Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainColchester County, Subdivision C is older than 77% of Canadian towns: a median age of 47.2
Residents with no religion make up 46%, against 35% across Canada’s towns. Colchester County, Subdivision C had about 14,211 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 5,320 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, just over four in five households live in a single-detached house. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, a higher share than in 66% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Colchester County, Subdivision C
Fewer people than before
Colchester County, Subdivision C went from 13,098 people in 2016 to 12,476 in 2021, −5%: slower growth than in 96% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Slower growth than 96% of Canadian towns: Colchester County, Subdivision C changed by −5% since 2016
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Nova Scotia’s towns the median is +2%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 14%.
9.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 66% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
55–59 is the most common age band: 8.7% of residents. For comparison, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Colchester County, Subdivision C, 47.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 64% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The figure for one-person households is 25% in Colchester County, Subdivision C and 27% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 9.1% of households are one-parent families.
Colchester County, Subdivision C sits above 71% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (14%)
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 23% of adults, against a typical 27%. Typically, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
In Colchester County, Subdivision C, 19% of households rent their home, fewer than in 65% 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
20% of homes were built before 1961 and 17% in 2001 or later. As a yardstick, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 0.1%.
Median gross household income: $74,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Colchester County, Subdivision C’s median household took in $74,000 before tax, 14% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Nova Scotia’s towns the median is $69,100. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 24% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Colchester County, Subdivision C sits below 77% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (8.6%)
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
Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Colchester County, Subdivision C has 3.4%. Add to that, 1.4% of residents are not Canadian citizens, a lower share than in 83% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (63%), then in the Americas (23%).
Indigenous residents: 4.5%, a higher share than 67% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
1.6% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 97%, and 4.9% 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
Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Colchester County, Subdivision C has 4.9%. Compared with other places, residents whose mother tongue is French are scarce here: 0.7%, fewer than in 86% of Canadian towns. At home: English 99%, French 0.2%.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 83% of Canadian towns, at 15%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 11% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 53% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 22% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 53% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
6th highest median age among 41 towns of 13,940 to 14,488
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 23.4 in La Crète to 55.2 in Tiny. Nearest to Colchester County, Subdivision C in age: Rosemère (46.4), Convent Glen - Orleans Woods (46.8), Durham (49.6) and South Glengarry (50.4).
Of the 3 towns nearest Colchester County, Subdivision C, 2 are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colchester County, Subdivision C | 14,211 | — | 47.2 | 22% | 3.4% |
| Millbrook 27 | 1,122 | 6.5 km | 34.8 | 13% | 0% |
| Truro | 14,652 | 8.0 km | 47.6 | 27% | 6.3% |
| Colchester County, Subdivision B | 21,578 | 17.4 km | 48.8 | 25% | 4.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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.
Questions about Colchester County, Subdivision C’s residents
How diverse is Colchester County, Subdivision C?
Immigrants make up 3.4% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1.6% are members of a visible minority, and 4.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Colchester County, Subdivision C?
Christian: 53%. No religion: 46%. Another religion: 1%.
Is Colchester County, Subdivision C good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 57% of households are couple families and 9.1% one-parent families. Schools near Colchester County, Subdivision C are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Colchester County, Subdivision C?
$74,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Colchester County, Subdivision C (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Colchester County, Subdivision C?
Statistics Canada estimates 14,211 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 12,476 in Colchester County, Subdivision C, 5% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Colchester County, Subdivision C?
47.2 is the median age, older than 77% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 22%.
Is Colchester County, Subdivision C bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4.9% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 95% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.7% grew up with French.
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).