Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0A median age of 54: Inverness is older than 93% of Canadian towns
Against a figure of 35% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Inverness comes in at 15%. With about 5,138 residents in July 2025, Inverness counted 2,160 households at the 2021 Census. 4% of residents are immigrants. One-person households are more common here than in 77% of Canadian towns. Every figure here is for Inverness, Subd. B as a whole, the municipality Inverness belongs to.
What stands out about the people of Inverness
Older than most towns
Half of Inverness’s residents are under 54 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 32% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A −1% change since 2016: slower than 86% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 6% higher again. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +2% across Nova Scotia’s towns.
More residents aged 65 and over than 95% of Canadian towns: 32%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Compared with 16% across Canada’s towns, 14% of residents are under 15 here. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Inverness, 54. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 74% of Canadian towns: 2.2 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 account for 8.6%.
In Inverness, 7.4% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 29% of adults (typical: 27%). In Inverness, 48% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 66% of Canadian towns: 75%
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 74% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%. The census found that nearly a fifth of households rent their home in Inverness. Nearly one in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
Median household income here: $65,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Inverness’s, at $65,000, is 24% lower. The figure for Nova Scotia’s towns: $69,100. In 2020, 24% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 68% of Canadian towns: 9.3%
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
Across Canada’s towns, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens; in Inverness, 2.3%. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (50%), then in the Americas (45%). The usual figure: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
84% said they are Christian and 15% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents trails 88% of Canadian towns: 1.7%. Census figures put Indigenous residents at 2.1% in Inverness.
96% have English as their mother tongue; 3.4% also speak French
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
Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 3.4% of residents speak English and French here. The census found that 1.3% of residents have French as their mother tongue in Inverness.
Below 62% of Canadian towns: 22% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 9.1% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
48% of residents 15 and over were in work
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.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 48%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 32% of residents are 65 or over.
41 towns of 5,063 to 5,218 people: this is the 6th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest of these towns is River-Osborne, at 31.6; the oldest, Saint-Donat, is at 60.4. The closest ages to Inverness’s belong to Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac (52.8), Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley (54), Annapolis County, Subdivision B (54.4) and Morin-Heights (54.4).
Inverness sits below 4 of its 5 closest neighbours on median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. No closer places have figures: these lie 40–63 km from Inverness.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness | 5,138 | — | 54 | 32% | 4% |
| Inverness County, Subdivision C | 3,314 | 40.0 km | 54.8 | 30% | 4.7% |
| Inverness County, Subdivision A | 5,389 | 49.2 km | 56.4 | 34% | 3.7% |
| Victoria County, Subdivision B | 4,258 | 51.9 km | 56 | 32% | 5.8% |
| Port Hawkesbury | 3,442 | 57.8 km | 46.8 | 24% | 4.5% |
| Richmond County, Subdivision A | 4,305 | 63.2 km | 54.4 | 33% | 4.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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.
Questions about Inverness’s residents
What is the population of Inverness?
The latest figure is an estimate: 5,138 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Inverness counted 4,865, 1% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Inverness?
Half the residents are older than 54 and half younger, older than 93% of Canadian towns; 14% are children under 15 and 32% are 65 or over.
Is Inverness bilingual?
3.4% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 97% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.3%.
How diverse is Inverness?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 4%. A visible minority makes up 1.7% and Indigenous residents 2.1%.
What religion are people in Inverness?
Most often Christian (84%) or no religion (15%); other religions make up 0.3%.
Is Inverness good for families?
Children under 15 are 14% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 50% of households and one-parent families 8.6%. Schools near Inverness are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Inverness?
Median total household income in Inverness was $65,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).