Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA median age of 57.2: Cumberland County, Subdivision A is older than 97% of Canadian towns
The average household has 2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. For Cumberland County, Subdivision A, the census puts children under 15 at 11%. Few places have as many households in single-detached houses: 88% here, more than in 86% of Canadian towns. With about 3,401 residents in July 2025, Cumberland County, Subdivision A counted 1,585 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Cumberland County, Subdivision A
Older than most towns
Line Cumberland County, Subdivision A’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 57.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 34% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
From 2016 to 2021, 60% of Canadian towns grew faster than Cumberland County, Subdivision A: +3%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 6%. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +2% across Nova Scotia’s towns.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 34% in Cumberland County, Subdivision A, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
7% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across Canada’s towns the figure is 11%. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Cumberland County, Subdivision A, 57.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Cumberland County, Subdivision A: 37% of households are one person living alone, above 82% of Canadian towns
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Locally, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families. By way of comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners make up 13% in Cumberland County, Subdivision A, more than in 69% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
21% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). For Cumberland County, Subdivision A, the census puts married residents 15 and over at 45%. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Fewer renter households than 66% of Canadian towns: 18%
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
56% of homes were built before 1961 and 8.8% in 2001 or later. Typically, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
$48,800 a year is the median household income here
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Cumberland County, Subdivision A’s median household took in $48,800 before tax, 43% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Nova Scotia’s towns have a median of $69,100. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 23% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
4.3% 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
Against a figure of 17% across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants in Cumberland County, Subdivision A comes in at 4.3%. 0.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens. A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
Cumberland County, Subdivision A: 43% of residents said they have no religion, above 73% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 0.6% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. Across Canada’s towns, just over a third of residents said they have no religion. Locally, 1.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
English is the mother tongue of 98%, and 4.1% 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
Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 0.9%, from the figure across Canada’s towns. Cumberland County, Subdivision A has fewer bilingual residents than 85% of Canadian towns, at 4.1%.
In Cumberland County, Subdivision A, 13% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 89% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 17%, beside a typical 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 36% of adults
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.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 36%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 34% of residents are 65 or over.
2nd highest median age among 41 towns of 3,346 to 3,461
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The span goes from 32.8 (Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier) up to 59.2 (North Kawartha). Closest in median age to Cumberland County, Subdivision A are Lewisporte (55.6), Placentia (56.4) and North Kawartha (59.2).
Cumberland County, Subdivision A is older than every town around it
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. Distances here run 32–42 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Cumberland County, Subdivision A.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland County, Subdivision A | 3,401 | — | 57.2 | 34% | 4.3% |
| Springhill | 7,015 | 31.7 km | 51.6 | 27% | 1.7% |
| Kings County, Subdivision B | 12,661 | 34.6 km | 47.2 | 22% | 4.9% |
| Wolfville | 5,587 | 40.0 km | 41.6 | 26% | 11% |
| Kentville | 7,589 | 40.9 km | 45.6 | 25% | 5% |
| Kings County, Subdivision D | 6,517 | 41.9 km | 52.8 | 27% | 5.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Nova Scotia’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about Cumberland County, Subdivision A’s residents
How diverse is Cumberland County, Subdivision A?
4.3% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.6% belong to a visible minority and 1.9% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Cumberland County, Subdivision A?
57% are Christian and 43% have no religion; 0.8% follow another religion.
Is Cumberland County, Subdivision A good for families?
Under 15: 11% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 48% of households. One-parent families: 8.2%. Schools near Cumberland County, Subdivision A are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cumberland County, Subdivision A?
The median household in Cumberland County, Subdivision A took in $48,800 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Cumberland County, Subdivision A?
Cumberland County, Subdivision A had about 3,401 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 3,201, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Cumberland County, Subdivision A?
A median age of 57.2, older than 97% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 11%, and people 65 and over 34%.
Is Cumberland County, Subdivision A bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 4.1% are. Another 0% speak only French and 96% only English, and French is the first language of 0.9%.
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).