Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainAnnapolis County, Subdivision B is older than 94% of Canadian towns: a median age of 54.4
In Annapolis County, Subdivision B the average household is 2.1 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Locally, 47% of residents said they have no religion. Lower than in 85% of Canadian towns: 12% of residents are under 15. About 5,086 people lived in the town in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates.
What stands out about the people of Annapolis County, Subdivision B
Older than most towns
Half of Annapolis County, Subdivision B’s residents are under 54.4 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 30% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Slower growth than 56% of Canadian towns: Annapolis County, Subdivision B changed by +3% since 2016
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 11%. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Nova Scotia’s towns, +2%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 92% of Canadian towns: 30%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 60–64: just over one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. The census found that nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Annapolis County, Subdivision B. Against that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Annapolis County, Subdivision B, 54.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
In Annapolis County, Subdivision B, 34% of households are one person living alone, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Set against 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 6.3% of households are one-parent families in Annapolis County, Subdivision B. The usual figure: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Above 61% of Canadian towns: 50% of residents 15 and over are married
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up just over a fifth of adults, beside a typical 27%. Typically, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 10% of the total.
Households in single-detached houses: 84%, a higher share than 79% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
12% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Across Annapolis County, Subdivision B, nearly a quarter of households rent their home.
Before tax, the median household income is $55,200 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Annapolis County, Subdivision B had $55,200 before tax, 36% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Nova Scotia’s towns have a median of $69,100. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 21% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
In Annapolis County, Subdivision B, 9.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 63% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Most immigrants were born in Europe (59%) or in the Americas (22%). On immigrants, Annapolis County, Subdivision B sits lower than 69% of Canadian towns: 8.3%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%. Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 19% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 1.6% of residents.
2.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 51% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%; Annapolis County, Subdivision B has 3.6%. Measured more widely, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
95% have English as their mother tongue; 5.8% also speak French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 98%, French 0.5%. Annapolis County, Subdivision B has fewer bilingual residents than 66% of Canadian towns, at 5.8%. On residents whose mother tongue is French, 1.6% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 19% in Annapolis County, Subdivision B, less than in 71% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 15% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
45% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 45%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 30% are 65 or over.
The 5th oldest of 41 towns of 5,005 to 5,170 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Northern Bruce Peninsula is the oldest at 61.6, River-Osborne the youngest at 31.6. Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley (54), Morin-Heights (54.4), Gibsons (56) and Cobble Hill (58.8): the towns nearest Annapolis County, Subdivision B in median age.
Nearby, 1 of 4 towns have older populations than Annapolis County, Subdivision B
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Annapolis County, Subdivision B has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 17–30 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annapolis County, Subdivision B | 5,086 | — | 54.4 | 30% | 8.3% |
| Middleton | 1,978 | 16.8 km | 51.2 | 31% | 6.8% |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision D | 3,273 | 19.5 km | 52 | 24% | 5.1% |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision C | 5,694 | 21.0 km | 50 | 23% | 3.3% |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision A | 6,719 | 29.5 km | 57.2 | 33% | 8.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Nova Scotia’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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 B’s residents
What is the average age in Annapolis County, Subdivision B?
The median age is 54.4, older than 94% of Canadian towns. 12% are under 15 and 30% 65 or older.
Is Annapolis County, Subdivision B bilingual?
5.8% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 94% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.6%.
How diverse is Annapolis County, Subdivision B?
Immigrants: 8.3% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 3.6%. Indigenous identity: 2.9%.
What religion are people in Annapolis County, Subdivision B?
47% said they have no religion and 51% that they are Christian; 2.1% named another faith.
Is Annapolis County, Subdivision B good for families?
12% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 54% of households and one-parent families 6.3%. Schools near Annapolis County, Subdivision B are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Annapolis County, Subdivision B?
Half of Annapolis County, Subdivision B’s households had more than $55,200 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Annapolis County, Subdivision B?
About 5,086, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 4,587 people in Annapolis County, Subdivision B, 3% more than 2016.
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).