Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainMost of Annapolis County, Subdivision C works elsewhere: the town has 0.2 jobs for each resident in work
Half the households in Annapolis County, Subdivision C had more than $64,600 in 2020, before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Commutes from Annapolis County, Subdivision C average 21.5 minutes, and 3.2% take an hour or more. The 2021 census found 70% of working-age people in Annapolis County, Subdivision C employed, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
What sets Annapolis County, Subdivision C apart on jobs and income
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $64,600 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 21.5 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 3.2% last an hour or longer. The trip to work ↓
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 C: C
Better than 27% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #48 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.
What households in Annapolis County, Subdivision C earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 79% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Nova Scotia’s towns is $69,150, and Annapolis County, Subdivision C is 7% below it. No other place of 2,500 or more in the Annapolis census division has a higher median. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
How long the commute from Annapolis County, Subdivision C takes
Only 45% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 46% in the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 19.7 minutes. The middle of Nova Scotia’s towns averages 23 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.
More go out than come in: the working day in Annapolis County, Subdivision C
For every person who comes in to work, about 10 residents travel out.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
88% of Annapolis County, Subdivision C’s residents in work leave it to work; Kingston takes the most
Inbound, the leader is Kingston (60).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Work and the working-age population of Annapolis County, Subdivision C
All 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Annapolis census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 58% of residents that age. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 52%: many residents are past working age. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 56% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from home.
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.
Walking, cycling or transit: 3.6% of Annapolis County, Subdivision C’s commuters
Transit takes 0.7% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Only 11% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In the Annapolis census division, 9% more people receive EI than in 2019
That is about 5 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 3%. At its peak, in March 2021, 1,560 people were on EI, 2.3 times the 2019 average.
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 C alone, so this card uses the figure for the Annapolis census division.
Walking in Annapolis County, Subdivision C earns C
Better than 30% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #57 of 88 in Nova Scotia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Annapolis County, Subdivision C is 521st among 699 Canadian towns of 4,000 to 7,700
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 121 | Hubley Nova Scotia | 6,337 | 79% | 7.4% | $112K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 132 | Upper Tantallon Nova Scotia | 5,248 | 80% | 8.6% | $129K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 238 | Westphal Nova Scotia | 4,201 | 70% | 10% | $109K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 519 | Woodhill Ontario | 6,386 | 66% | 14% | $124K | C |
| 520 | Vulcan County Alberta | 4,465 | 64% | 4.6% | $87K | C |
| 521 | Annapolis County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 5,694 | 70% | 9.3% | $65K | C |
| 522 | Beresford New Brunswick | 6,543 | 67% | 12% | $70K | C |
| 523 | Sherbrooke Alberta | 7,131 | 65% | 17% | $78K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 699 | 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 C, and others among Nova Scotia’s towns.
The work picture around Annapolis County, Subdivision C
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annapolis County, Subdivision C | 70% | 9.3% | $65K | 21.5 min | C | C |
| Middleton 4.3 km | 62% | 8.5% | $49K | 20.9 min | D | A |
| Kingston 16.2 km | 70% | 8.9% | $72K | 20 min | C+ | B− |
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 C, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- 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. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- 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. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
Questions about work in Annapolis County, Subdivision C
What is the average household income in Annapolis County, Subdivision C?
The median household in Annapolis County, Subdivision C had $64,600 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Annapolis County, Subdivision C get to work?
Driving takes 95% of commuters to work, 0.7% take public transit, 2.2% walk and 0.7% cycle, and on census day 11% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Annapolis County, Subdivision C?
About 21.5 minutes on average, with 45% under a quarter-hour and 3.2% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Annapolis County, Subdivision C work?
12% work in Annapolis County, Subdivision C itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Kingston (720), then Middleton (435).
How many jobs are there in Annapolis County, Subdivision C?
Statistics Canada counted 101 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Annapolis County, Subdivision C?
At the 2021 census 9.3% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Annapolis Valley economic region, gives 4.3% in October 2026.
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).