Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Population & Demographics

Statistic	Yarmouth	Nova Scotia	National
Population	10,021	978,623	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	618	18	4
Median age	48.6	44.8	40.9
Male/Female ratio	1.2:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	56%	67%	66%
Families w/ kids at home	26%	36%	43%
Speak English only	84.3%	89.1%	68.8%
Speak French only	0.2%	0.1%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in Yarmouth is 3367% higher than Nova Scotia
The median age in Yarmouth is 8% higher than Nova Scotia
In Yarmouth 5.21% of the population is Black
In Yarmouth 0.83% of the population is South Asian
In Yarmouth 0.81% of the population is Chinese

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Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
Black	5.2%
South Asian	0.8%
Chinese	0.8%
Southeast Asian	0.6%
Latin American	0.4%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
United States	1.2%
United Kingdom	0.6%
Vietnam	0.4%
China	0.4%
Nigeria	0.3%

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Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Yarmouth age breakdown

Source: The Yarmouth, NS data and statistics displayed above are derived from Statistics Canada and updated for 2021 by Environics Analytics.