Photo: ProjectHorizons · CC BY-SA 4.0Eastern Passage sits below 83% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (13%)
Half of Eastern Passage’s residents are under 38.2, younger than in just over three quarters of Canadian towns. There were 4,150 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 10,745 people. In Eastern Passage, 46% of households live in a single-detached house. Recent arrivals are 49% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of children under 15 than 83% of Canadian towns: 20%
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, against 11% across Canada’s towns. The largest age band is 30–34: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Eastern Passage, 38.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
In Eastern Passage, 10% of households are one-parent families, more than in 78% 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.
Compared with 27% across Canada’s towns, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone here. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of common-law partners than 73% of Canadian towns: 14%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: a quarter of adults (typical: 27%). For comparison, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Eastern Passage sits below 62% of Canadian towns for renter households (20%)
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 32% date from 2001 or later, 8.6% from before 1961.
Household income at the median: $92,300 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Eastern Passage had $92,300 before tax, 7% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Nova Scotia’s towns: $69,100. In 2020, 23% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 72% of Canadian towns: 9%
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (35%), then in Asia (23%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%. 5.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 79% of Canadian towns. By its share of residents without Canadian citizenship (2.6%), Eastern Passage is below 69% of Canadian towns.
Residents with no religion: 43%, a higher share than 73% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, Eastern Passage has 6.4%. Indigenous residents are more common here than in just over two thirds of Canadian towns. Against that, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 4.1% in Eastern Passage, more than in 70% of Canadian towns
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 95%, French 2%. The usual figure: 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns. Higher than in 66% of Canadian towns: 13% of residents speak English and French.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 73% of Canadian towns, at 18%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Eastern Passage, 18%, and 41% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 8.9%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
An employment rate of 59%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment here, 59%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
15th lowest median age among 41 towns of 10,482 to 11,029
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
They run from Lethbridge County, at 32.8, to Liverpool, at 55.6. In age, Eastern Passage keeps company with Rosemont/Mount Royal (37.6), Temple (37.9), Timberlea (38.6) and Contrecoeur (38.8).
5 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Eastern Passage
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Passage | 10,745 | — | 38.2 | 13% | 5.7% |
| Cole Harbour | 21,627 | 5.5 km | 43 | 18% | 6.5% |
| Portland Estates | 10,164 | 6.1 km | 51.9 | 32% | 10% |
| Manor Park | 14,148 | 8.3 km | 41.2 | 19% | 8.4% |
| Schmidtville | 18,105 | 8.4 km | 29 | 13% | 15% |
| Westphal | 4,201 | 8.9 km | 44.8 | 16% | 5.5% |
| Lawrencetown | 3,509 | 9.3 km | 46.5 | 17% | 4.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
Questions about Eastern Passage’s residents
What is the average age in Eastern Passage?
38.2 is the median age, younger than 76% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 20%. 65 and over: 13%.
Is Eastern Passage bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 13% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 87% speak only English and 0.2% only French; 4.1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Eastern Passage?
Immigrants make up 5.7% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 6.4% are members of a visible minority, and 4.7% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Eastern Passage?
Christian: 56%. No religion: 43%. Another religion: 1.5%.
Is Eastern Passage good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 20%. 56% of households are couple families and 10% one-parent families. Schools near Eastern Passage are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Eastern Passage?
$92,300 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Eastern Passage (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Eastern Passage?
The 2021 Census counted 10,745 people in Eastern Passage.
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).