Russell Lake, Nova Scotia Population & Demographics

Statistic	Russell Lake	Halifax	Nova Scotia
Population	2,146	451,852	978,623
Population density (sq km)	2,478	80	18
Median age	57.4	39.9	44.8
Male/Female ratio	1.3:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	81%	66%	67%
Families w/ kids at home	31%	39%	36%
Speak English only	90.0%	86.8%	89.1%
Speak French only	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%

Key Findings

The population density in Russell Lake is 3005% higher than Halifax
The median age in Russell Lake is 44% higher than Halifax
In Russell Lake 3.46% of the population is Black
In Russell Lake 2.86% of the population is Chinese
In Russell Lake 2.66% of the population is South Asian

Compare Halifax, NS Demographics

Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
Black	3.5%
Chinese	2.9%
South Asian	2.7%
West Asian	2.5%
Arab	1.5%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
United Kingdom	2.6%
India	1.4%
Iran	1.2%
Philippines	1.2%
China	1.1%

Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Russell Lake age breakdown

Source: The Russell Lake, Halifax, NS data and statistics displayed above are derived from Statistics Canada.