Editing Saint John, New Brunswick (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
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|1824|8488
|1834|12073
|1840|19281
|1851|22745
|1861|27317
|1871|28805
|1881|26127
|1891|39179{{efn|Saint John was amalgamated with the neighbouring city of Portland in 1889.}}
|1901|40711
|[[Canada 1911 Census|1911]]|42511
|1921|47166
|1931|47514
|1941|50084
|1951|50779
|1956|52491
|1961|55153
|1966|51567
|1971|89039{{efn|Saint John was amalgamated with the neighbouring city of Lancaster and part of [[Simonds Parish, Saint John County, New Brunswick|Simonds Parish]] in 1967.}}
|1976|85955
|1981|80521
|1986|76381
|1991|74969
|[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]|72494
|[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|69661
|[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|68043
|[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]|70063
|[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]|67575
|[[Canada 2021 Census|2021]]|69895
|source=<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wallace |first1=C. M. |title=Saint John, New Brunswick (1800–1900) |journal=Urban History Review / Revue d'Histoire Urbaine |date=June 1975 |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=12–21 |doi=10.7202/1020578ar |jstor=43558749 |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/43558749}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Government of Canada |first1=Statistics Canada |title=Ranking of the 10 most populated municipalities, 1901 to 2021 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/dv-vd/ribbon-ruban/index-eng.cfm |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |date=9 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Marquis |first1=Greg |title=Uneven Renaissance: Urban Development in Saint John, 1955–1976 |url=https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/JNBS/article/view/18194/19614 |journal=Journal of New Brunswick Studies / Revue d'études sur le Nouveau-Brunswick|date=1 January 2010|volume=1 }}</ref>
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At the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Saint John had a population of {{val|69895|fmt=commas}} people that were living in {{val|31825|fmt=commas}} of {{val|33908|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings. The population density was {{convert|221.5|PD/km2|PD/sqmi|1}},<ref name="census2021"/> and is most densely populated in Uptown Saint John.<ref name="2021census-Dissemination-1">{{cite web |title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population – 13010052 [Dissemination area], New Brunswick |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0&DGUIDlist=2021S051213010052&SearchText=13010052 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |access-date=27 April 2024 |date=9 February 2022}}</ref> The median total household income was $62,800. Of the city's population aged between 25 and 64, {{Percentage|8785|36970}} held a bachelor's degree or higher, {{Percentage|21440|36970}} held a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree, and {{Percentage|11965|36970}} had a high school diploma or equivalent. The median age was 44 years.<ref name="census2021"/>

At the [[census metropolitan area]] (CMA) level in the 2021 census, the Saint John CMA had a population of {{val|130613|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|55865|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|59272|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:130613-126202}}|126202|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|126202|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|3505.66|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|130613|3505.66|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021censusCMA>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000501 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 28, 2022}}</ref>

=== Ethnicity ===
[[File:Partridge Island and Bell Buoy (cropped from postcard).jpg|thumb|Partridge Island immigration station]]

Historically, as one of Canada's main ports, Saint John has been a centre for immigration from all over the world. The city was incorporated in the late 1700s after more than 3,300 Black Loyalist refugees came to Saint John along with more than 10,000 White refugees after the American Revolution.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-black-history-1.5048864 |title=Before Willie O'Ree: New Brunswick's surprising black history contributions|publisher=CBC |access-date=10 November 2019}}</ref> In the years between 1815 and 1867, when immigration of that era passed its peak, more than 150,000 immigrants from Ireland came to Saint John dramatically changing the city.

Those who came in the earlier period were largely tradesmen, and many stayed in Saint John, becoming the backbone of its builders. But when the Great Famine of Ireland raged between 1845 and 1849, huge waves of famine refugees flooded the city's shores. It is estimated that between 1845 and 1847, some 30,000 arrived, more people than were living in the city at the time. In 1847, dubbed "[[Great Famine (Ireland)|Black 47]]", one of the worst years of the famine, some 16,000 immigrants, most of them from Ireland, arrived at [[Partridge Island (Saint John County)|Partridge Island]], the immigration and quarantine station at the mouth of Saint John Harbour.<ref>Thomas P. Power, ed., ''The Irish in Atlantic Canada, 1780–1900'' (Fredericton, NB: New Ireland Press, 1991)</ref>

