Editing Edmundston (section)

==Demographics==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Edmundston had a population of {{val|16437|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|7707|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|8117|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:16437-16580}}|16580|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|16580|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|106.84|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|16437|106.84|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000213 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), New Brunswick | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 21, 2022}}</ref>

{{Historical populations
|title = Historical populations
|type = Canada
|align = right
|width = 15%
|state = 
|shading = 
|percentages = 
|footnote = In 1998, [[Saint-Basile, New Brunswick|Saint-Basile]], [[Saint-Jacques, New Brunswick|Saint-Jacques]], and [[Verret, New Brunswick|Verret]]
were annexed by the City of Edmundston.
|1871|400
|[[Canada 1911 Census|1911]]|1821
|1921|4035
|1931|6430
|1941|7028
|1951|10753
|1961|12791
|1971|12365
|1981|12044
|1986|11497
|1991|10835
|[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]|11033
|[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|17373
|[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|16643
|[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]|16032
|[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]|16580
}}

The median household income in 2005 for Edmundston was $42,551, which is below the New Brunswick provincial average of $45,194.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://census2006.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1313027&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=Edmundston&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=`|title=Edmundston, New Brunswick&nbsp;— Detailed City Profile|access-date=2009-09-09}}</ref>

=== Language ===
The city is 95 per cent francophone, the highest such proportion of all cities in the province. Edmundston is the third-largest predominantly francophone city in North America outside of Quebec and the Caribbean, behind [[Clarence-Rockland]], [[Ontario]], which has a population exceeding 20,000 and is 68 per cent francophone, and [[Dieppe, New Brunswick|Dieppe]], which has a population of 25,384 (2016 Census) and is roughly 80 percent francophone. Outside of Quebec, the cities of [[Ottawa]] (122,665), [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]] (45,420), [[Toronto]] (34,900), [[Winnipeg]] (26,855), [[Moncton]] (20,425), [[Timmins]] (17,390) and [[Edmonton]] (15,715) have greater total numbers of francophones, but they are a minority group in those cities. 62.6% are fluent in English.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-15 |title=Edmundston Population Data & Demographics (Employment, Income, Religion) - CAPopulation |url=https://capopulation.com/area/new-brunswick/edmundston/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |language=en-CA}}</ref>

'''Mother tongue language (2006)'''<ref name="SC2006">[http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1313027&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&Data=Count&SearchText=edmundston&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Custom&Custom=1000,7000,8000 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Edmundston, New Brunswick]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Language
! Population
! Pct (%)
|-
| French only
|  15,215
| 93.46%
|-
| English only
|  750
| 4.61%
|-
| Other languages
|   215
| 1.32%
|-
| Both English and French
|   100
| 0.61%
|}

=== Ethnicity ===
Unlike most other francophones living in the Maritimes, most people living in the Edmundston area do not consider themselves [[Acadians]] other than for statistical purposes. Most of them descend from French-Canadians who originally came from [[Lower Canada]] (now [[Quebec]]) along with a few Irish immigrants to settle the area in the century between 1820 and 1920, and absorbed the small group of Acadians who had arrived earlier. Nor do they consider themselves Québécois despite their heritage, mainly due to the politicization of Quebec-specific issues they do not feel concerned with. Residents speak with a distinctive local accent, colloquially called "''l'accent brayon''".

