Photo: David Dermott · CC BY-SA 4.0Hubley sits below 96% of Canadian towns for renter households (7%)
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 7.7% in Hubley and 11% across Canada’s towns. Meanwhile, the median age locally is 46.4, higher than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. At the 2021 Census, 6,337 people lived here, in 2,420 households. The census found that 16% of households are one person living alone here.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 65% of Canadian towns: 10%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 9.3% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Here, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Hubley, 46.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Hubley households average 2.6 people, larger than in 70% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 6.2%, below just over four fifths of Canadian towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 88% of Canadian towns, at 58%
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: 21% of adults (typical: 27%). By way of comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Hubley, the census puts common-law partners at 11%.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 96% of Canadian towns: 95%
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. Across Canada’s towns, households in single-detached houses come to 64%. 34% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 14% built before 1961.
Before tax, the median household income is $111,900 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Hubley had $111,900 before tax, 30% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $69,100 is the median household income across Nova Scotia’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 22% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
6% 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
Recent arrivals are 17% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. In Hubley, 1.5% of residents are not Canadian citizens. The neighbourhood has fewer immigrants than 78% of Canadian towns, at 6%.
Hubley: 39% of residents said they have no religion, above 63% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%; Hubley has 3.4%. In Hubley, 3.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity. For comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 68% of Canadian towns, at 14%
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
2.2% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 40% in Hubley, more than in 72% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 4.3% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
In work on census day: 60% of adults
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%, below this 60%.
The 8th oldest of 41 towns of 6,240 to 6,439 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Between The Orchards At Ellerslie (31.3) and Peachland (60) lies the rest of the group. The closest ages to Hubley’s belong to Cachet (45.6), Woodstock (45.6), Bay Roberts (47.2) and Fitzroy (48.3).
Hubley is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubley | 6,337 | — | 46.4 | 19% | 6% |
| Head of St Margarets Bay | 2,885 | 4.5 km | 50.8 | 26% | 10% |
| Upper Tantallon | 5,248 | 4.8 km | 41.4 | 13% | 7.3% |
| Hammonds Plains | 13,844 | 9.2 km | 42 | 12% | 7.8% |
| Timberlea | 11,014 | 10.1 km | 38.6 | 9.9% | 12% |
| Bedford | 28,848 | 14.8 km | 41.3 | 19% | 19% |
| Clayton Park West | 34,404 | 15.1 km | 39.3 | 20% | 25% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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. Each comparison is its own median: over Nova Scotia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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.
Questions about Hubley’s residents
Is Hubley good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 68% of households and one-parent families 6.2%. Schools near Hubley are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Hubley?
Median total household income in Hubley was $111,900 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Hubley?
6,337, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Hubley alone.
What is the average age in Hubley?
Half the residents are older than 46.4 and half younger, older than 74% of Canadian towns; 16% are children under 15 and 19% are 65 or over.
Is Hubley bilingual?
14% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 86% English only. French is the mother tongue of 2.2%.
How diverse is Hubley?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 6%. A visible minority makes up 3.4% and Indigenous residents 3.7%.
What religion are people in Hubley?
Most often Christian (59%) or no religion (39%); other religions make up 2.3%.
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).