As of the 2021 census, approximately 86.4% of the residents were white, while 10.9% were visible minorities and 2.8% were Indigenous. The largest visible minority groups were [[Black people|Black]] (2.7%), [[South Asian People|South Asian]] (2.4%), [[Arabs|Arab]] (1.5%), [[Chinese people|Chinese]] (1.4%), and [[Filipino Canadians|Filipino]] (0.9%).<ref name="census2021"/>
{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ [[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in the City of Saint John (2001–2021)
! rowspan="2" |[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] group
! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="census2021"/>
! 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=1301006&Geo2=CD&Code2=1301&SearchText=Saint%20John&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |access-date=2023-05-19 |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=1301006&Data=Count&SearchText=Saint%20John&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=2023-05-19 |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=1301006&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&Data=Count&SearchText=Saint%20John&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2023-05-19 |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=1301006&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&Data=Count&SearchText=Saint%20John&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
|-
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!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
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|-
| [[European Canadians|European]]{{efn|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name=euro}}
| 58,875
| {{Percentage | 58875 | 68180 | 2 }}
| 59,480
| {{Percentage | 59480 | 65470 | 2 }}
| 62,940
| {{Percentage | 62940 | 67910 | 2 }}
| 62,780
| {{Percentage | 62780 | 66690 | 2 }}
| 65,375
| {{Percentage | 65375 | 68465 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]]
| 1,895
| {{Percentage | 1895 | 68180 | 2 }}
| 1,430
| {{Percentage | 1430 | 65470 | 2 }}
| 1,560
| {{Percentage | 1560 | 67910 | 2 }}
| 850
| {{Percentage | 850 | 66690 | 2 }}
| 640
| {{Percentage | 640 | 68465 | 2 }}
|-
| [[African-Canadian|African]]
| 1,820
| {{Percentage | 1820 | 68180 | 2 }}
| 1,400
| {{Percentage | 1400 | 65470 | 2 }}
| 1,200
| {{Percentage | 1200 | 67910 | 2 }}
| 960
| {{Percentage | 960 | 66690 | 2 }}
| 1,110
| {{Percentage | 1110 | 68465 | 2 }}
|-
| [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]]
| 1,605
| {{Percentage | 1605 | 68180 | 2 }}
| 455
| {{Percentage | 455 | 65470 | 2 }}
| 350
| {{Percentage | 350 | 67910 | 2 }}
| 375
| {{Percentage | 375 | 66690 | 2 }}
| 205
| {{Percentage | 205 | 68465 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Middle Eastern Canadians|Middle Eastern]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.|name=MiddleEastern}}
| 1,310
| {{Percentage | 1310 | 68180 | 2 }}
| 845
| {{Percentage | 845 | 65470 | 2 }}
| 520
| {{Percentage | 520 | 67910 | 2 }}
| 360
| {{Percentage | 360 | 66690 | 2 }}
| 185
| {{Percentage | 185 | 68465 | 2 }}
|-
| [[East Asian Canadians|East Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.|name=EastAsian}}
| 1,125
| {{Percentage | 1125 | 68180 | 2 }}
| 1,170
| {{Percentage | 1170 | 65470 | 2 }}
| 880
| {{Percentage | 880 | 67910 | 2 }}
| 940
| {{Percentage | 940 | 66690 | 2 }}
| 460
| {{Percentage | 460 | 68465 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Southeast Asia]]n{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.|name=SoutheastAsian}}
| 900
| {{Percentage | 900 | 68180 | 2 }}
| 360
| {{Percentage | 360 | 65470 | 2 }}
| 250
| {{Percentage | 250 | 67910 | 2 }}
| 215
| {{Percentage | 215 | 66690 | 2 }}
| 150
| {{Percentage | 150 | 68465 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]]
| 345
| {{Percentage | 345 | 68180 | 2 }}
| 185
| {{Percentage | 185 | 65470 | 2 }}
| 155
| {{Percentage | 155 | 67910 | 2 }}
| 155
| {{Percentage | 155 | 66690 | 2 }}
| 125
| {{Percentage | 125 | 68465 | 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}}
| 285
| {{Percentage | 285 | 68180 | 2 }}
| 140
| {{Percentage | 140 | 65470 | 2 }}
| 55
| {{Percentage | 55 | 67910 | 2 }}
| 50
| {{Percentage | 50 | 66690 | 2 }}
| 205
| {{Percentage | 205 | 68465 | 2 }}
|-
! Total responses
! 68,180
! {{Percentage | 68180 | 69895 | 2 }}
! 65,470
! {{Percentage | 65470 | 67575 | 2 }}
! 67,910
! {{Percentage | 67910 | 70063 | 2 }}
! 66,690
! {{Percentage | 66690 | 68043 | 2 }}
! 68,465
! {{Percentage | 68465 | 69661 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
! Total population
! 69,895
! {{Percentage | 69895 | 69895 | 2 }}
! 67,575
! {{Percentage | 67575 | 67575 | 2 }}
! 70,063
! {{Percentage | 70063 | 70063 | 2 }}
! 68,043
! {{Percentage | 68043 | 68043 | 2 }}
! 69,661
! {{Percentage | 69661 | 69661 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="11" | {{small|Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses}}
|}

=== Language ===
87.2% of residents spoke English as a mother tongue. Other common first languages were [[French language|French]] (3.7%), [[Arabic]] (1.5%) [[Chinese language]]s (1.0%) and [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] (0.5%).

=== Religion ===
58.5% of residents were Christian, down from 79.6% in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2013-05-08 |title=2011 National Household Survey Profile – Census subdivision |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1301006&Data=Count&SearchText=saint%20john&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> 29.7% were Catholic, 20.6% were Protestant, 5.1% were Christian n.o.s, and 3.0% were other Christian denominations or related traditions. 36.0% of the population were non-religious or secular, up from 18.4% in 2011. Other religions accounted for 5.5% of the population, up from 2.0% in 2011. The largest non-Christian religions were Islam (3.1%) and Hinduism (1.0%).