moncton
17.5
17.6
18.2
18.6
18.8
18.9
18.5
18.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
26.0
25.7
25.8
25.8
25.4
23.5
22.9
22.2
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
26.0
25.4
25.4
25.1
24.4
22.8
22.0
21.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
17.1
16.8
16.7
16.4
16.1
15.1
14.7
14.1
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
17.3
16.6
16.0
15.2
14.8
13.9
13.5
12.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
29.2
28.7
28.2
27.2
26.5
25.7
25.1
24.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
22.5
21.9
21.2
20.6
19.9
18.9
18.2
17.6
Riverview and Coverdale
22.2
21.9
21.7
21.4
21.1
20.6
20.3
19.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
24.2
24.0
25.0
25.2
25.2
25.2
24.6
24.1
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
19.8
19.7
20.1
20.2
20.1
19.7
19.3
18.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
21.7
21.6
22.4
22.7
23.0
22.2
21.6
21.1
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
26.0
25.8
26.5
26.9
27.1
25.9
25.3
24.6
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
32.5
31.4
30.9
29.9
29.2
28.8
27.7
26.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
24.4
23.7
23.3
23.2
22.6
22.8
21.8
21.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
28.7
28.1
27.7
27.2
26.6
24.8
23.8
23.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
25.4
24.7
24.2
23.6
23.0
22.9
22.2
21.7
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
28.4
27.7
27.1
26.4
25.8
24.2
23.1
22.2
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

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The percentage of the total population consisting of adults aged 65 and over.

Source

Statistics Canada, Centre for Demographics, customized data

Calculations

Indicators calculated by the NBHC.

Unit

%

NBHC code

STATC_CDCD_PER_65PLUS

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