Photo: Properpostman · CC BY-SA 4.0Manor Park has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 77% of Canadian towns
Half the households in Manor Park had more than $69,200 in 2020, before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Workers in Manor Park spend 20.8 minutes on the way to work on average (26 in the middle of Canadian towns). When the 2021 census was taken, 14% of people in Manor Park who wanted a job had none, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
The work figures that set Manor Park apart
More unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 5.4% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 14%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $69,200 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 20.8 minutes; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. Getting to work ↓
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 Manor Park earn C
Better than 32% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #37 of 88 in Nova Scotia.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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.
In Manor Park, 69% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 35 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Halifax census division, 6 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 65% in work in October 2026. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 64%. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 56%. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
How Manor Park’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 68% of Canadian towns.
Of the 35 other places of 2,500 or more in the Halifax census division, 29 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).
Leaving the car at home: 18% of commuters in Manor Park
The car takes 79% of commuters here, under the 92% in the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns. 25% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. By transit: 13% of commuters, well above the 0.7% in the middle of Nova Scotia’s 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
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 3%. The highest month was May 2021: 26,240 people, 2.9 times the 2019 level. 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). Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Manor Park alone, so this card uses the figure for the Halifax census division.
Manor Park grades A+ for walkability
Better than 98% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #5 of 88 in Nova Scotia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 579 Canadian towns of 9,900 to 19,100, Manor Park comes 372nd on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 2 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| 3 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 69 | Portland Estates Nova Scotia | 10,164 | 77% | 8.9% | $87K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 85 | Timberlea Nova Scotia | 11,014 | 75% | 8.4% | $110K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 142 | Hammonds Plains Nova Scotia | 13,844 | 75% | 8.2% | $135K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 370 | Sooke British Columbia | 17,248 | 75% | 6.7% | $90K | C |
| 371 | Vales of Castlemore Ontario | 14,894 | 67% | 15% | $146K | C |
| 372 | Manor Park Nova Scotia | 14,148 | 69% | 14% | $69K | C |
| 373 | Trinity-Bellwoods Ontario | 15,691 | 71% | 13% | $96K | C |
| 374 | Laurentian Hills Ontario | 10,026 | 65% | 13% | $80K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 579 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Manor Park, and others among Nova Scotia’s towns.
How the places next to Manor Park compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manor Park | 69% | 14% | $69K | 20.8 min | C | A+ |
| Austinville 2.6 km | 70% | 13% | $60K | 20.2 min | C− | A+ |
| Portland Estates 2.6 km | 77% | 8.9% | $87K | 20.3 min | A | B+ |
| Woodlawn 2.7 km | 70% | 11% | $95K | 21.7 min | B+ | A− |
| Schmidtville 3.7 km | 67% | 17% | $56K | 21.2 min | C− | A+ |
| North End 3.7 km | 70% | 14% | $67K | 21.3 min | C | A+ |
| Windsor Park 5 km | 70% | 13% | $70K | 20.1 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 Manor Park, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- Trip times. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- Employment Insurance. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- 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 Manor Park’s lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Halifax’s page.
Questions about work in Manor Park
How many jobs are there in Manor Park?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Halifax has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Manor Park?
The census put unemployment at 14% 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 Manor Park?
The median household in Manor Park had $69,200 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Manor Park get to work?
79% of commuters drive, 13% take public transit, 5.2% walk and 0.2% cycle; 25% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
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).