Photo: David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0A median age of 31.7: Banff Trail is younger than 98% of Canadian towns
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 22%, Banff Trail is ahead of 99% of Canadian towns on that count. The neighbourhood counted 4,175 residents and 1,645 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 52% of residents said they have no religion in the neighbourhood. On households in single-detached houses, Banff Trail sits lower than 78% of Canadian towns: 40%.
What stands out about the people of Banff Trail
Younger than most towns
Half of Banff Trail’s residents are under 31.7 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 12% are under 15 and 9.6% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
28% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 2.6 times the typical share; 61% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Many graduates
62% of residents aged 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 18% have a master’s. Qualifications ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
58% of households rent their home, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 45% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 93% of Canadian towns: 9.6%
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
No age band is larger than 20–24: 15% of residents, 2.8 times the share across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Banff Trail, 31.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women.
Banff Trail ranks above 69% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 32%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 7%, below 70% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Households average 2.3 people. Shared houses stand out: nearly a fifth of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 99% of Canadian towns.
Only 30% of residents 15 and over are married in Banff Trail
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The figure for common-law partners is 9.3% in Banff Trail and 11% across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Renter households: 58%, a higher share than 90% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
With households in buildings of five or more storeys at 3.6%, Banff Trail is ahead of 70% of Canadian towns on that count. Set beside that, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 37% predate 1961, 23% date from 2001 or later.
Median gross household income: $84,200 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $84,200, the middle household in Banff Trail earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Alberta’s towns, the median household income is $92,200. The pandemic’s benefits: 38% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
28% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (52%), then in Europe (19%). Higher than in 91% of Canadian towns: 20% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most recent wave: 41% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
Visible minority residents: 36%, a higher share than 74% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (3.8%) and Hindu (3.2%). The share of visible minority residents across Canada’s towns is 15%. There is little gap on Indigenous residents: 2.4%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Banff Trail ranks above 63% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 11%
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.7%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns. At home: English 83%, French 0.2%. As a reference point, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 95% of Canadian towns, at 62%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Banff Trail, 62%, and 18% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 2.6%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
61% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 61%.
1st lowest median age among 41 towns of 4,105 to 4,242
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest of these towns is Banff Trail, at 31.7; the oldest, Lake of Bays, is at 58.4. Callaghan (33.3) and Fraipont (33.6): the towns nearest Banff Trail in median age.
Banff Trail is younger than every town around it
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banff Trail | 4,175 | — | 31.7 | 9.6% | 24% |
| Capitol Hill | 6,135 | 0.9 km | 36.7 | 11% | 18% |
| Charleswood | 5,642 | 1.5 km | 42.3 | 18% | 17% |
| University Heights | 4,031 | 1.7 km | 32.1 | 13% | 27% |
| West Hillhurst | 10,319 | 2.2 km | 39.9 | 17% | 18% |
| Hillhurst | 8,435 | 2.4 km | 38.6 | 15% | 21% |
| Mount Pleasant | 9,224 | 2.5 km | 38.1 | 12% | 17% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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.
Questions about Banff Trail’s residents
How diverse is Banff Trail?
Immigrants: 24% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 36%. Indigenous identity: 2.4%.
What religion are people in Banff Trail?
52% said they have no religion and 37% that they are Christian; 11% named another faith.
Is Banff Trail good for families?
12% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 37% of households and one-parent families 7%. Schools near Banff Trail are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Banff Trail?
Half of Banff Trail’s households had more than $84,200 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Banff Trail?
Banff Trail had 4,175 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Banff Trail?
The median age is 31.7, younger than 98% of Canadian towns. 12% are under 15 and 9.6% 65 or older.
Is Banff Trail bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 11% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 88% speak only English and 0.1% only French; 0.7% grew up with French.
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).