Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Enfield ranks above 76% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 82%
Of the immigrants living here, 34% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Locally, just over two in five residents said they have no religion. Enfield has fewer residents who moved in within the year than 69% of Canadian towns, at 9.2%. About 26,960 people lived in the town in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. The census figures here are for the whole of East Hants, the municipality that includes Enfield.
Since 2016, Enfield has changed by +2%, slower than 64% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 18% higher again. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Nova Scotia’s towns, +2%.
Enfield is older than 64% of Canadian towns: a median age of 44.4
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with nearly one in ten residents. The highest share aged 65 or over among Nova Scotia’s towns is Lunenburg’s: 36%. Add to that, across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24; in Enfield, 10%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Enfield, 44.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
24% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 62% 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.
In Enfield the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%. Locally, 8.6% of households are one-parent families.
Enfield sits above 72% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (14%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Half of residents 15 and over are married; across Canada’s towns the figure is 46%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
19% of households rent their home, fewer than in 65% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
27% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 17% built before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, renter households come to 25%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Median gross household income: $85,000 a year
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
Half of Enfield’s households had a total income above $85,000 and half below, close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $69,100 is the median household income across Nova Scotia’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 24% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
3.5% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
1.6% of residents are not Canadian citizens (Canada’s towns: 5.8%). Most immigrants were born in Europe (52%) or in the Americas (24%). Immigrants are rarer here than in 87% of Canadian towns.
Above 65% of Canadian towns: 4.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents make up 2.6%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
95% have English as their mother tongue; 6.4% also speak French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 97%, French 0.3%. Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Enfield, 6.4%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 19%, a lower share than 71% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 11% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
58% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, much like this 58%.
The 12th oldest of 41 towns of 25,789 to 28,199 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
At one end is Harbourfront-CityPlace (32.3), at the other Picton (56.8). Westminster-Branson (44.2), Laurendeau (44.4), Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan (44.8) and Amherstburg (45.6): the towns nearest Enfield in median age.
Enfield is younger than 1 of its 2 nearest neighbours
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enfield | 26,960 | — | 44.4 | 18% | 3.5% |
| Indian Brook 14 | 1,225 | 12.2 km | 38.8 | 15% | 3.3% |
| Dutch Settlement | 6,234 | 15.7 km | 45.4 | 17% | 4.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Enfield’s residents
What is the population of Enfield?
About 26,960, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 22,892 people in Enfield, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Enfield?
The median age is 44.4, older than 64% of Canadian towns. 16% are under 15 and 18% 65 or older.
Is Enfield bilingual?
6.4% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 93% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.4%.
How diverse is Enfield?
Immigrants: 3.5% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.6%. Indigenous identity: 4.3%.
What religion are people in Enfield?
42% said they have no religion and 57% that they are Christian; 1.1% named another faith.
Is Enfield good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 59% of households and one-parent families 8.6%. Schools near Enfield are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Enfield?
Half of Enfield’s households had more than $85,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).