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Canelas

Parish of the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia (Vila Nova de Gaia), district of Porto.

Canelas had 13.918 residents in the 2021 Census, 16,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 17,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 1,8 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.392 – 3.717
  • 5.461 – 10.551
  • 10.626 – 13.560
  • 13.918 – 18.409
  • 22.615 – 38.859
Density (inh./km²)
  • 333,4 – 838,6
  • 937,9 – 1.228,6
  • 1.253,1 – 2.073,5
  • 2.132,4 – 2.999,3
  • 3.141,6 – 7.359,7
Area (km²)
  • 1,0 – 4,7
  • 5,1 – 5,5
  • 5,9 – 7,5
  • 7,8 – 8,8
  • 8,9 – 19,4
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 24 parishes of Vila Nova de Gaia

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Arcozelo15.1448,501.781,7
2Avintes10.8368,821.228,6
3Canelas13.9186,902.017,1
4Canidelo28.0548,933.141,6
5Crestuma2.3734,68507,1
6Grijó10.62611,33937,9
7Gulpilhares11.6645,472.132,4
8Lever2.6147,84333,4
9Madalena10.5514,692.249,7
10Mafamude38.8595,287.359,7
11Olival5.5088,07682,5
12Oliveira do Douro22.6157,542.999,3
13Pedroso18.40919,43947,5
14Perosinho6.1425,291.161,1
15Sandim5.46113,56402,7
16Santa Marinha30.3155,925.120,8
17Seixezelo1.8171,451.253,1
18Sermonde1.3921,66838,6
19Serzedo7.6036,681.138,2
20São Félix da Marinha13.5607,931.710,0
21São Pedro da Afurada3.7171,003.717,0
22Valadares10.6585,142.073,5
23Vilar de Andorinho18.0037,072.546,4
24Vilar do Paraíso13.9855,302.638,7
Code (DTMNFR)
131703
Resident population (2021)
13.918
Area
6,90 km²
Density
2.017,1 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
4,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
9th of 24

INE, Censos 2021 (população residente por freguesia, geografia 2025, ind. 0014584); DGT, CAOP2025 (área). Population refers to the 2021 census moment, compiled by INE for the parish boundaries in force in 2025.

2021 Census in detail

Men
6.710 (48,2%)
Women
7.208 (51,8%)
Portuguese nationality
13.590 (97,6%)
Foreign nationality
328 (2,4%)
Ageing index
111,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
5.331
Average household size *
2,61 people
Dwellings
6.005
Classic family dwellings
6.005
Buildings
2.338
Buildings with 7 or more floors
22
With higher education (15+)
17,6% (2.093)
Unemployment rate *
10,40% (H 9,02% · M 11,81%)
Active / employed population
7.174 / 6.428

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 2.039 (14,7%); 15-24 years: 1.538 (11,1%); 25-64 years: 8.078 (58,0%); 65+ years: 2.263 (16,3%)0-142.039 · 14,7%15-241.538 · 11,1%25-648.078 · 58,0%65+2.263 · 16,3%
Residents by age group and share of the total (13.918).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years2.0391.0201.019
15-24 years1.538809729
25-64 years8.0783.8534.225
65+ years2.2631.0281.235

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 0012481, 0012328, 0014632, obtained from the INE indicators API on 24/09/2026 (licence CC BY 4.0). Parish geography of 2025 (CAOP2025). Nationality (Portuguese, foreign, stateless) is INE indicator 0014632. * Indicator published by INE only for 2013 parish geography (NUTS 2024); used because the parish has the same territory in both geographies (identical population by sex and age group). Ageing index = population aged 65+ ÷ population aged 0–14 × 100; share with higher education = residents with completed higher education ÷ residents aged 15 or over (our calculations from INE figures).

Neighbouring parishes

Vilar do Paraíso · Pedroso · Perosinho · Gulpilhares · Serzedo · Vilar de Andorinho · Mafamude

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia
1,8 km

Neighbourhood calculated from official boundaries: DGT, Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (CAOP) 2025 (licence CC BY 4.0); two parishes are neighbours when they share a boundary segment. The distance is the straight-line (great-circle) distance between the geometric centroid of the parish and that of the municipality (in territories with islets, of the main part), not a road distance.

2025 local elections — Parish assembly

Registered voters
11.950
Voters
6.792
Turnout
56,84% (2021: 49,78%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		2.99744,13%6
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL
GAIA SEMPRE NA FRENTE		2.28433,63%5
CH
CHEGA		86112,68%2
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		2413,55%0
ADN
ALTERNATIVA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL		1091,60%0
Blank votes1982,92%
Null votes1021,50%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PS.

Source: SGMAI — official results of the local elections of 12 October 2025 (Secretary-General of the Ministry of Internal Administration), consulted on 25/09/2026. Percentages calculated by SGMAI over total voters.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Delfim de Lima, N.º 1914
Canelas (VILA NOVA DE GAIA)
4405-231 CANELAS
Telephone
227114857
Fax
227160817
Email
geral@jfcanelas.pt
Website
www.jfcanelas.pt

Source: DGAL - Portal Autárquico (Direção-Geral das Autarquias Locais), consulted on 25/09/2026.

More information

Coordinates
41,08333, -8,60000
Wikipedia
Canelas (Vila Nova de Gaia)
Wikidata
Q913298

Source: Wikidata (data under CC0 1.0), consulted on 24/09/2026. The patron saint and coordinates are those recorded on Wikidata.

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026