Photo: CP Hoffman from Washington, DC, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Annapolis County, Subdivision A has lower household incomes than 97% of Canadian towns
At the 2021 census, 65% of Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s 15-to-64s were in work; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. The census counted 750 people working in Annapolis County, Subdivision A and 1,270 residents commuting to a fixed workplace. Out of work in May 2021: 17% of Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s labour force, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
What stands out about work in Annapolis County, Subdivision A
Fewer people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 65% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 41%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 17% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 4.3%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $52,900 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
The Jobs & income grade for Annapolis County, Subdivision A: D
Better than 7% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #83 of 88 in Nova Scotia.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, household income.
Graded against Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more; less unemployment and a shorter commute count in its favour.
How the grade works
Census 2021 measures, weighed equally against every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 people or more: the share of residents aged 15 to 64 in work, median household income (2020), the unemployment rate and the average commute. Each becomes a percentile; their average sets the letter.
How many in Annapolis County, Subdivision A were working in 2021
Of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Annapolis census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting those looking for work too, 50% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 41% were working. In October 2026, 56% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: people in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64, and the census unemployment rate (15 and over); the 25-to-54 rate is Statistics Canada’s own (98-10-0485). The Labour Force Survey and business counts are context, not grade inputs.
$52,900 a year: the median household in Annapolis County, Subdivision A
Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Annapolis census division has a higher median. Against the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns ($69,150), Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s median is 23% below. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
The daily tide in Annapolis County, Subdivision A runs outward
Each person commuting in is matched by about 3 residents going out. Of those who commute, 39% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
61% of Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s residents in work leave it to work; Annapolis Royal takes the most
Inbound, the leader is Digby (105).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Annapolis County, Subdivision A gets to work without a car for 7.5% of commuters
The car takes 89% of commuters here, under the 92% in the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 19% against 21%. Transit takes 1.4% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. More people walk to work here than in the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns: 6.1% against 3.3%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
A commute like the middle of Canadian towns: 24.6 minutes from Annapolis County, Subdivision A
The middle of Nova Scotia’s towns averages 23 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 39%, fewer than the 46% in the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns. An hour or more: 8.1% of commuters, above the 5.6% in the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 21.8 minutes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: commuting duration in five bands; our average uses each band’s middle (75 minutes for an hour or more), so it runs about two minutes above Statistics Canada’s own.
In the Annapolis census division, 9% more people receive EI than in 2019
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 3%. The count topped out in March 2021 at 1,560 people, 2.3 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 5 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100). Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Annapolis County, Subdivision A alone, so this card uses the figure for the Annapolis census division.
Getting around Annapolis County, Subdivision A on foot earns B−
Better than 52% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #35 of 88 in Nova Scotia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Canadian towns of 4,700 to 9,100, and where Annapolis County, Subdivision A sits
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 113 | Hubley Nova Scotia | 6,337 | 79% | 7.4% | $112K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 123 | Upper Tantallon Nova Scotia | 5,248 | 80% | 8.6% | $129K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 306 | Dutch Settlement Nova Scotia | 6,234 | 73% | 9% | $104K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 674 | Montréal-Est Quebec | 5,112 | 70% | 8.5% | $66K | D |
| 675 | Lemoyne Quebec | 5,052 | 70% | 11% | $52K | D |
| 676 | Annapolis County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 6,719 | 65% | 17% | $53K | D |
| 677 | Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Quebec | 8,352 | 73% | 9.2% | $57K | D |
| 678 | Rivière-Rouge Quebec | 4,882 | 63% | 8.8% | $54K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 708 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Annapolis County, Subdivision A, and others among Nova Scotia’s towns.
Jobs and income in the places around Annapolis County, Subdivision A
The nearest places to Annapolis County, Subdivision A with figures are 19–46 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annapolis County, Subdivision A | 65% | 17% | $53K | 24.6 min | D | B− |
| Digby 19.5 km | 63% | 18% | $44K | 17.7 min | C− | A+ |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision B 29.5 km | 66% | 13% | $56K | 24.9 min | D | B+ |
| Digby 33 km | 62% | 18% | $54K | 22.3 min | D | C+ |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision D 40.8 km | 64% | 10% | $64K | 27 min | D | C− |
| Middleton 46.2 km | 62% | 8.5% | $49K | 20.9 min | D | A |
The people of each place: the share in work, unemployment, household income and the average commute, with both grades once they come.
What this data can and can’t tell you
What each figure measures for Annapolis County, Subdivision A, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- Unemployment. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- Household income. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
Questions about work in Annapolis County, Subdivision A
How long is the commute from Annapolis County, Subdivision A?
About 24.6 minutes on average, with 39% under a quarter-hour and 8.1% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Annapolis County, Subdivision A work?
Only 39% work in Annapolis County, Subdivision A itself; the rest go first to Annapolis Royal (255) and Digby (160).
How many jobs are there in Annapolis County, Subdivision A?
Some 750 people worked in Annapolis County, Subdivision A at the 2021 census: 0.6 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 158 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Annapolis County, Subdivision A?
Two figures answer it: 17% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 4.3% for the Annapolis Valley economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Annapolis County, Subdivision A?
The median household in Annapolis County, Subdivision A had $52,900 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Annapolis County, Subdivision A get to work?
Driving takes 89% of commuters to work, 1.4% take public transit and 6.1% walk, and on census day 19% of those in work were at home.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · Statistics Canada, tables 98-10-0458 and 98-10-0459 (commuting) · Statistics Canada, table 14-10-0323 (EI beneficiaries) · Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (14-10-0459, 14-10-0462) · Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Counts (33-10-1176) · grades: TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).