Photo: ProjectHorizons · CC BY-SA 4.0Above 99% of Canadian towns: 43% of residents have an Indigenous identity
Indian Brook 14 is a First Nations reserve, home to SIPEKNE'KATIK. 8.2% of households rent their home; across Canada’s towns the figure is 25%. On residents who moved in within the year, Indian Brook 14 sits lower than 97% of Canadian towns: 5.7%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,225 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,105 households. Locally, 15% of residents are 65 or over.
What stands out about the people of Indian Brook 14
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 43% of residents, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and 40% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Growing faster than most
Indian Brook 14 went from 1,089 people in 2016 to 2,739 in 2021, +152%: faster growth than in 99% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
A community of families
Children under 15 are 21% of residents, more than in 89% of Canadian towns. Households average 2.5 people, and 17% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Indian Brook 14 grew +152% from 2016 to 2021, faster than 99% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 55% below the census count. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +2% across Nova Scotia’s towns.
In Indian Brook 14, 21% of residents are under 15, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
With a median age of 38.8, Indian Brook 14 is younger than 71% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. The largest age band is 55–59: 8.2% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women.
Indian Brook 14 ranks above 99% of Canadian towns on one-parent families: 17%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The average household has 2.5 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Typically, 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns. Locally, 28% of households are one person living alone.
14% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 71% of Canadian towns don’t reach
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Indian Brook 14 has 36%. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
More households in single-detached houses than 78% of Canadian towns: 83%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. 20% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 16% built before 1961. As a reference point, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $62,800 a year
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; Indian Brook 14’s, at $62,800, is 27% lower. Household incomes across Nova Scotia’s towns have a median of $69,100. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 30% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
3.3% 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
Most immigrants were born in the Americas (53%) or in Europe (42%). 5.7% lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. Compared with 17% across Canada’s towns, 3.3% of residents are immigrants here.
More residents with no religion than 81% of Canadian towns: 47%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 1.1% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Canada’s towns: 35%.
English is the mother tongue of 94%, and 3.5% 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
Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Indian Brook 14 has 3.5%. Here, 0.7% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Indian Brook 14 ranks below 84% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 14%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Indian Brook 14, 14%, and 40% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%).
In work on census day: 44% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 44% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 15% of residents are 65 or over.
Every neighbour of Indian Brook 14 has an older population
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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.
- A First Nations reserve. Reserves are compared with Canada’s towns but aren’t counted among them: they have no overall grade and no place in ranked lists. Census figures for small reserves are rounded, and some are suppressed.
- 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.
Questions about Indian Brook 14’s residents
What is the median income in Indian Brook 14?
Half of Indian Brook 14’s households had more than $62,800 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Indian Brook 14?
About 1,225, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,739 people in Indian Brook 14, 152% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Indian Brook 14?
The median age is 38.8. 21% are under 15 and 15% 65 or older.
Is Indian Brook 14 bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 3.5% are. Another 0% speak only French and 97% only English, and French is the first language of 0.7%.
How diverse is Indian Brook 14?
Immigrants: 3.3% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.1%. Indigenous identity: 43%.
What religion are people in Indian Brook 14?
47% said they have no religion and 46% that they are Christian; 7.3% named another faith.
Is Indian Brook 14 good for families?
21% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 43% of households and one-parent families 17%. Schools near Indian Brook 14 are on its Schools page.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).