Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5Bankview is younger than 93% of Canadian towns: a median age of 34.2
In Bankview the average household is 1.6 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The share of Indigenous residents stands at 7%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are more common here than in 77% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 5,610, in 3,405 households.
What stands out about the people of Bankview
Younger than most towns
Line Bankview’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 34.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 9% are under 15 and 7.7% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 70% of households, more than in 96% of Canadian towns, and 83% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 56%, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and 7.7% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
29% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 2.7 times the typical share; 68% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of Canadian towns, at 7.7%
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The figure for children under 15 is 9% in Bankview and 16% across Canada’s towns. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Bankview, 34.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
More one-person households than 98% of Canadian towns: 56%
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.
Shared houses stand out: nearly one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 94% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. The census found that 5.4% of households are one-parent families in Bankview.
Bankview ranks below 98% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 23%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 47% of adults, against a typical 27%. More common-law partners than in 82% of Canadian towns: 17%. To put it in context, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
70% of households rent their home, more than in 96% of Canadian towns
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
Just over a fifth of homes were built before 1961 and 16% in 2001 or later. For comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in single-detached houses are rarer here than in 93% of Canadian towns.
Median gross household income: $61,700 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
Half of Bankview’s households had a total income below $61,700, 28% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns the median is $92,200. COVID-19 benefits went to 39% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Residents who moved in within the year make up 29% in Bankview, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
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
46% of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 2.3% of residents. Higher than in 77% of Canadian towns: 13% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. On the census count, nearly a quarter of residents are immigrants.
More residents with no religion than 93% of Canadian towns: 56%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (5.1%). Typically, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many visible minority residents: 27% here, more than in 65% of Canadian towns.
Bankview ranks above 62% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 10%
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
At home: English 87%, French 0.7%. Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French. Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 1.5%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 83% of Canadian towns, at 49%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 4.8% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
72% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 72%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (5,502 to 5,724), the 9th youngest of 41 towns
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The span goes from 27.8 (Montcalm) up to 63.2 (Osoyoos). Nearest to Bankview in age: Huron South (33.6), Carlton (34), The Pas (34.4) and St. Matthews (35.4).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Bankview
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankview | 5,610 | — | 34.2 | 7.7% | 24% |
| South Calgary | 4,412 | 0.7 km | 36 | 9.3% | 19% |
| Sunalta | 4,151 | 0.8 km | 34.8 | 7.5% | 28% |
| Lower Mount Royal | 3,136 | 0.9 km | 34.1 | 9.7% | 27% |
| Upper Mount Royal | 2,758 | 0.9 km | 45.9 | 20% | 15% |
| Richmond | 4,811 | 1.2 km | 36.6 | 11% | 21% |
| Beltline | 26,171 | 1.7 km | 33.3 | 7.9% | 32% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Bankview’s residents
What is the population of Bankview?
5,610, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Bankview alone.
What is the average age in Bankview?
34.2 is the median age, younger than 93% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 9%. 65 and over: 7.7%.
Is Bankview bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 10% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 89% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.5% grew up with French.
How diverse is Bankview?
Immigrants make up 24% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 27% are members of a visible minority, and 7% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Bankview?
Christian: 33%. No religion: 56%. Another religion: 11%.
Is Bankview good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 9%. 28% of households are couple families and 5.4% one-parent families. Schools near Bankview are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bankview?
$61,700 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Bankview (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).