Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainMeaghers Grant is older than 94% of Canadian towns: a median age of 54.4
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, 5.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Meaghers Grant. The 2021 Census counted 3,430 residents in 1,550 households. Locally, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. On households in single-detached houses, Meaghers Grant sits higher than 89% of Canadian towns: 90%.
What stands out about the people of Meaghers Grant
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Meaghers Grant is 54.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 30% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Meaghers Grant, 30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The share of children under 15 is 12%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Meaghers Grant, 54.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 78% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
29% of households are one person living alone; across Canada’s towns the figure is 27%. One-parent families account for 7.4%.
Common-law partners make up 15% in Meaghers Grant, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Compared with 46% across Canada’s towns, nearly half of residents 15 and over are married here. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
In Meaghers Grant, 14% of households rent their home, fewer than in 79% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
10% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Set beside that, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. In Meaghers Grant, 0.3% of households live in a building of five or more storeys.
$66,100 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. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Meaghers Grant’s, at $66,100, is 23% lower. Among Nova Scotia’s towns, the typical figure is $69,100. The pandemic’s benefits: 21% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
3% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Meaghers Grant has 3%. Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are scarce here: 1.1%, fewer than in 88% of Canadian towns.
6.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 77% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 1% of residents belong to a visible minority in Meaghers Grant. The share of Indigenous residents across Canada’s towns is 2.8%. In Meaghers Grant, 36% of residents said they have no religion.
English is the mother tongue of 97%, and 4.9% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 99%, French 0.3%. Lower than in 76% of Canadian towns: 4.9% of residents speak English and French. Residents whose mother tongue is French: 1%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 95% of Canadian towns, at 10%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 14% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 47%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
47% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 30% are 65 or more.
Of 41 towns its size (3,374 to 3,498 people), the 7th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages climb from 32.8 (Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier) to 61.2 (Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap) across the group. In age, Meaghers Grant keeps company with Merrickville (54.4), Wellington (54.4), Richmond County, Subdivision C (54.8) and Shuniah (55.2).
Every neighbour of Meaghers Grant has a younger population
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Distances here run 32–45 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Meaghers Grant.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meaghers Grant | 3,430 | — | 54.4 | 30% | 3% |
| Stewiacke | 1,786 | 31.9 km | 47.6 | 24% | 1.6% |
| Indian Brook 14 | 1,225 | 35.0 km | 38.8 | 15% | 3.3% |
| Enfield | 26,960 | 39.7 km | 44.4 | 18% | 3.5% |
| Halifax | 516,822 | 43.5 km | 40.4 | 17% | 12% |
| Colchester County, Subdivision C | 14,211 | 44.6 km | 47.2 | 22% | 3.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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 Meaghers Grant’s residents
Is Meaghers Grant bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4.9% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 95% speak only English and 0% only French; 1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Meaghers Grant?
Immigrants make up 3% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1% are members of a visible minority, and 6.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Meaghers Grant?
Christian: 64%. No religion: 36%. Another religion: 0.3%.
Is Meaghers Grant good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 12%. 56% of households are couple families and 7.4% one-parent families. Schools near Meaghers Grant are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Meaghers Grant?
$66,100 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Meaghers Grant (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Meaghers Grant?
Meaghers Grant had 3,430 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Meaghers Grant?
54.4 is the median age, older than 94% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 12%. 65 and over: 30%.
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).