Photo: Plumzee · CC BY-SA 4.0Older than 91% of Canadian towns: half of Victoria County, Subdivision A is over 52.8
Set against 16% across Canada’s towns, 13% of residents are under 15 in Victoria County, Subdivision A. On renter households, Victoria County, Subdivision A sits lower than 92% of Canadian towns: 9.1%. This Nova Scotia town is home to some 2,746 people (July 2025 estimate), in 1,215 households at the 2021 Census. In Victoria County, Subdivision A, 6.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
What stands out about the people of Victoria County, Subdivision A
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Victoria County, Subdivision A is 52.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 28% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Growth of +4% since 2016 puts Victoria County, Subdivision A ahead of 50% 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
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 3% higher again.
Above 87% of Canadian towns: 28% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Here nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Victoria County, Subdivision A, 52.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 74% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families make up 10% of households and couple families 50%, against 8.2% and 53% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 33% of households are one person living alone.
A larger share of common-law partners than 74% of Canadian towns: 14%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of married residents 15 and over is 43%, against 46% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Above 84% of Canadian towns: 88% of households live in a single-detached house
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 31% of homes were built before 1961 and 14% in 2001 or later.
The midpoint household income is $64,500 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Victoria County, Subdivision A: half had less than $64,500, 25% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $69,100, the median across Nova Scotia’s towns. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 30% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
3% of residents are immigrants
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
Most immigrants were born in the Americas (47%) or in Europe (40%). At 0.8%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is lower than in 92% of Canadian towns. 13% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 23%, a lower share than 81% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, against 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Fewer visible minority residents than in 94% of Canadian towns: 1.1%. Typically, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
97% have English as their mother tongue; 3.2% also speak French
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
Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 3.2% of residents speak English and French here. French is the mother tongue of 1.1% and English of 97%; at home, 0.4% speak French most often and 99% English.
Below 82% of Canadian towns: 15% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 22% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 41%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
41% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 28% are 65 or more.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Cultus Lake is the oldest at 56.8, Waskaganish the youngest at 25. Next to Victoria County, Subdivision A on this scale come Country Hills Village (51.9), Bonaventure (52.4), Maria (53.2) and Division No. 8, Subdivision L (53.6).
Median age: 2 of the 4 towns around Victoria County, Subdivision A are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. The nearest places to Victoria County, Subdivision A with figures are 54–70 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria County, Subdivision A | 2,746 | — | 52.8 | 28% | 3% |
| Inverness County, Subdivision A | 5,389 | 53.7 km | 56.4 | 34% | 3.7% |
| Cape Breton | 106,752 | 61.9 km | 50.4 | 27% | 2.3% |
| Membertou 28B | 1,266 | 67.1 km | 30.4 | 8.2% | 0% |
| Victoria County, Subdivision B | 4,258 | 70.4 km | 56 | 32% | 5.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Nova Scotia’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
Questions about Victoria County, Subdivision A’s residents
What religion are people in Victoria County, Subdivision A?
23% said they have no religion and 76% that they are Christian; 0.6% named another faith.
Is Victoria County, Subdivision A good for families?
13% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 50% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Victoria County, Subdivision A are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Victoria County, Subdivision A?
Half of Victoria County, Subdivision A’s households had more than $64,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Victoria County, Subdivision A?
About 2,746, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,673 people in Victoria County, Subdivision A, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Victoria County, Subdivision A?
The median age is 52.8, older than 91% of Canadian towns. 13% are under 15 and 28% 65 or older.
Is Victoria County, Subdivision A bilingual?
3.2% 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 1.1%.
How diverse is Victoria County, Subdivision A?
Immigrants: 3% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.1%. Indigenous identity: 4%.
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).