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ [[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in the City of Edmundston (2001−2021)
! rowspan="2" |[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] group
! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="2021censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Edmundston&DGUIDlist=2021A00051313027&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2016<ref name="2016censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2021-10-27 |title= Census Profile, 2016 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1313027&Geo2=CD&Code2=1313&SearchText=Edmundston&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="2011censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2015-11-27 |title= NHS Profile |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1313027&Data=Count&SearchText=Edmundston&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2006<ref name="2006censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-08-20 |title= 2006 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1313027&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&Data=Count&SearchText=Edmundston&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001<ref name="2001censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-07-02 |title= 2001 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1313027&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&Data=Count&SearchText=Edmundston&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
|-
![[Population|{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}]]
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
| [[European Canadians|European]]{{efn|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name=euro}}
| 14,280
| {{Percentage | 14280 | 15255 | 2 }}
| 14,875
| {{Percentage | 14875 | 15700 | 2 }}
| 14,995
| {{Percentage | 14995 | 15325 | 2 }}
| 15,910
| {{Percentage | 15910 | 16290 | 2 }}
| 16,465
| {{Percentage | 16465 | 16870 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]]
| 380
| {{Percentage | 380 | 15255 | 2 }}
| 430
| {{Percentage | 430 | 15700 | 2 }}
| 200
| {{Percentage | 200 | 15325 | 2 }}
| 220
| {{Percentage | 220 | 16290 | 2 }}
| 230
| {{Percentage | 230 | 16870 | 2 }}
|-
| [[African-Canadian|African]]
| 320
| {{Percentage | 320 | 15255 | 2 }}
| 160
| {{Percentage | 160 | 15700 | 2 }}
| 30
| {{Percentage | 30 | 15325 | 2 }}
| 45
| {{Percentage | 45 | 16290 | 2 }}
| 45
| {{Percentage | 45 | 16870 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Middle Eastern Canadians|Middle Eastern]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.|name=MiddleEastern}}
| 135
| {{Percentage | 135 | 15255 | 2 }}
| 105
| {{Percentage | 105 | 15700 | 2 }}
| 15
| {{Percentage | 15 | 15325 | 2 }}
| 10
| {{Percentage | 10 | 16290 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 16870 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Southeast Asia|Southeast Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.|name=SoutheastAsian}}
| 50
| {{Percentage | 50 | 15255 | 2 }}
| 50
| {{Percentage | 50 | 15700 | 2 }}
| 20
| {{Percentage | 20 | 15325 | 2 }}
| 10
| {{Percentage | 10 | 16290 | 2 }}
| 15
| {{Percentage | 15 | 16870 | 2 }}
|-
| [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]]
| 35
| {{Percentage | 35 | 15255 | 2 }}
| 25
| {{Percentage | 25 | 15700 | 2 }}
| 45
| {{Percentage | 45 | 15325 | 2 }}
| 10
| {{Percentage | 10 | 16290 | 2 }}
| 80
| {{Percentage | 80 | 16870 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]]
| 20
| {{Percentage | 20 | 15255 | 2 }}
| 10
| {{Percentage | 10 | 15700 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 15325 | 2 }}
| 20
| {{Percentage | 20 | 16290 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 16870 | 2 }}
|-
| [[East Asian Canadians|East Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.|name=EastAsian}}
| 15
| {{Percentage | 15 | 15255 | 2 }}
| 60
| {{Percentage | 60 | 15700 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 15325 | 2 }}
| 25
| {{Percentage | 25 | 16290 | 2 }}
| 30
| {{Percentage | 30 | 16870 | 2 }}
|-
| Other/[[Multiracial people|multiracial]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, {{abbr|n.i.e.|not included elsewhere}}" and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.|name=Other}}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 15255 | 2 }}
| 10
| {{Percentage | 10 | 15700 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 15325 | 2 }}
| 45
| {{Percentage | 45 | 16290 | 2 }}
| 10
| {{Percentage | 10 | 16870 | 2 }}
|-
! Total responses
! 15,255
! {{Percentage | 15255 | 16437 | 2 }}
! 15,700
! {{Percentage | 15700 | 16580 | 2 }}
! 15,325
! {{Percentage | 15325 | 16032 | 2 }}
! 16,290
! {{Percentage | 16290 | 16643 | 2 }}
! 16,870
! {{Percentage | 16870 | 17373 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
! Total population
! 16,437
! {{Percentage | 16437 | 16437 | 2 }}
! 16,580
! {{Percentage | 16580 | 16580 | 2 }}
! 16,032
! {{Percentage | 16032 | 16032 | 2 }}
! 16,643
! {{Percentage | 16643 | 16643 | 2 }}
! 17,373
! {{Percentage | 17373 | 17373 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="11" | {{small|Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses}}
|}

===Religion===
{{see also|Religion in Canada}}
[[File:CathédraleEdmundston.jpg|thumb|right|The Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, in downtown Edmundston.]]
[[Christianity]] is the dominant religion of the city's inhabitants, with most residents being [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]]. Moreover, Edmundston gives its name to the [[Diocese|episcopal see]] of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Edmundston|region]]. Edmundston covers four [[parish|Catholic parishes]]. [[Protestantism|Protestant]] denominations established in city include the [[Anglican Church of Canada]], the [[United Church of Canada]], the [[United Pentecostal Church International]] and a French Christian church called Église de l'Espoir d'Edmundston. A small number  of Muslims live in Edmundston and the surrounding area, practicing in their own community centre.<ref>Mubareka, Aboud. Members of the Muslim Community of Edmundston and Surrounding Region, 2010 Community Census, [http://www.islam-edmundston.org Muslim Community Center of Edmundston] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721195034/http://islam-edmundston.org/ |date=2011-07-21 }}, 2010.</ref>

'''Religious make-up (2001)'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Religion
! Population
! Pct (%)
|-
| Catholic
| 16,045
| 95.11%
|-
| Protestant
| 290
| 1.72%
|-
| Muslim
| 145
| 0.86%
|-
| Christian n.i.e.
| 35
| 0.21%
|-
| No religious affiliation
| 360
| 2.13%
|}