Photo: Coastal Elite from Halifax, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Beaver Bank sits below 97% of Canadian towns for renter households (6.5%)
The share of one-person households is 16%, against 27% across Canada’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 9,157 people lived in Beaver Bank, in 3,390 households. The census found that 15% of residents are 65 or over in the neighbourhood. 5.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a higher share than in 73% of Canadian towns.
19% of residents are under 15, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 45–49: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. The median age in Beaver Bank is 42, lower than in 51% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Beaver Bank, 42. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 74% of Canadian towns: 2.7 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families stands at 8.4%.
Beaver Bank: 54% of residents 15 and over are married, above 75% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly a quarter of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 13%.
Households in single-detached houses: 78%, a higher share than 70% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 35% date from 2001 or later, 6.1% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $107,700 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Beaver Bank: half had more than $107,700, 25% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Nova Scotia’s towns has $69,100 before tax. 23% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 76% of Canadian towns: 8.7%
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Here 4.2% of residents are immigrants, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 17%. Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Census figures put residents without Canadian citizenship at 1.3% in Beaver Bank.
Residents with no religion make up 38% in Beaver Bank, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 4.3% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. To put it in context, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Bilingual residents: 8.5%, a higher share than 55% of Canadian towns
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Beaver Bank sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 2%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 55% of Canadian towns: 24%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 7.1%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 63% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 63%.
20th lowest median age among 41 towns of 8,994 to 9,325
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The group spans Hampton Village, youngest at 32.3, to Vankleek Hill, oldest at 52.4. Nearest to Beaver Bank in age: Walsh Acres/Lakeridge/Garden Ridge (41.2), Saint-Robert (42), Rosewood Park (42.1) and Booth (42.7).
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Beaver Bank are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Bank | 9,157 | — | 42 | 15% | 4.2% |
| Fall River | 9,214 | 4.7 km | 42.9 | 13% | 8.4% |
| Middle Sackville | 14,898 | 6.1 km | 39.9 | 13% | 5.5% |
| Lower Sackville | 20,171 | 7.3 km | 43.6 | 19% | 4.7% |
| Dutch Settlement | 6,234 | 10.6 km | 45.4 | 17% | 4.2% |
| Bedford | 28,848 | 12.9 km | 41.3 | 19% | 19% |
| Hammonds Plains | 13,844 | 13.7 km | 42 | 12% | 7.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- 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.
Questions about Beaver Bank’s residents
How diverse is Beaver Bank?
Immigrants make up 4.2% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 4.3% are members of a visible minority, and 5.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Beaver Bank?
Christian: 61%. No religion: 38%. Another religion: 1.6%.
Is Beaver Bank good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 19%. 66% of households are couple families and 8.4% one-parent families. Schools near Beaver Bank are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Beaver Bank?
$107,700 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Beaver Bank (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Beaver Bank?
Beaver Bank had 9,157 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Beaver Bank?
42 is the median age, younger than 51% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 19%. 65 and over: 15%.
Is Beaver Bank bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 8.5% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 91% speak only English and 0% only French; 2% grew up with French.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).