Beddington Heights sits above 89% of Canadian towns for one-parent families (12%)
Against a figure of 15% across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents in Beddington Heights comes in at 37%. The neighbourhood had 11,333 residents in 4,240 households at the 2021 Census. 33% of residents are immigrants. The median age in the neighbourhood is 39.5, lower than in 67% of Canadian towns.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 15% in Beddington Heights, less than in 72% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Where 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, Beddington Heights has 18%. The biggest five-year age group is 35–39, with 7.9% of residents. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Beddington Heights, 39.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
One-person households: 21%, a lower share than 74% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 6.8% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 85% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Households average 2.7 people.
9.8% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 57% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 31% of adults (typical: 27%). The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%. On the census count, 46% of residents 15 and over are married.
Above 56% of Canadian towns: 29% of households rent their home
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Older homes outnumber new: 0.8% predate 1961, 0.5% date from 2001 or later. The wider picture: a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Against a figure of 64% across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses in Beddington Heights comes in at 59%.
Median gross household income: $92,900 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Beddington Heights’s households had a total income above $92,900, 8% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns, half of households had more than $92,200 before tax. 35% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Beddington Heights sits above 69% of Canadian towns for residents without Canadian citizenship (10%)
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (60%) and in Europe (17%). On average, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Of the immigrants living here, 35% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
More residents with no religion than 81% of Canadian towns: 47%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for Indigenous residents is 4.7% in Beddington Heights and 2.8% across Canada’s towns. For residents with no religion, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 35%. Other faiths: Muslim (5.8%).
English is the mother tongue of 66%, and 5.3% speak French as well
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 76%, French 0.2%. Lower than in 71% of Canadian towns: 5.3% of residents speak English and French. On residents whose mother tongue is French, 1.2% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 52% of Canadian towns, at 26%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 12%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 57%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 57%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
13th lowest median age among 41 towns of 11,133 to 11,551
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The youngest of these towns is Bridgwater Trails, at 30.4; the oldest, Thornbury, is at 58.8. By median age, Beddington Heights sits among Dufferin Grove (38.5), Estevan (38.8), Long Branch (39.8) and Norquay Village (39.9).
The towns around Beddington Heights are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beddington Heights | 11,333 | — | 39.5 | 15% | 33% |
| Huntington Hills | 13,184 | 1.6 km | 41 | 18% | 28% |
| Sandstone Valley | 5,816 | 1.7 km | 46.9 | 21% | 42% |
| Country Hills | 3,702 | 2.0 km | 41.4 | 16% | 41% |
| Harvest Hills | 7,930 | 2.7 km | 42.4 | 14% | 36% |
| Macewan Glen | 4,718 | 2.7 km | 44.2 | 17% | 29% |
| Thorncliffe | 15,570 | 2.9 km | 40.5 | 17% | 26% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
- 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.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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.
Questions about Beddington Heights’s residents
Is Beddington Heights bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 5.3% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 90% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.2% grew up with French.
How diverse is Beddington Heights?
33% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 37% belong to a visible minority and 4.7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Beddington Heights?
43% are Christian and 47% have no religion; 11% follow another religion.
Is Beddington Heights good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 50% of households. One-parent families: 12%. Schools near Beddington Heights are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Beddington Heights?
The median household in Beddington Heights took in $92,900 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Beddington Heights?
Beddington Heights had 11,333 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Beddington Heights?
A median age of 39.5, younger than 67% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 15%.
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).