Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainWith 0.5 jobs for each resident in work, most of Cumberland County, Subdivision C commutes out
At the 2021 census, 69% of Cumberland County, Subdivision C’s 15-to-64s were in work; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. The average trip to work from Cumberland County, Subdivision C is 22 minutes; 5.9% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. In 2020, a household at the middle of Cumberland County, Subdivision C had $69,200 before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
The work figures that set Cumberland County, Subdivision C apart
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $69,200 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 22 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 5.9% take an hour or more. 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.
Jobs & income in Cumberland County, Subdivision C: graded C
Better than 30% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #43 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.
Household income in Cumberland County, Subdivision C
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 68% of Canadian towns.
No other place of 2,500 or more in the Cumberland census division has a higher median. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
At 22 minutes, commutes from Cumberland County, Subdivision C are shorter than in the middle of Canadian towns
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 21.2 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 47%, more than the 46% in the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns.
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.
On a working day, Cumberland County, Subdivision C loses more workers than it gains
It sends out some 3 workers for every one it takes in. The job is inside the municipality for 22% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
78% of Cumberland County, Subdivision C’s residents in work leave it to work; Amherst takes the most
- Amherst735
- Springhill135
- Oxford120
- Cumberland County, Subdivision D120
- Port Elgin25
- Halifax20
- Moncton20
- Colchester County, Subdivision B15
- Sackville15
- Dorchester15
In the other direction the biggest source is Amherst, with 215.
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 Cumberland County, Subdivision C
All 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Cumberland census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
In October 2026, 56% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. 54% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 47%. 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.
Without a car, 3.3% of Cumberland County, Subdivision C’s commuters get to work
Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 14% against 21%. Transit takes 0.5% of commuters, against 3.5% 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).
12% more people are on EI in the Cumberland census division than in 2019
Roughly 5.4 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 3%. March 2021 was the busiest month, with 2,200 people on EI, 2.1 times 2019’s 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). Cumberland County, Subdivision C doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Cumberland census division.
Walking in Cumberland County, Subdivision C earns C−
Better than 15% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #79 of 88 in Nova Scotia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Cumberland County, Subdivision C ranks: 524th of 713 Canadian towns of 4,200 to 8,200
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 118 | Hubley Nova Scotia | 6,337 | 79% | 7.4% | $112K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 131 | Upper Tantallon Nova Scotia | 5,248 | 80% | 8.6% | $129K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 246 | Westphal Nova Scotia | 4,201 | 70% | 10% | $109K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 522 | Chatsworth Ontario | 7,770 | 74% | 8.2% | $81K | C |
| 523 | Downtown Saskatchewan | 4,282 | 71% | 12% | $43K | C |
| 524 | Cumberland County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 6,040 | 69% | 12% | $69K | C |
| 525 | Fairview Ontario | 7,597 | 68% | 14% | $104K | C |
| 526 | Gananoque Ontario | 5,568 | 72% | 12% | $67K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 713 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Cumberland County, Subdivision C, and others among Nova Scotia’s towns.
Work in the places around Cumberland County, Subdivision C
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland County, Subdivision C | 69% | 12% | $69K | 22 min | C | C− |
| Amherst 9.1 km | 65% | 12% | $56K | 16.3 min | C− | A |
| Westmorland 18.7 km | 79% | 8.9% | $67K | 26.6 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 Cumberland County, Subdivision C, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- 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. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
Questions about work in Cumberland County, Subdivision C
What is the unemployment rate in Cumberland County, Subdivision C?
The 2021 census found 12% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the North Shore economic region, is 6.8% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Cumberland County, Subdivision C?
At $69,200 before tax in 2020, the median household in Cumberland County, Subdivision C compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Cumberland County, Subdivision C get to work?
Driving takes 95% of commuters to work, 0.5% take public transit and 2.8% walk, and on census day 14% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Cumberland County, Subdivision C?
About 22 minutes on average, with 47% under a quarter-hour and 5.9% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Cumberland County, Subdivision C work?
Only 22% work in Cumberland County, Subdivision C itself; the rest go first to Amherst (735) and Springhill (135).
How many jobs are there in Cumberland County, Subdivision C?
In June 2026, 121 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
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).