Sydney--Glace Bay

Riding (federal electoral district) · Statistics Canada / Elections Canada code 12011 · Nova Scotia

Current Member of Parliament

Liberal

Representation history

No earlier terms are on record for this district. Our source, OpenParliament, publishes membership spans per member rather than per riding, so history here covers earlier terms served by the sitting member.

Census profile

Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (2023 boundaries)

Population

82,330

2021 count

Median household income

$60,400

2020 total income

Age and households

Median age49.6

Average age46.4

Average household size2.2

Aged 0–1412.9%

Aged 15–6461.1%

Aged 65 and over26.0%

Aged 85 and over3.2%

Income and low income (2020)

Median household income$60,400

Average household income$74,700

Median individual income$33,600

Low income (LIM-AT)18.5%

Low income (LICO-AT)5.6%

Two official ways of counting how many people here live on a low income after tax. They use different cut-offs, so the two figures differ.

Labour force (residents aged 15+)

Employment rate41.4%

Unemployment rate19.4%

Share of adults working or looking for work (participation rate)51.4%

Education (aged 15+)

No certificate, diploma or degree19.3%

High school diploma or equivalent28.9%

Any postsecondary credential51.9%

Bachelor's degree or higher17.1%

Housing

Owner households67.5%

Renter households31.7%

Owners spending 30%+ of income on shelter9.9%

Renters spending 30%+ of income on shelter32.5%

Owners in core housing need4.5%

Renters in core housing need19.1%

Core housing need means a home that is too expensive, too crowded or in poor repair, and the household could not afford a suitable one nearby.

Median monthly shelter cost (owned)$720

Median monthly shelter cost (rented)$800

Median dwelling value$150,000

Dwelling types

Single-detached house70.8%

Semi-detached house7.5%

Row house2.0%

Apartment in a duplex4.7%

Apartment, fewer than five storeys12.0%

Apartment, five storeys or more0.6%

Language

Knows English only95.7%

Knows French only0.0%

Knows both official languages4.1%

Knows neither official language0.1%

Mother tongue English94.7%

Mother tongue French0.7%

Mother tongue neither English nor French3.5%

Immigration and Indigenous identity

Immigrants2.3%

Immigrants who arrived 2016–20210.5%

Non-permanent residents2.9%

Indigenous identity4.3%

Getting to work

Car, truck or van91.4%

Public transit2.0%

Walking3.8%

Bicycle0.2%

Figures come from the 2021 Census of Population (income figures are for 2020), published by Statistics Canada for today’s 343 ridings (the 2023 boundaries) — the same boundaries shown here, so these are 2021 counts totted up for the ridings we use now. Statistics Canada deliberately nudges small counts up or down so no individual can be identified (random rounding) and withholds some figures entirely, so values are approximate and the parts may not add up to the total; a blank means the figure is not published for this riding. The “participation rate” here describes local residents aged 15 and over who are working or looking for work, and has nothing to do with an MP’s voting participation. Land area and population density are not published for ridings, so they are not shown.

Election results

Elections Canada, Official Voting Results