Photo: David Dermott · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Hubley top those of 94% of Canadian towns
A typical one-way commute from Hubley lasts 27.2 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Working at home: 30% of its workers, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. Of Hubley’s residents aged 15 to 64, 79% were employed when the 2021 census was taken; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
The work figures that set Hubley apart
More people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 79% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 60%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 7.4% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 5.4%. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $111,900 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs and income in Hubley earn A−
Better than 83% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #5 of 88 in Nova Scotia.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, trip times.
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.
Hubley at work: 79% of people aged 15 to 64
Of the 35 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Halifax census division, 34 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 65% in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 65% of residents that age. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 60%: many residents are past working age. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at 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.
$111,900 a year: the median household in Hubley
Set beside Nova Scotia’s towns, where the median is $69,150, Hubley sits 62% above. 3 of the 35 other places of 2,500+ in the Halifax census division have 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).
Without a car, 2.5% of Hubley’s commuters get to work
The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters. Transit takes 0.7% 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).
EI claims in the Halifax census division run 18% above their 2019 level
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 3%. May 2021 was the busiest month, with 26,240 people on EI, 2.9 times 2019’s average. That works out to around 3.7 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division.
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). Hubley doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Halifax census division.
On getting around on foot, Hubley grades D
Better than 11% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #81 of 88 in Nova Scotia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hubley is 120th among 720 Canadian towns of 4,400 to 8,600
| # | 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 | Idlewood Ontario | 5,005 | 74% | 6.3% | $125K | A− |
| 119 | Ogilvie Ridge Alberta | 5,218 | 79% | 11% | $121K | A− |
| 120 | Hubley Nova Scotia | 6,337 | 79% | 7.4% | $112K | A− |
| 121 | Metcalfe Ontario | 5,434 | 79% | 6.6% | $133K | A− |
| 122 | Jasper Alberta | 4,627 | 67% | 9.1% | $98K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 132 | Upper Tantallon Nova Scotia | 5,248 | 80% | 8.6% | $129K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 308 | Dutch Settlement Nova Scotia | 6,234 | 73% | 9% | $104K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 373 | Barrington Nova Scotia | 6,720 | 74% | 12% | $68K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 720 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Hubley, and others among Nova Scotia’s towns.
Work in the places around Hubley
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubley | 79% | 7.4% | $112K | 27.2 min | A− | D |
| Head of St Margarets Bay 4.5 km | 68% | 11% | $101K | 29.4 min | C | C− |
| Upper Tantallon 4.8 km | 80% | 8.6% | $129K | 29.5 min | A− | C− |
| Hammonds Plains 9.2 km | 75% | 8.2% | $135K | 26.3 min | B+ | C− |
| Timberlea 10.1 km | 75% | 8.4% | $110K | 23.6 min | A− | B |
| Bedford 14.8 km | 74% | 11% | $98K | 22.3 min | A− | A− |
| Clayton Park West 15.1 km | 73% | 12% | $74K | 23.5 min | C+ | A+ |
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 Hubley, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- Household income. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- 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.
- Employment Insurance. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- The Labour Force Survey. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
- Neighbourhood figures. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Hubley’s lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Halifax’s page.
Questions about work in Hubley
How many jobs are there in Hubley?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Halifax as a whole, and its page carries them.
What is the unemployment rate in Hubley?
The census put unemployment at 7.4% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Halifax metro area at 5.4%.
What is the average household income in Hubley?
The census puts Hubley at $111,900 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Hubley get to work?
Driving takes 93% of commuters to work, 0.7% take public transit and 1.8% walk, and on census day 30% of those in work were at home.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · 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).