Photo: Linglingsan at en.wikipedia · Public domainHalf of Liverpool is over 55.6, older than 95% of Canadian towns
The share of children under 15 is 11%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Its population is up 1% on 2016. Census figures put Indigenous residents at 9.9% in Liverpool. Higher than in 73% of Canadian towns: 33% of households are one person living alone. The census figures here are for the whole of Queens, the municipality that includes Liverpool.
What stands out about the people of Liverpool
Older than most towns
Line Liverpool’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 55.6; 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 70% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Nova Scotia’s towns, +2%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 6% higher again.
32% of residents are 65 or over, a share 95% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.3%, below 88% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Liverpool, 55.6. 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 83% of Canadian towns: 2.1 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.
At 7.4%, the share of one-parent families is lower than in 64% of Canadian towns.
13% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 68% 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
Singles who have never married make up 20% of adults, beside a typical 27%. The usual figure: 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Liverpool sits above 84% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (87%)
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
13% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Locally, 18% of households rent their home. The usual figure: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Median household income: $56,800 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Liverpool’s median household took in $56,800 before tax, 34% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Nova Scotia’s towns has $69,100 before tax. COVID-19 benefits went to 23% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Residents who moved in within the year make up 9.4% in Liverpool, less than in 66% of Canadian towns
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
1.4% of residents are not Canadian citizens (Canada’s towns: 5.8%). Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. For Liverpool, the census puts immigrants at 4.7%.
More residents with no religion than 80% of Canadian towns: 46%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%; Liverpool has 2.4%. The usual figure: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
97% have English as their mother tongue; 4.7% also speak French
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
Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 0.8%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns. Fewer bilingual residents than in 78% of Canadian towns: 4.7%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 13%, a lower share than 89% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 17% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
39% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 39%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 32% of residents are 65 or over.
Oldest by rank: 2nd of 41 towns of 10,745 to 11,205 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
At one end is Lethbridge County (32.8), at the other Thornbury (58.8). Alexandria (51.6), Penetanguishene (52) and Thornbury (58.8): the towns nearest Liverpool in median age.
A younger town than 1 of the 3 around it: Liverpool
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. The nearest places to Liverpool with figures are 39–49 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | 10,997 | — | 55.6 | 32% | 4.7% |
| Bridgewater | 9,989 | 38.9 km | 51.6 | 30% | 6.7% |
| Lunenburg | 26,862 | 41.5 km | 53.6 | 29% | 5.7% |
| Lunenburg | 2,523 | 49.4 km | 57.2 | 36% | 12% |
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. For each measure we take the median of Nova Scotia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
Questions about Liverpool’s residents
How diverse is Liverpool?
Immigrants: 4.7% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.4%. Indigenous identity: 9.9%.
What religion are people in Liverpool?
46% said they have no religion and 52% that they are Christian; 1.5% named another faith.
Is Liverpool good for families?
11% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 53% of households and one-parent families 7.4%. Schools near Liverpool are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Liverpool?
Half of Liverpool’s households had more than $56,800 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Liverpool?
About 10,997, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 10,422 people in Liverpool, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Liverpool?
The median age is 55.6, older than 95% of Canadian towns. 11% are under 15 and 32% 65 or older.
Is Liverpool bilingual?
4.7% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 95% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.8%.
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).