Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainAnnapolis County, Subdivision D has 0.1 jobs for every resident in work, so most leave town for work
In Annapolis County, Subdivision D, 64% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. Workers in Annapolis County, Subdivision D spend 27 minutes on the way to work on average, and 8.6% need an hour or more. Before tax, the typical household in Annapolis County, Subdivision D brought in $63,700 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900.
Work in Annapolis County, Subdivision D, in a few figures
Fewer people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 64% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 45%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $63,700 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Annapolis County, Subdivision D earns D for jobs and income
Better than 7% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #83 of 88 in Nova Scotia.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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.
Who in Annapolis County, Subdivision D has a job
None of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Annapolis census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 50% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 45% of residents 15 and over were in work. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 56% in October 2026. 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.
Household income in Annapolis County, Subdivision D
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 80% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Nova Scotia’s towns is $69,150, and Annapolis County, Subdivision D is 8% below it. One of the 3 other places of 2,500+ in the Annapolis census division has a higher median. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
More workers leave Annapolis County, Subdivision D each day than arrive
810 residents of Annapolis County, Subdivision D had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 80 people had theirs in Annapolis County, Subdivision D, wherever they lived.
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 21 to 1. 5.4% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
95% of Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s residents in work leave it to work; Kingston takes the most
Coming the other way, Kingston sends the most (15).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Annapolis County, Subdivision D work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
4.3% of commuters from Annapolis County, Subdivision D go without a car
Home was the workplace for 13%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 92% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
Close to the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Annapolis County, Subdivision D average 27 minutes
Trips under 15 minutes: 36%, fewer than the 46% in the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 25.7 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
In the Annapolis census division, 9% more people receive EI than in 2019
The count topped out in March 2021 at 1,560 people, 2.3 times the 2019 average. Roughly 5 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 3%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: the Annapolis census division. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Annapolis County, Subdivision D earns C− for walkability
Better than 23% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #65 of 88 in Nova Scotia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Where Annapolis County, Subdivision D sits among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,400
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 219 | Lawrencetown Nova Scotia | 3,509 | 75% | 7% | $110K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 246 | Westphal Nova Scotia | 4,201 | 70% | 10% | $109K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 279 | East Lawrencetown Nova Scotia | 4,020 | 79% | 8.3% | $108K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 643 | Lake Cowichan British Columbia | 3,757 | 67% | 9% | $68K | D |
| 644 | Guybourg Quebec | 3,554 | 73% | 8.8% | $64K | D |
| 645 | Annapolis County, Subdivision D Nova Scotia | 3,273 | 64% | 10% | $64K | D |
| 646 | Division No. 19, Unorganized Manitoba | 3,324 | 50% | 15% | $61K | D |
| 647 | Industrial Sector A and Keith Ontario | 3,723 | 59% | 16% | $68K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 694 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Annapolis County, Subdivision D, and others among Nova Scotia’s towns.
Next to Annapolis County, Subdivision D: how nearby places compare
The nearest places to Annapolis County, Subdivision D with figures are 19–25 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annapolis County, Subdivision D | 64% | 10% | $64K | 27 min | D | C− |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision B 19.5 km | 66% | 13% | $56K | 24.9 min | D | B+ |
| Middleton 22.6 km | 62% | 8.5% | $49K | 20.9 min | D | A |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision C 24.5 km | 70% | 9.3% | $65K | 21.5 min | C | C |
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 D, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- 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. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- 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 D
Where do people in Annapolis County, Subdivision D work?
5.4% work in Annapolis County, Subdivision D itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Kingston (335), then Middleton (115).
How many jobs are there in Annapolis County, Subdivision D?
Statistics Canada counted 39 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Annapolis County, Subdivision D?
The 2021 census found 10% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Annapolis Valley economic region, is 4.3% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Annapolis County, Subdivision D?
The median household in Annapolis County, Subdivision D had $63,700 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Annapolis County, Subdivision D get to work?
Driving takes 92% of commuters to work, 4.3% walk, and on census day 13% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Annapolis County, Subdivision D?
About 27 minutes on average, with 36% under a quarter-hour and 8.6% at an hour or longer.
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).