Photo: WabbitWanderer from London, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 96% of Canadian towns: half of Inverness County, Subdivision A is over 56.4
Children under 15: 12% here and 16% across Canada’s towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 5,389 residents; the 2021 Census found 2,395 households. The share of residents with no religion stands at 17%. Renter households are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Inverness County, Subdivision A
Older than most towns
Half of Inverness County, Subdivision A’s residents are under 56.4 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 34% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
44% of residents speak English and French, a share 87% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
By its share of residents whose mother tongue is French (33%), Inverness County, Subdivision A is above 80% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%. At home: English 73%, French 25%.
Inverness County, Subdivision A changed by +3% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 60% of Canadian towns
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +2% across Nova Scotia’s towns.
Inverness County, Subdivision A: 34% of residents are 65 or over, above 97% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 10% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over. In Inverness County, Subdivision A, 7.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Inverness County, Subdivision A, 56.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 83% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
32% of households are one person living alone; across Canada’s towns the figure is 27%. The census found that 6.1% of households are one-parent families in Inverness County, Subdivision A.
More married residents 15 and over than 72% of Canadian towns: 53%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, 9.7% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Inverness County, Subdivision A. Single and never married: 22% of adults, against a typical 27%.
Households in single-detached houses: 87%, a higher share than 84% of Canadian towns
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
Just over a third of homes were built before 1961 and 12% in 2001 or later. To put it in context, 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 74% of Canadian towns.
The median household brings in $65,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. 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; Inverness County, Subdivision A’s, at $65,000, is 24% lower. $69,100 is the median household income across Nova Scotia’s towns. The pandemic’s benefits: 23% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Inverness County, Subdivision A ranks below 60% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 10%
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
Immigrants: 3.7%, below 86% of Canadian towns. Typically, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The share of residents without Canadian citizenship stands at 2.5%.
A larger share of Indigenous residents than 81% of Canadian towns: 7.7%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 2.7% in Inverness County, Subdivision A and 15% across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 69% of Canadian towns, at 19%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 12% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 41%
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.
At 41%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 34% are 65 or over.
Oldest by rank: 2nd of 41 towns of 5,297 to 5,486 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest of these towns is Chisasibi, at 26.6; the oldest, Electoral Area L, Cariboo, is at 60. Closest in median age to Inverness County, Subdivision A are Saint-Jean-de-Matha (55.6), Central Frontenac (55.6) and Electoral Area L, Cariboo (60).
Inverness County, Subdivision A is older than every town around it
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Distances here run 49–79 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Inverness County, Subdivision A.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness County, Subdivision A | 5,389 | — | 56.4 | 34% | 3.7% |
| Inverness | 5,138 | 49.2 km | 54 | 32% | 4% |
| Victoria County, Subdivision B | 4,258 | 50.8 km | 56 | 32% | 5.8% |
| Victoria County, Subdivision A | 2,746 | 53.7 km | 52.8 | 28% | 3% |
| Eskasoni 3 | 3,911 | 72.0 km | 25.4 | 6.4% | 0% |
| Cape Breton | 106,752 | 78.7 km | 50.4 | 27% | 2.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about Inverness County, Subdivision A’s residents
What is the average age in Inverness County, Subdivision A?
A median age of 56.4, older than 96% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 12%, and people 65 and over 34%.
Is Inverness County, Subdivision A bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 44% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 55% speak only English and 1.1% only French; 33% grew up with French.
How diverse is Inverness County, Subdivision A?
3.7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 2.7% belong to a visible minority and 7.7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Inverness County, Subdivision A?
82% are Christian and 17% have no religion; 1.4% follow another religion.
Is Inverness County, Subdivision A good for families?
Under 15: 12% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 56% of households. One-parent families: 6.1%. Schools near Inverness County, Subdivision A are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Inverness County, Subdivision A?
The median household in Inverness County, Subdivision A took in $65,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Inverness County, Subdivision A?
Inverness County, Subdivision A had about 5,389 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 5,207, 3% more than 2016.
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).