Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Windsor Park than in 71% of Canadian towns
Median household income in Windsor Park was $70,200 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Residents of Windsor Park take 20.1 minutes to reach work on average; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. On census day, 34% of workers here were at home, next to 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Windsor Park and work: the main findings
More unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 13% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 5.4% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $70,200 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 20.1 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
34% of workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. 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 & income in Windsor Park: graded C+
Better than 39% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #29 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 Windsor Park, 70% 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, 12 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 68%. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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.
What households in Windsor Park earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 66% of Canadian towns.
28 of the 35 other places of 2,500+ in the Halifax census division have a higher median. Windsor Park’s median is 2% above the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns ($69,150). Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is 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).
29% of commuters in Windsor Park walk, cycle or take transit
The car takes 66% of commuters here, under the 92% in the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns. The middle of Nova Scotia’s towns has 0.7% on transit; here it is 14%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
EI claims in the Halifax census division run 18% above their 2019 level
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.7 are on EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 3%. In May 2021 it reached 26,240, the most in the series and 2.9 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of the Halifax census division. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Walkability in Windsor Park: graded A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together, #2 of 88 in Nova Scotia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Windsor Park is 355th among 605 Canadian towns of 9,100 to 17,600
| # | 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 | Walsh Acres/Lakeridge/Garden Ridge Saskatchewan | 9,325 | 80% | 6.7% | $127K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 39 | Fall River Nova Scotia | 9,214 | 78% | 8.1% | $135K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 76 | Portland Estates Nova Scotia | 10,164 | 77% | 8.9% | $87K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 93 | Antigonish County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 9,682 | 78% | 9.1% | $82K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 353 | East Burnaby British Columbia | 17,233 | 72% | 8.3% | $108K | C+ |
| 354 | Royal Oak Alberta | 12,343 | 66% | 11% | $122K | C+ |
| 355 | Windsor Park Nova Scotia | 13,044 | 70% | 13% | $70K | C+ |
| 356 | Jefferson Manitoba | 11,524 | 74% | 9.2% | $71K | C+ |
| 357 | Ingersoll Ontario | 14,911 | 69% | 14% | $88K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 605 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Windsor Park, and others among Nova Scotia’s towns.
The places around Windsor Park, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor Park | 70% | 13% | $70K | 20.1 min | C+ | A+ |
| North End 1.7 km | 70% | 14% | $67K | 21.3 min | C | A+ |
| Fairview 1.9 km | 69% | 13% | $63K | 21 min | C− | A+ |
| Westmount 2.7 km | 73% | 13% | $77K | 20.5 min | B | A+ |
| Austinville 3.2 km | 70% | 13% | $60K | 20.2 min | C− | A+ |
| Mount Royale 3.4 km | 72% | 11% | $73K | 21.3 min | B− | A− |
| Schmidtville 3.4 km | 67% | 17% | $56K | 21.2 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 Windsor Park, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- 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. The census reaches a neighbourhood only through its dissemination areas, and Windsor Park’s figures add those up. Halifax’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Windsor Park
What is the average household income in Windsor Park?
The median household in Windsor Park had $70,200 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Windsor Park get to work?
Driving takes 66% of commuters to work, 14% take public transit, 13% walk and 1.6% cycle, and on census day 34% of those in work were at home.
How many jobs are there in Windsor Park?
There is no count for a neighbourhood: the jobs figure, and where commuters go, are published for Halifax as one municipality.
What is the unemployment rate in Windsor Park?
The 2021 census found 13% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Halifax metro area, is 5.4% (October 2026).
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).