Photo: Nova Scotia Archives · Public domainIndigenous residents make up 14% in Yarmouth, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Here 17% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. More one-parent families than in 90% of Canadian towns: 12%. With about 7,129 residents in July 2025, Yarmouth counted 3,255 households at the 2021 Census. 3.8% of residents are immigrants.
What stands out about the people of Yarmouth
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
14% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 93% of Canadian towns; 0.9% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Many older residents
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 86% of Canadian towns; 8.1% are 80 or over, and 42% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
A town of renters
56% of households rent their home, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 38% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
42% of households are one person living alone, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 27% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A +5% change since 2016: faster than 54% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +2% across Nova Scotia’s towns.
Half of Yarmouth is over 48.8, older than 82% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 27%, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 9.9% here, fewer than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns. The largest age band is 55–59: 7.9% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Yarmouth, 48.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 42% in Yarmouth, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%.
Yarmouth ranks below 76% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 36%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 31% of adults (typical: 27%). Here, 9.9% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
Yarmouth sits above 89% of Canadian towns for renter households (56%)
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
Nearly one in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. For Yarmouth, the census puts households in single-detached houses at 44%. Set beside that, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
$48,000 a year: the median household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Yarmouth’s, at $48,000, is 44% lower. Within Nova Scotia’s towns, the household in the middle had $69,100. The pandemic’s benefits: 27% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
3.8% 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
3.3% of residents are not Canadian citizens, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (43%), then in the Americas (29%).
Yarmouth: 41% of residents said they have no religion, above 68% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 8.5% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. On average, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Above 74% of Canadian towns: 6.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue
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
At home: English 95%, French 1.6%. Few places have as many bilingual residents: 15% here, more than in 70% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for residents whose mother tongue is French across Canada’s towns: 1.5%.
18% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 74% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
21% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
In work on census day: 45% of adults
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
45% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 27% are 65 or more.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages climb from 31.2 (Edgeley) to 61.6 (Fairwinds) across the group. Next to Yarmouth on this scale come Concord (47.7), Kent (48), Merritt (49.2) and Colborne (49.2).
Every neighbour of Yarmouth has an older population
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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 Yarmouth’s residents
Is Yarmouth good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 36% of households and one-parent families 12%. Schools near Yarmouth are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Yarmouth?
Half of Yarmouth’s households had more than $48,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Yarmouth?
About 7,129, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 6,829 people in Yarmouth, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Yarmouth?
The median age is 48.8, older than 82% of Canadian towns. 15% are under 15 and 27% 65 or older.
Is Yarmouth bilingual?
English and French: 15% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 84%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 6.5%.
How diverse is Yarmouth?
Immigrants: 3.8% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 8.5%. Indigenous identity: 14%.
What religion are people in Yarmouth?
41% said they have no religion and 56% that they are Christian; 2.7% named another faith.
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).