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Recent arrivals are just over two in five immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Lower than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 4.7% of residents are immigrants. Census day 2021: 20,171 residents and 8,330 households in Lower Sackville. Here, 39% of residents said they have no religion.
Half of Lower Sackville is over 43.6, older than 59% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. Lower than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns: 15% of residents are under 15. Residents aged 65 and over make up 19%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lower Sackville, 43.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
A lower share of one-person households than 65% of Canadian towns, at 23%
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households average 2.4 people. By way of comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners make up 13% in Lower Sackville, more than in 68% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
27% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). For comparison, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Below 60% of Canadian towns: 57% of households live in a single-detached house
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Set against 25% across Canada’s towns, 29% of households rent their home in Lower Sackville. Newer homes outnumber old: 11% date from 2001 or later, 6.6% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
$83,700 a year: where the middle household sits
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Lower Sackville had $83,700 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Nova Scotia’s towns: $69,100. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 25% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
In Lower Sackville, 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 60% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
The figure for residents without Canadian citizenship is 2.3% in Lower Sackville and 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Against that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (39%) or in Europe (27%).
5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 70% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 7.8% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. As a yardstick, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 57% of Canadian towns, at 8.8%
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 2.2%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: English 97%, French 0.5%.
Only 23% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Lower Sackville
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 9.2%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 56% 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. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 56%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
14th highest median age among 41 towns of 19,702 to 20,651
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The span goes from 28.8 (Mitchell) up to 57.2 (Niagara-on-the-Lake). Closest in median age to Lower Sackville are Longue-Pointe (42.8), Quispamsis (43.2), Stittsville (44.1) and Loyalist (45.2).
Lower Sackville is older than every town around it
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Sackville | 20,171 | — | 43.6 | 19% | 4.7% |
| Middle Sackville | 14,898 | 3.8 km | 39.9 | 13% | 5.5% |
| Bedford | 28,848 | 5.7 km | 41.3 | 19% | 19% |
| Fall River | 9,214 | 6.9 km | 42.9 | 13% | 8.4% |
| Beaver Bank | 9,157 | 7.3 km | 42 | 15% | 4.2% |
| Hammonds Plains | 13,844 | 9.2 km | 42 | 12% | 7.8% |
| Clayton Park West | 34,404 | 10.5 km | 39.3 | 20% | 25% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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.
Questions about Lower Sackville’s residents
Is Lower Sackville bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 8.8% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 91% speak only English and 0% only French; 2.2% grew up with French.
How diverse is Lower Sackville?
4.7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 7.8% belong to a visible minority and 5% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Lower Sackville?
59% are Christian and 39% have no religion; 2.2% follow another religion.
Is Lower Sackville good for families?
Under 15: 15% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 53% of households. One-parent families: 12%. Schools near Lower Sackville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lower Sackville?
The median household in Lower Sackville took in $83,700 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Lower Sackville?
20,171, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Lower Sackville alone.
What is the average age in Lower Sackville?
A median age of 43.6, older than 59% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 15%, and people 65 and over 19%.
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).