Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA median age of 50: Annapolis County, Subdivision C is older than 85% of Canadian towns
The figure for residents with no religion is 46% in Annapolis County, Subdivision C and 35% across Canada’s towns. This Nova Scotia town is home to some 5,694 people (July 2025 estimate), in 2,300 households at the 2021 Census. In Annapolis County, Subdivision C, 88% of households live in a single-detached house. Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 76% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Annapolis County, Subdivision C
Older than most towns
Line Annapolis County, Subdivision C’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 50; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 23% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A growing town: +6% since 2016, faster than 59% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Nova Scotia’s towns, +2%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 9%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 73% of Canadian towns: 23%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
By its share of children under 15 (14%), Annapolis County, Subdivision C is below 70% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Annapolis County, Subdivision C, 50. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Annapolis County, Subdivision C households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 64% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
For Annapolis County, Subdivision C, the census puts one-person households at 28%. At 8.3%, one-parent families sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners make up 15% in Annapolis County, Subdivision C, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
22% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Across Annapolis County, Subdivision C, 48% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
18% of households rent their home, fewer than in 66% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Just over one in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. As a yardstick, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 29% predate 1961, 15% date from 2001 or later.
$64,500 a year: where the middle household sits
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
Household incomes run lower in Annapolis County, Subdivision C: half had less than $64,500, 25% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Nova Scotia’s towns, half of households had more than $69,100 before tax. 21% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
3.3% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
With residents without Canadian citizenship at 1.1%, Annapolis County, Subdivision C is behind 88% of Canadian towns on that count. Most immigrants were born in Europe (82%) or in the Americas (12%). 11% lived at another address a year earlier, more than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
6.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 1.6% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for Indigenous residents across Canada’s towns: 2.8%.
English is the mother tongue of 95%, and 7.1% speak French as well
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Annapolis County, Subdivision C sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 2.4%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. At home: English 98%, French 0.8%.
Annapolis County, Subdivision C ranks below 77% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 17%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 15%, against 9.5%. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 52% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 52% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 23% of residents are 65 or over.
10th highest median age among 41 towns of 5,598 to 5,783
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 27.8 in Montcalm to 63.2 in Osoyoos. The towns whose median age is nearest to Annapolis County, Subdivision C’s: Dunrobin (46.4), Armstrong (50), New Edinburgh (50.2) and Orford (50.4).
A younger town than 1 of the 2 around it: Annapolis County, Subdivision C
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Nova Scotia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about Annapolis County, Subdivision C’s residents
What religion are people in Annapolis County, Subdivision C?
Most often Christian (53%) or no religion (46%); other religions make up 1%.
Is Annapolis County, Subdivision C good for families?
Children under 15 are 14% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 55% of households and one-parent families 8.3%. Schools near Annapolis County, Subdivision C are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Annapolis County, Subdivision C?
Median total household income in Annapolis County, Subdivision C was $64,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Annapolis County, Subdivision C?
The latest figure is an estimate: 5,694 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Annapolis County, Subdivision C counted 5,218, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Annapolis County, Subdivision C?
Half the residents are older than 50 and half younger, older than 85% of Canadian towns; 14% are children under 15 and 23% are 65 or over.
Is Annapolis County, Subdivision C bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 7.1% are. Another 0% speak only French and 93% only English, and French is the first language of 2.4%.
How diverse is Annapolis County, Subdivision C?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 3.3%. A visible minority makes up 1.6% and Indigenous residents 6.1%.
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).