Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.09.9% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 92% of Canadian towns
One-person households make up 17%, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The share of children under 15 stands at 20%. Renter households are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Census day 2021: 11,014 residents and 4,015 households in Timberlea.
A median age of 38.6: Timberlea is younger than 73% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops just over two thirds of Canadian towns: 12%. 55–59 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Timberlea, 38.6. 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 79% of Canadian towns: 2.7 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.
One-parent families: 9.2%, above 64% of Canadian towns.
In Timberlea, 54% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: a quarter of adults (typical: 27%). Elsewhere, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 11%.
64% of homes are single-detached houses
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
29% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 6.1% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
$110,100 a year: where the middle household sits
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Timberlea’s, at $110,100, is 28% higher. $69,100 is the median household income across Nova Scotia’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 25% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
12% of residents are immigrants
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
Recent arrivals are 46% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (50%) and in Europe (19%). Timberlea has fewer immigrants than 61% of Canadian towns, at 12%.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 64% of Canadian towns, at 40%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
At 3.7%, the share of Indigenous residents is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (2.8%).
A larger share of bilingual residents than 69% of Canadian towns: 15%
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
At home: English 92%, French 0.5%. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%. Higher than in 61% of Canadian towns: 2% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 41% in Timberlea, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 5.3% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 66%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 66%.
Of 41 towns its size (10,760 to 11,276 people), the 12th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Between Lethbridge County (32.8) and Thornbury (58.8) lies the rest of the group. Nearest to Timberlea in age: Whitehorn (38.4), Dufferin Grove (38.5), Cathedraltown (40) and Bendale South (40.1).
Around Timberlea, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timberlea | 11,014 | — | 38.6 | 9.9% | 12% |
| Clayton Park West | 34,404 | 5.6 km | 39.3 | 20% | 25% |
| Mount Royale | 9,340 | 6.5 km | 39 | 21% | 20% |
| Fairview | 16,296 | 7.8 km | 36.1 | 14% | 22% |
| Bedford | 28,848 | 8.1 km | 41.3 | 19% | 19% |
| Westmount | 23,207 | 9.3 km | 40.4 | 20% | 14% |
| Windsor Park | 13,044 | 9.7 km | 35.4 | 14% | 14% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Nova Scotia’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
Questions about Timberlea’s residents
Is Timberlea bilingual?
15% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 85% English only. French is the mother tongue of 2%.
How diverse is Timberlea?
Immigrants make up 12% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 14% are members of a visible minority, and 3.7% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Timberlea?
Christian: 55%. No religion: 40%. Another religion: 5.7%.
Is Timberlea good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 20%. 64% of households are couple families and 9.2% one-parent families. Schools near Timberlea are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Timberlea?
$110,100 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Timberlea (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Timberlea?
The 2021 Census counted 11,014 people in Timberlea.
What is the average age in Timberlea?
38.6 is the median age, younger than 73% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 20%. 65 and over: 9.9%.
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).