Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 47.6: Stewiacke is older than 79% of Canadian towns
By its share of residents with no religion (45%), Stewiacke is above 78% of Canadian towns. Renter households: 38% of the total. Few places have as many one-parent families: 11% here, more than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns. With about 1,786 residents in July 2025, Stewiacke counted 710 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Stewiacke
Growing faster than most
Stewiacke went from 1,373 people in 2016 to 1,557 in 2021, +13%: faster growth than in 90% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A growing town: +13% since 2016, faster than 90% 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 15%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Nova Scotia’s towns, by more than +2%.
24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8.7%), Stewiacke is below 84% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. 55–59 is the most common age band: 8.3% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 33% in Stewiacke, more than in 72% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households average 2.2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. One-person households: 27% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
15% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 77% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married; in Stewiacke, 44%. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
64% of homes are single-detached houses
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
9.7% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Newer homes outnumber old: 29% date from 2001 or later, 22% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Median gross household income: $65,500 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Stewiacke had $65,500 before tax, 24% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Nova Scotia’s towns has $69,100 before tax. In 2020, 24% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 14% in Stewiacke, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Where 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, Stewiacke has 1.6%. Immigrants are rarer here than in 95% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Indigenous residents: 6.1%, a higher share than 75% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 1.6%, below 89% of Canadian towns. On average, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 97%, and 5.1% speak French as well
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Stewiacke comes in at 5.1%. At home: English 99%, French 0.6%.
Only 13% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Stewiacke
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
A job for 54% of residents aged 15 and over
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 54%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 24% of residents are 65 or over.
Stewiacke is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. No closer places have figures: these lie 11–25 km from Stewiacke.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewiacke | 1,786 | — | 47.6 | 24% | 1.6% |
| Indian Brook 14 | 1,225 | 10.5 km | 38.8 | 15% | 3.3% |
| Colchester County, Subdivision C | 14,211 | 19.6 km | 47.2 | 22% | 3.4% |
| Millbrook 27 | 1,122 | 21.9 km | 34.8 | 13% | 0% |
| Enfield | 26,960 | 22.6 km | 44.4 | 18% | 3.5% |
| Truro | 14,652 | 25.4 km | 47.6 | 27% | 6.3% |
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. 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
Questions about Stewiacke’s residents
What religion are people in Stewiacke?
45% said they have no religion and 53% that they are Christian; 2.3% named another faith.
Is Stewiacke good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 49% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Stewiacke are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Stewiacke?
Half of Stewiacke’s households had more than $65,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Stewiacke?
About 1,786, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,557 people in Stewiacke, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Stewiacke?
The median age is 47.6. 17% are under 15 and 24% 65 or older.
Is Stewiacke bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 5.1% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 95% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.3% grew up with French.
How diverse is Stewiacke?
Immigrants: 1.6% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.6%. Indigenous identity: 6.1%.
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).