Nova Scotia Family Income Medians and Averages from 2011 National Household Survey

Community Counts data from the Government of Nova Scotia reports family median and average incomes before and after tax. The data is sourced from the 2011 National Household Survey and is available for multiple geographic levels including provinces, counties, municipalities, and electoral districts. This dataset is archived and not maintained; users should refer to Statistics Canada for the latest information.

Use Cases

• Analyze pre-tax and post-tax family income disparities based on the reported median and average income metrics.
• Compare income levels across different administrative geographies such as municipalities, school boards, and health authorities.
• Study regional economic patterns using data available for economic regions, watersheds, and development authorities.

Strengths

• Data covers multiple geographic levels including 13 distinct types of regions from provinces to watersheds.
• Includes both median and average income measures for families, calculated both before and after tax.

Limitations

• Data is archived and not maintained, last updated metadata indicates 2026-04-17, which suggests potential freshness issues.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Data is sourced solely from the 2011 National Household Survey, which may reflect temporal bias.

Provenance

Source

Government of Nova Scotia, sourced from the 2011 National Household Survey.

Collection Method

Likely collected via survey as part of the National Household Survey program.

Time Range

2011

Freshness

Data is archived and not updated; sourced from 2011.

Geography

Nova Scotia, Canada, with data available for provinces, counties, communities, municipalities, district health authorities, community health boards, economic regions, police districts, school boards, municipal electoral districts, provincial electoral districts, federal electoral districts, regional development authorities, and watersheds.