Living in Sunbury-York South

In Sunbury-York South, unemployment is 6.5% (2021).

The population of Sunbury-York South totalled 7,519 at the end of 2021. Sunbury-York South had an unemployment rate of 6.5% at the end of 2021. The population density of Sunbury-York South stood at 47.2 people per km² at the end of 2021.

Last checked 2026-10-0719 sources

Population7,519people31 Dec 2021Official source · Statistics Canada

Median gross salary (region)2,418EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · www150.statcan.gc.ca

Average rent1,046EUR/month30 Jun 2026Regional figureOfficial source · Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, average asking rents

Unemployment rate6.5%country median 8.4% — 23% belowOfficial source · www150.statcan.gc.ca

Recorded crime5,734incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Metro-area figureOfficial source · Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2025

PM2.5, annual mean4.06µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca

Which Canada-wide rules apply when you move to Sunbury-York South?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in CanadaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Sunbury-York South.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

For Sunbury-York South, 6.2% of renter households spent at least 30% of income on housing at the end of 2021.

No city-level rent figure is published for Sunbury-York South. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€50

Mobile plan, 10 GB€24

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	49.79 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Bell Fibe 500 home internet¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	24.27 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Public Mobile 50GB plan⁸Official · national market
Households spending over 30% of income on rent	6.2 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹¹Official
Dwellings	3,152 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Main residence dwellings	3,088 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,046 EUR/month	30 Jun 2026	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, average asking rents²Official · regional context

Is Sunbury-York South a good place to live?

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Remote worker59%strong on work, weak on safety · range 49–69%

Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–72%

Student46%strong on cost, weak on education · range 35–57%

Family57%strong on family, weak on education · range 46–68%

Retirement43%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 30–56%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Sunbury-York South?

The unemployment rate is 6.5 % (2021). Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca¹⁶

Unemployment across cities in CanadaUnemployment in Sunbury-York South is 6.5%. Of 515 cities with data, 125 have unemployment of 6 to under 8%.

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Sunbury-York South 6.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	63.7 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,418 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	www150.statcan.gc.ca¹⁵Official
Unemployment rate	6.5 %country median 8.4%	31 Dec 2021	www150.statcan.gc.ca¹⁶Official

What does a salary buy in Sunbury-York South?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€867of €1,987 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€1,987
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, average asking rents · 2026-06-30	− €1,046
Internet€50 · official · Bell Fibe 500 home internet · 2026-09-30	− €50
Mobile plan€24 · official · Public Mobile 50GB plan · 2026-09-30	− €24
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€867

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Sunbury-York South. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Job Bank and public employment services — Public employment service

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Safety

How safe is Sunbury-York South?

Police recorded 5,734 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2025⁷

Recorded crime across major citiesSunbury-York South highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Winnipeg7,894

Edmonton7,108

Halifax6,020

Vancouver5,438

Calgary4,796

London4,743

Québec4,630

Ottawa4,298

Hamilton4,257

Toronto4,177

Gatineau3,756

Montreal3,674

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	5,734 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2025⁷Official · metropolitan-area figure

Mobility and administration

Sunbury-York South's nearest airport was YFC, 7 km away and offered 4 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	4 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁵Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	7 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	YFC	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Sunbury-York South. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

IRCC newcomer language-learning services finder — State Language Course

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Sunbury-York South?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 4.1 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 4.06 µg/m³ · data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca³

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.54.1WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in CanadaAnnual PM2.5 in Sunbury-York South is 4.1 µg/m³. Of 123 cities with data, 46 have annual PM2.5 of 3 to under 4 µg/m³.

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Sunbury-York South 4.1

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	4.06 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca³Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.61 · Feb 11.73 · Mar 21.97 · Apr 24.01 · May 28.45 · Jun 31.73 · Jul 31.46 · Aug 31.62 · Sep 30.54 · Oct 24.96 · Nov 18.31 · Dec 14.51 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁴Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -33.86 · Feb -31.61 · Mar -27.7 · Apr -15.69 · May -3.21 · Jun 0.85 · Jul 7.38 · Aug 5.33 · Sep -0.94 · Oct -6 · Nov -15.13 · Dec -28.21 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁴Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -9.83 · Feb -8.73 · Mar -3.53 · Apr 3.7 · May 10.22 · Jun 15.32 · Jul 18.87 · Aug 18.13 · Sep 14.07 · Oct 7.52 · Nov 1.02 · Dec -5.57 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁴Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

Sunbury-York South covered an area of 159.4 km² at the end of 2021. The city had 3,090 households at the end of 2021. Sunbury-York South recorded a median age of 40 years at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Sunbury-York South?

The published population was 7,519 people in May 2021. Source: Statistics Canada¹⁰

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	159.4 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
City area	159.4 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Population density	47.2 people/km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Population	7,519 people	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁰Official

International community in Sunbury-York South

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data	165	100.0%
Europe	80	48.5%
Americas	70	42.4%
United States of America	55	33.3%
Germany	30	18.2%
United Kingdom	20	12.1%
Asia	15	9.1%
Other places of birth in Americas	10	6.1%
Other places of birth in Europe	10	6.1%
Philippines	10	6.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

Citizenship

Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data	7,495	100.0%
Canadian citizens	7,455	99.5%
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over	5,960	79.5%
Canadian citizens aged under 18	1,495	19.9%
Not Canadian citizens	35	0.5%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

Language spoken at home

Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data	7,520	100.0%
Single responses	7,455	99.1%
Official languages	7,430	98.8%
English	7,055	93.8%
French	370	4.9%
Multiple responses	60	0.8%
English and French	55	0.7%
Non-official languages	30	0.4%
Non-Indigenous languages	30	0.4%
Indo-European languages	20	0.3%
Balto-Slavic languages	15	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Slavic languages	15	0.2%
English and non-official language(s)	10	0.1%
Germanic languages	10	0.1%
High German languages	10	0.1%
German	10	0.1%
Sino-Tibetan languages	5	0.1%
Chinese languages	5	0.1%
Mandarin	5	0.1%
Russian	5	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	2.2 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹¹Official
Households	3,090 households	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Labour force participation rate	68 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Median age	40 years	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official

Alternatives for people set on Sunbury-York South

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Hanwell as a Sunbury-York South alternative in the same region

16 km away, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Median gross pay, region: €3,028 Hanwell vs €2,418 Sunbury-York South+25%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,734 Hanwell vs 5,734 Sunbury-York Southsame level
Annual PM2.5: 4.1 µg/m³ Hanwell vs 4.1 µg/m³ Sunbury-York Southsame level

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Cities near Sunbury-York South

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Hanwell 16.0 km away

Salary: 3,758 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Alternative cities in Canada

Other cities in Canada to compare with Sunbury-York South, nearest in population first.

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Ponoka7,518 residents Labrador City7,588 residents Merritt7,611 residents Chandler7,421 residents Beaubassin East7,620 residents Coteau-du-Lac7,636 residents

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Sunbury-York South?

The published population was 7,519 people in May 2021. Source: Statistics Canada.

Is the air quality good in Sunbury-York South?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 4.1 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca.

How safe is Sunbury-York South?

What is the unemployment rate in Sunbury-York South?

The unemployment rate is 6.5 % (2021). Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

What is the typical salary around Sunbury-York South?

The median gross salary is 2,418 EUR/month. Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

Is Sunbury-York South a good place to live?

Sunbury-York South may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Sunbury-York South?

Oromocto, Hanwell are near Sunbury-York South. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Europe live in Sunbury-York South?

The official country of birth distribution records 80 people (48.5%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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