Photo: Ann Baekken · CC BY 2.0Millbrook 27 sits above 99% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (90%)
A First Nations reserve, Millbrook 27 is home to Millbrook. 3% of households rent their home (Canada’s towns: 25%). There are 7% more residents than in 2016. In Millbrook 27, 24% of households are one-parent families.
What stands out about the people of Millbrook 27
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
90% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 88% are Registered or Treaty Indians, and 6.9% have an Indigenous mother tongue. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Millbrook 27’s median age is 34.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 22% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A +7% change since 2016: faster than 68% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 22%. Across Nova Scotia’s towns the median is +2%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Younger than 91% of Canadian towns: half of Millbrook 27 is under 34.8
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 10–14: 8.2% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Higher than in 92% of Canadian towns: 22% of residents are under 15. Across Millbrook 27, 13% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 67% of Canadian towns: 2.6 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-person households: 27% of the total.
22% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 98% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 40% of adults (typical: 27%). Locally, 17% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
Millbrook 27 ranks above 82% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 86%
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
36% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 4.5% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The share of households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns is 64%.
Median gross household income: $52,800 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Millbrook 27 had $52,800 before tax, 39% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $69,100, the median across Nova Scotia’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 45% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Millbrook 27 ranks below 72% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 27%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority; in Millbrook 27, 1.2%. For comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 86%, and 2.3% speak French as well
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
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Millbrook 27, 2.3%. For Millbrook 27, the census puts residents whose mother tongue is French at 1.1%.
Only 20% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Millbrook 27
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 22% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%.
41% of adults were employed in May 2021
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. 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 13% are 65 or over.
Every nearby town is older than Millbrook 27
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millbrook 27 | 1,122 | — | 34.8 | 13% | 0% |
| Truro | 14,652 | 3.7 km | 47.6 | 27% | 6.3% |
| Colchester County, Subdivision C | 14,211 | 6.5 km | 47.2 | 22% | 3.4% |
| Colchester County, Subdivision B | 21,578 | 13.2 km | 48.8 | 25% | 4.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Nova Scotia’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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 Millbrook 27’s residents
Is Millbrook 27 bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 2.3% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 98% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Millbrook 27?
1.2% of residents belong to a visible minority and 90% have an Indigenous identity; Statistics Canada suppresses the immigration figures for Millbrook 27.
What religion are people in Millbrook 27?
Most often Christian (61%) or no religion (27%); other religions make up 12%.
Is Millbrook 27 good for families?
Children under 15 are 22% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 31% of households and one-parent families 24%. Schools near Millbrook 27 are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Millbrook 27?
Median total household income in Millbrook 27 was $52,800 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Millbrook 27?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,122 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Millbrook 27 counted 921, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Millbrook 27?
Half the residents are older than 34.8 and half younger; 22% are children under 15 and 13% are 65 or over.
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).