Photo: jockrutherford from Owen Sound, ON · CC BY-SA 2.0Altadore ranks below 95% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 8.5%
Where 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns, Altadore has 56%. There were 3,170 households in the neighbourhood at the 2021 Census, home to 7,675 people. Census figures put households in single-detached houses at 42% here. With a median age of 37, Altadore is younger than just over four fifths of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Altadore
A neighbourhood of families
21% of residents are under 15, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 7% of households are one-parent families and households average 2.4 people. Ages ↓
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 71% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 15%. Qualifications ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
A year before the census, 19% of residents lived elsewhere, 1.8 times the typical share; over five years, 49% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Children under 15: 21%, a higher share than 89% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 35–39: 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Altadore, 37. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
Altadore sits above 56% of Canadian towns for one-person households (29%)
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
7% of households are one-parent families (Canada’s towns: 8.2%). One-person households: 27% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
Married residents 15 and over make up 50% in Altadore, more than in 60% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
27% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Elsewhere, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 12%.
A larger share of renter households than 58% of Canadian towns: 30%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%.
Household income, middle of the range: $155,100 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Altadore had $155,100 before tax, 80% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. In 2020, 24% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Altadore sits above 92% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (19%)
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Europe (39%) or in Asia (34%). Across the comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. A third of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 1% of residents.
56% said they have no religion, more than say they are Christian
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The census found that 2.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity in Altadore. Visible minority residents: 15%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
In Altadore, 15% of residents speak English and French, more than in 69% of Canadian towns
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 2.3%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for bilingual residents is 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 71%, a higher share than 98% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 0.5% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
An employment rate of 70%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 70%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 5th of 41 towns of 7,528 to 7,839 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is La Broquerie (28.6) and the oldest Louiseville (57.6). Nearest to Altadore in age: Landsdale (36.5), Gibson (36.6), University (37.4) and Bostwick (38.5).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Altadore
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altadore | 7,675 | — | 37 | 8.5% | 15% |
| Garrison Woods | 3,138 | 0.7 km | 44 | 20% | 16% |
| South Calgary | 4,412 | 1.2 km | 36 | 9.3% | 19% |
| Richmond | 4,811 | 1.4 km | 36.6 | 11% | 21% |
| Elbow Park | 4,120 | 1.8 km | 46.5 | 19% | 11% |
| Bankview | 5,610 | 1.8 km | 34.2 | 7.7% | 24% |
| Upper Mount Royal | 2,758 | 2.1 km | 45.9 | 20% | 15% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Alberta’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
Questions about Altadore’s residents
What is the median income in Altadore?
$155,100 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Altadore (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Altadore?
The 2021 Census counted 7,675 people in Altadore.
What is the average age in Altadore?
37 is the median age, younger than 82% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 21%. 65 and over: 8.5%.
Is Altadore bilingual?
15% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 85% English only. French is the mother tongue of 2.3%.
How diverse is Altadore?
Immigrants make up 15% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 15% are members of a visible minority, and 2.3% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Altadore?
Christian: 38%. No religion: 56%. Another religion: 6.6%.
Is Altadore good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 21%. 57% of households are couple families and 7% one-parent families. Schools near Altadore are on its Schools page.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).