Photo: Paulo O · Public domain8.3% of households rent their home, fewer than in 94% of Canadian towns
Here 16% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 27%. Fewer residents who moved in within the year than in 96% of Canadian towns: 6%. Census day 2021: 4,201 residents and 1,595 households in Westphal. The share of Indigenous residents stands at 4.9%.
Older than 66% of Canadian towns: half of Westphal is over 44.8
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The figure for children under 15 is 15% in Westphal and 16% across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 64% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Westphal, 44.8. 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.
2.6 people per household, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
9.5% of households are one-parent families (Canada’s towns: 8.2%).
In Westphal, 52% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 69% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
12% of residents 15 and over live common-law; across Canada’s towns the figure is 11%.
87% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 82% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The benchmark for households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns: 64%. 18% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 6.3% built before 1961.
$108,600 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Westphal: half had more than $108,600, 26% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Nova Scotia’s towns have a median of $69,100. COVID-19 benefits went to 24% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
5.5% of residents are immigrants
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
Most recent wave: 34% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (28%) and in Asia (26%). Immigrants are rarer here than in four fifths of Canadian towns.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 56% of Canadian towns: 37%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents is 11%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Against that, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 64% of Canadian towns: 12%
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 home: English 96%, French 1.2%. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%. Few places have as many residents whose mother tongue is French: 3.3% here, more than in 69% of Canadian towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 26% in Westphal, less than in 51% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 4.9% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
Employment: 58% of residents 15 and over had a job
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, much like this 58%.
41 towns of 4,144 to 4,262 people: this is the 16th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Between Banff Trail (31.7) and Barry's Bay (58.4) lies the rest of the group. The towns whose median age is nearest to Westphal’s: West River (44.8), Saint-Ambroise (44.8), Electoral Area E, Cariboo (45.2) and Spring Valley (46.9).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Westphal
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westphal | 4,201 | — | 44.8 | 16% | 5.5% |
| Cole Harbour | 21,627 | 3.4 km | 43 | 18% | 6.5% |
| Woodlawn | 20,925 | 3.6 km | 43.7 | 18% | 7.9% |
| Portland Estates | 10,164 | 4.5 km | 51.9 | 32% | 10% |
| East Preston | 2,573 | 4.6 km | 50.7 | 25% | 1% |
| Manor Park | 14,148 | 5.8 km | 41.2 | 19% | 8.4% |
| Lawrencetown | 3,509 | 6.0 km | 46.5 | 17% | 4.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Two medians frame each figure: one for Nova Scotia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- 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.
Questions about Westphal’s residents
What is the median income in Westphal?
Median total household income in Westphal was $108,600 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Westphal?
Westphal had 4,201 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Westphal?
Half the residents are older than 44.8 and half younger, older than 66% of Canadian towns; 15% are children under 15 and 16% are 65 or over.
Is Westphal bilingual?
12% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 88% English only. French is the mother tongue of 3.3%.
How diverse is Westphal?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 5.5%. A visible minority makes up 11% and Indigenous residents 4.9%.
What religion are people in Westphal?
Most often Christian (61%) or no religion (37%); other religions make up 1.9%.
Is Westphal good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 63% of households and one-parent families 9.5%. Schools near Westphal are on its Schools page.
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).