Population, Households and Housing Stock
Immigrant Households

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Nova Scotia — Immigrant Households

  Non-Immigrant Non-Permanent Resident Immigrant Landed Before 2006 Landed 2006 to 2015 Recent Immigrants (Landed 2016-2021) Total
Nova Scotia 386,515 8,450 33,260 19,815 6,425 7,015 428,225
Cape Breton 41,915 785 1,100 795 180 125 43,800
Chester MD 4,755 15 260 200 45 10 5,025
Halifax 171,725 6,580 22,830 11,940 4,910 5,980 201,140
Kentville 11,130 130 675 470 100 105 11,935
Kings, Subd. A SC 8,960 15 495 410 50 35 9,460
Lunenburg MD 10,750 10 745 570 140 35 11,505
New Glasgow 14,955 55 475 330 70 70 15,480
Queens RGM 4,675 15 290 245 40 0 4,980
Truro 19,390 240 1,070 760 155 160 20,695
West Hants RM 7,995 25 350 295 40 15 8,375
Notes:
  • Where band housing is present, total dwelling counts are larger than the sum of owned and rented dwellings.
  • An immigrant household is a household with a primary household maintainer who is an immigrant. An immigrant is a person who is or has ever been a landed immigrant/permanent resident, that is, someone who has been granted the right to live permanently in Canada by immigration authorities.
  • A non-permanent resident is a person from another country who has a work or study permit, or who is a refugee claimant, and any non-Canadian-born family member living in Canada with him or her.
  • Recent immigrants are immigrants who landed in Canada between Jan 1, 2016 and May 10, 2021.
  • The primary household maintainer is the person or one of the people in the household responsible for major household payments such as the rent or mortgage. In households with more than one maintainer, the primary maintainer is the first person listed as a maintainer.
Source: CMHC, adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Canada and National Household Survey) (opens in new window)