Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainOlder than 90% of Canadian towns: half of Pictou County, Subdivision C is over 52
Households in single-detached houses: 87%, above 83% of Canadian towns. In Pictou County, Subdivision C, 1.6% of residents are immigrants. On residents aged 15 to 24, Pictou County, Subdivision C sits lower than 79% of Canadian towns: 9.1%. Its population is much the same as in 2016.
What stands out about the people of Pictou County, Subdivision C
Older than most towns
Line Pictou County, Subdivision C’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 52; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A change of −1% since 2016 leaves Pictou County, Subdivision C behind 83% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Nova Scotia’s towns, by more than +2%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 5% higher again.
26% of residents are 65 or over, a share 84% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, against 14% in Pictou County, Subdivision C. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Pictou County, Subdivision C, 52. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% 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.
Here nearly one in ten households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%. Census figures put one-person households at 28% in Pictou County, Subdivision C.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 65% of Canadian towns, at 51%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 23% of adults, against a typical 27%. Set beside that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 10%.
Renter households: 12%, a lower 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
27% of homes were built before 1961 and 17% in 2001 or later. Typically, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 0.1%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
A median household income of $71,500 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Pictou County, Subdivision C’s median household took in $71,500 before tax, 17% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Nova Scotia’s towns have a median of $69,100. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 23% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 79% of Canadian towns: 8.3%
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
Recent arrivals are 31% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. On the census count, 1.1% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
Pictou County, Subdivision C sits below 56% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (33%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
1.9% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). Across Pictou County, Subdivision C, 2.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity. By way of comparison, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
98% have English as their mother tongue; 3.8% 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
There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.7%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. Pictou County, Subdivision C has fewer bilingual residents than 89% of Canadian towns, at 3.8%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 16% in Pictou County, Subdivision C, less than in 80% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 12% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
47% of residents 15 and over were in work
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 47%; 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Oldest by rank: 3rd of 41 towns of 8,674 to 9,040 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Renfrew is the oldest at 54, Corktown the youngest at 34.6. The closest ages to Pictou County, Subdivision C’s belong to Manotick (50), Drummond/North Elmsley (50.8), Nicolet (52.4) and Renfrew (54).
Of the 6 towns nearest Pictou County, Subdivision C, 1 are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pictou County, Subdivision C | 8,847 | — | 52 | 26% | 1.6% |
| Trenton | 2,499 | 6.5 km | 47.6 | 23% | 1.1% |
| New Glasgow | 10,378 | 6.6 km | 47.6 | 26% | 5.1% |
| Stellarton | 4,251 | 7.9 km | 47.2 | 23% | 2.5% |
| Westville | 3,731 | 12.0 km | 47.2 | 24% | 2.7% |
| Pictou County, Subdivision B | 6,482 | 14.6 km | 51.6 | 27% | 2.7% |
| Pictou | 3,307 | 15.6 km | 53.2 | 30% | 4.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Pictou County, Subdivision C’s residents
What is the population of Pictou County, Subdivision C?
The latest figure is an estimate: 8,847 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Pictou County, Subdivision C counted 8,386, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Pictou County, Subdivision C?
Half the residents are older than 52 and half younger, older than 90% of Canadian towns; 14% are children under 15 and 26% are 65 or over.
Is Pictou County, Subdivision C bilingual?
3.8% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 96% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.7%.
How diverse is Pictou County, Subdivision C?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 1.6%. A visible minority makes up 1.9% and Indigenous residents 2.1%.
What religion are people in Pictou County, Subdivision C?
Most often Christian (67%) or no religion (33%); other religions make up 0.3%.
Is Pictou County, Subdivision C good for families?
Children under 15 are 14% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 56% of households and one-parent families 9.3%. Schools near Pictou County, Subdivision C are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Pictou County, Subdivision C?
Median total household income in Pictou County, Subdivision C was $71,500 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).