Photo: CP Hoffman from Washington, DC, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Annapolis County, Subdivision A is older than 97% of Canadian towns: a median age of 57.2
In Annapolis County, Subdivision A, 91% of households live in a single-detached house, beside 64% across Canada’s towns. This Nova Scotia town had about 6,719 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 2,880 households at the 2021 Census. Children under 15: just over a tenth of the total. At 32%, the share of one-person households is higher than in just over two thirds of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Annapolis County, Subdivision A
Older than most towns
Line Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 57.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 33% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A +2% change since 2016: slower than 65% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 12%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Nova Scotia’s towns, +2%.
33% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
No age band is larger than 60–64: 11% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 7% in Annapolis County, Subdivision A. Against that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Annapolis County, Subdivision A, 57.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 83% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Annapolis County, Subdivision A has fewer one-parent families than 65% of Canadian towns, at 7.3%.
Annapolis County, Subdivision A: 51% of residents 15 and over are married, above 65% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
With common-law partners at 12%, Annapolis County, Subdivision A is ahead of 64% of Canadian towns on that count. Measured more widely, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Below 84% of Canadian towns: 12% of households rent their home
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Older homes outnumber new: 50% predate 1961, 8.1% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 13% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
Before tax, the median household income is $53,200 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Annapolis County, Subdivision A had $53,200 before tax, 38% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Nova Scotia’s towns, the median household income is $69,100. In 2020, 25% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 10%, a lower share than 57% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 2.6%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. On immigrants, Annapolis County, Subdivision A sits lower than 67% of Canadian towns: 8.8%. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Europe (63%) or in the Americas (32%).
A larger share of residents with no religion than 70% of Canadian towns: 42%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of visible minority residents (2.6%), Annapolis County, Subdivision A is below four fifths of Canadian towns. Here, 3% of residents have an Indigenous identity. The usual figure: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 96%, and 6.7% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is French are rarer here than in 67% of Canadian towns.
In Annapolis County, Subdivision A, 18% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 73% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 15%, against 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 41% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 41%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 33% are 65 or over.
Oldest by rank: 3rd of 41 towns of 6,590 to 6,860 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest is Rhineland (27.2) and the oldest Southern Gulf Islands (61.6). The closest ages to Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s belong to Stephenville (50.8), Thunder Bay, Unorganized (51.6), Centre (61.2) and Southern Gulf Islands (61.6).
Every neighbour of Annapolis County, Subdivision A has a younger population
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. The nearest places to Annapolis County, Subdivision A with figures are 19–46 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annapolis County, Subdivision A | 6,719 | — | 57.2 | 33% | 8.8% |
| Digby | 2,153 | 19.5 km | 55.2 | 34% | 6.9% |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision B | 5,086 | 29.5 km | 54.4 | 30% | 8.3% |
| Digby | 7,528 | 33.0 km | 53.6 | 29% | 4.7% |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision D | 3,273 | 40.8 km | 52 | 24% | 5.1% |
| Middleton | 1,978 | 46.2 km | 51.2 | 31% | 6.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Nova Scotia’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s residents
What is the median income in Annapolis County, Subdivision A?
Median total household income in Annapolis County, Subdivision A was $53,200 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Annapolis County, Subdivision A?
The latest figure is an estimate: 6,719 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Annapolis County, Subdivision A counted 5,980, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Annapolis County, Subdivision A?
Half the residents are older than 57.2 and half younger, older than 97% of Canadian towns; 12% are children under 15 and 33% are 65 or over.
Is Annapolis County, Subdivision A bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6.7% are. Another 0% speak only French and 93% only English, and French is the first language of 1.1%.
How diverse is Annapolis County, Subdivision A?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 8.8%. A visible minority makes up 2.6% and Indigenous residents 3%.
What religion are people in Annapolis County, Subdivision A?
Most often Christian (56%) or no religion (42%); other religions make up 2.4%.
Is Annapolis County, Subdivision A good for families?
Children under 15 are 12% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 54% of households and one-parent families 7.3%. Schools near Annapolis County, Subdivision A are on its Schools page.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).