Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainResidents aged 65 and over: 13%, a lower share than 85% of Canadian towns
Here 15% of households rent their home, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 25%. Locally, 18% of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, immigrants are scarce here: 5.5%, fewer than in four fifths of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put Middle Sackville’s population at 14,898, in 5,640 households.
Children under 15: 19%, a higher share than 77% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The median age in Middle Sackville is 39.9, lower than in 65% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. 45–49 is the most common age band: 8% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Middle Sackville, 39.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 72% of Canadian towns: 2.6 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Nearly one in ten households are one-parent families, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over: 52%, a higher share than 70% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
23% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). For Middle Sackville, the census puts common-law partners at 13%. Typically, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Middle Sackville: 66% of households live in a single-detached house, above 53% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 39% date from 2001 or later, 4.4% from before 1961. Against that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
$103,500 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Middle Sackville’s households had a total income above $103,500, 20% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Nova Scotia’s towns, the household in the middle had $69,100. COVID-19 benefits went to 24% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Residents who moved in within the year make up 9.1% in Middle Sackville, less than in 71% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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, from 2011 to 2021, are 54% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 0.2% of residents. The census found that 3.2% of residents are not Canadian citizens in Middle Sackville. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%.
5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 70% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 37% in Middle Sackville and 35% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 6.3% of residents belong to a visible minority. The benchmark for Indigenous residents across Canada’s towns: 2.8%.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 57% of Canadian towns, at 8.9%
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At 2.2%, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns. Bilingual residents make up 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 52% of Canadian towns: 28%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
A job for 64% of residents aged 15 and over
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 64%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (14,608 to 15,181), the 17th youngest of 41 towns
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The group spans Chappelle, youngest at 31.7, to Campbellford, oldest at 55.2. Next to Middle Sackville on this scale come Lacombe (39.6), Roncesvalles (39.6), Portage la Prairie (40) and South London (40.7).
Middle Sackville is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Sackville | 14,898 | — | 39.9 | 13% | 5.5% |
| Lower Sackville | 20,171 | 3.8 km | 43.6 | 19% | 4.7% |
| Beaver Bank | 9,157 | 6.1 km | 42 | 15% | 4.2% |
| Hammonds Plains | 13,844 | 7.7 km | 42 | 12% | 7.8% |
| Bedford | 28,848 | 8.2 km | 41.3 | 19% | 19% |
| Fall River | 9,214 | 8.2 km | 42.9 | 13% | 8.4% |
| Clayton Park West | 34,404 | 13.2 km | 39.3 | 20% | 25% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Middle Sackville’s residents
What religion are people in Middle Sackville?
37% said they have no religion and 60% that they are Christian; 3% named another faith.
Is Middle Sackville good for families?
19% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 63% of households and one-parent families 9.5%. Schools near Middle Sackville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Middle Sackville?
Half of Middle Sackville’s households had more than $103,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Middle Sackville?
14,898, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Middle Sackville alone.
What is the average age in Middle Sackville?
The median age is 39.9, younger than 65% of Canadian towns. 19% are under 15 and 13% 65 or older.
Is Middle Sackville bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 8.9% 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 Middle Sackville?
Immigrants: 5.5% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 6.3%. Indigenous identity: 5%.
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).