Saint John, New Brunswick

Saint John is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick and the oldest incorporated city in Canada. In 2001 it had a population of 69,661 (metropolitan population/conurbation 122,678).

Demographics

According to the mid-2001 census, the population estimates there were 122,678 people residing in Saint John, located in the province of New Brunswick, of whom 48.1 per cent were male and 51.9 per cent were female. Children under five accounted for approximately 5.5 per cent of the resident population of Saint John. This compares with 5.3 per cent in New Brunswick, and almost 5.6 per cent for Canada overall.

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New Brunswick - Canada

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In mid-2001, 13.1 per cent of the resident population in Saint John were of retirement age (65 and over for males and females) compared with 13.2 per cent in Canada, therefore, the average age is 37.9 years of age comparing to 37.6 years of age for all of Canada.

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In the five years between 1996 and 2001, the population of Saint John declined by 2.4 per cent, compared with a decrease of 1.2 per cent for New Brunswick as a whole. Population density of Saint John averaged 36.5 people per square kilometre, compared with an average of 10.2, for New Brunswick altogether.

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New Brunswick

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At the time of the census in May 2001, the resident population of the Saint John city authority had 69,661 people, but had 122,678 when encompassing the Greater Saint John Area compared with a resident population in the province of New Brunswick of 729,498 people.

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Race and religion

• White: 117,150 or 98.0%
• mixed: 910 or 0.7%
• Black: 880 or 0.7%
• Chinese: 440 or 0.4%
• Asian: 270 or 0.2%

According to the 2001 Statistics Canada, almost nine out of ten of Saint John's metropolitan residents self-identified as Christian. This breaks down to 89.2% Christian (47.6% Protestant, 40.3% Roman Catholic, and 1.3% other Christian mostly Orthodox, independent churches), 10.1% stating no religion, and minor religions including Jewish, Buddhist, and Hindus who altogether comprise less than 1%.

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Christian - Protestant - Roman Catholic

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