Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with French Canadian Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 235.52K people in Massachusetts with French Canadian ancestry (3.37% of Massachusetts population). Among all Massachusetts cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Gardner city had the highest percentage of its population with French Canadian ancestry (12.99%), followed by Southbridge Town city (10.83%), and Chicopee city (8.80%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having French Canadian ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Massachusetts.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with French Canadian Ancestry in 2021
Gardner city
Southbridge Town city
Chicopee city
Palmer Town city
Maynard CDP
Amesbury Town city
Fitchburg city
Attleboro city
Agawam Town city
Easthampton Town city
Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with French Canadian Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Gardner city 12.99
2 Southbridge Town city 10.83
3 Chicopee city 8.80
4 Palmer Town city 7.99
5 Maynard CDP 7.71
6 Amesbury Town city 7.52
7 Fitchburg city 7.29
8 Attleboro city 7.19
9 Agawam Town city 7.09
10 Easthampton Town city 6.84
11 North Attleborough Town city 6.73
12 Somerset CDP 6.70
13 Leominster city 6.65
14 Westfield city 5.91
15 Greenfield city 5.84
16 Franklin Town city 5.26
17 Haverhill city 5.02
17 Methuen Town city 5.02
18 Reading CDP 4.99
19 Milford CDP 4.72
20 West Springfield Town city 4.51
21 Danvers CDP 4.49
22 Hudson CDP 4.40
23 Newburyport city 4.38
24 Webster CDP 4.32
25 Wilmington CDP 4.29
26 Gloucester city 4.16
27 Marlborough city 4.13
28 Wakefield CDP 4.02
29 North Adams city 3.86
30 Holyoke city 3.85
31 Beverly city 3.84
31 Northampton city 3.84
32 South Yarmouth CDP 3.83
33 Fall River city 3.77
34 Peabody city 3.76
35 Waltham city 3.74
36 Salem city 3.72
37 Longmeadow CDP 3.67
38 Lowell city 3.54
39 Norwood CDP 3.50
40 Pittsfield city 3.12
41 Burlington CDP 3.02
41 Worcester city 3.02
42 Abington CDP 2.98
43 Taunton city 2.97
44 Milton CDP 2.76
44 Stoneham CDP 2.76
45 Hull CDP 2.71
45 Melrose city 2.71
46 Saugus CDP 2.63
47 Bridgewater Town city 2.44
48 Woburn city 2.43
49 Weymouth Town city 2.42
50 Swampscott CDP 2.33
51 Dedham CDP 2.31
51 Malden city 2.31
52 Lynn city 2.30
53 Arlington CDP 2.29
54 New Bedford city 2.26
55 Lynnfield CDP 2.21
56 Holbrook CDP 2.09
56 Winthrop Town city 2.09
57 Medford city 2.07
58 Barnstable Town city 2.04
59 Winchester CDP 2.01
60 Springfield city 1.88
61 Amherst Town city 1.77
62 Framingham city 1.65
63 Belmont CDP 1.59
64 Marblehead CDP 1.56
64 Somerville city 1.56
64 Watertown Town city 1.56
65 Brockton city 1.50
65 Lexington CDP 1.50
66 Wellesley CDP 1.42
67 Braintree Town city 1.36
68 Boston city 1.24
69 Newton city 1.23
70 Quincy city 1.18
71 Needham CDP 1.10
72 Cambridge city 1.09
73 Brookline CDP 1.07
74 Chelsea city 1.03
75 Everett city 0.87
76 Lawrence city 0.83
77 Randolph Town city 0.79
78 Revere city 0.74
79 Nantucket CDP 0.62