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Households in Cole Harbour earn more than those in 88% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work takes 24 min. 89% of commuters drove to work at the census.

Cole Harbour has milder winters than Nova Scotia’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −8.3°C

Frost usually lifts by 30 April and returns around 29 October: 181 days without it. There are 133 days of frost in a typical year, near Nova Scotia’s towns (133) and lower than Canadian towns (159). Midsummer afternoons in Cole Harbour peak at about 22.7°C. A normal January brings 54 cm of snow, the most of any month.

Very good or excellent health for 51% of adults in Cole Harbour’s health region

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Zone 4 - Central

Life expectancy in the region is 81.4 years (83.4 for women, 79.3 for men, 2022/2024). Smoking is rarer than in the province: 11% of adults, against 14% for Nova Scotia. Chronic conditions run at 18% of adults, age-standardised, below Nova Scotia’s towns (20%) but above Canadian towns (17%). The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Cole Harbour’s is long: 5.5 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

In Cole Harbour, just 10% of households give 30% or more of their income to shelter; the typical Canadian town has 18%

Rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for the Halifax metro area

83% of households are owner-occupiers. A year’s rent came to 21% of the median household income, about level with Nova Scotia’s towns (21%) and above Canadian towns (20%).

Cole Harbour gets a C+ for safety

Property crime in its police area ran at 37.3 per 1,000 residents a year, near Nova Scotia’s towns (36.2) and higher than Canadian towns (31.2). Its police area recorded 13.8 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, about level with Nova Scotia’s towns (14.5) and above Canadian towns (12).

A provincial park at Cole Harbour’s edge: Cole Harbour - Lawrencetown Provincial Park

OpenStreetMap shows 2 walking routes nearby, including the Shearwater Flyer Trail and Cole Harbour Heritage Trails. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. Count 22 protected areas within 10 km of town. 7.0 km out lies the largest, Waverley - Salmon River Long Lake Wilderness Area, at 8,621 ha.

Cole Harbour: median age 43, 8,315 households

People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, lower than Nova Scotia’s towns (25%) and near Canadian towns (19%). One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15.

Cole Harbour in November: highs near 9°C, lows near 1°C

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Halifax (Shearwater) forecast, on the Weather page. A normal November brings 135 mm of rain and snow. A typical November adds 19 cm of snow. Across the year, normals run from −8°C nights in January to 23°C afternoons in August.

Cole Harbour sends Darren Fisher (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from Dartmouth—Cole Harbour

Of the 11 Commons seats from Nova Scotia, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 11.

Cole Harbour’s public library is Cole Harbour Public Library

The library is 2.4 km from the centre of Cole Harbour.

Cole Harbour is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Halifax Regional Municipality

Health Canada’s survey found radon above the guideline in 13% of homes, near Nova Scotia’s towns (13%) and higher than Canadian towns (6.6%). Seismic risk in Cole Harbour sits near the middle: $0.018 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. The burn rate around Cole Harbour is 0.06% a year (2.4% of the land within 25 km since 1986), a moderate band. Cole Harbour shares its earthquake risk numbers with the rest of the city of Halifax.

29 schools in and around Cole Harbour: 18 elementary schools, 9 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade