Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Younger than 95% of Canadian towns: half of Beltline is under 33.3
A household here has 1.5 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. Beltline counted 26,171 residents and 16,960 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 19% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Few places have as many residents with no religion: 55% here, more than in 92% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Beltline
Younger than most towns
Beltline’s median age is 33.3; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 5.5% are under 15 and 7.9% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 75% of households, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, and 98% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
59% of households are one person living alone, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 7.9% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
86% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 66% of homes are condominiums. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Children under 15: 5.5%, a lower share than 99% of Canadian towns
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.
Residents aged 65 and over: 7.9%, below 96% of Canadian towns. On average, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Beltline, 33.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women.
Beltline ranks above 99% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 59%
Private households by type and size.
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 95% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 2.8% of households are one-parent families.
23% of residents 15 and over are married, below 97% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of common-law partners is 18%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 99% of Canadian towns: 86%
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 single-detached houses at 0.3%, Beltline is behind 98% of Canadian towns on that count. The share of renter households stands at 75%.
Median gross household income: $71,400 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $71,400, the middle household in Beltline earned 17% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. The pandemic’s benefits: 36% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of Canadian towns: 34%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants is 17%; Beltline has 32%. To put it in context, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (44%) and in Europe (21%).
Beltline ranks above 76% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 38%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (5%) and Hindu (2.8%). The usual figure: 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. At 3%, Indigenous residents sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Beltline ranks above 61% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 9.9%
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
At home: English 80%, French 0.6%. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.9%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 57% in Beltline, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 4.2% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 72%
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 72%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 2nd of 41 towns of 24,972 to 27,429 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Between Wellington Place (31.1) and White Rock (58) lies the rest of the group. The closest ages to Beltline’s belong to Wellington Place (31.1), Ebenezer East (34) and Mile End (34.1).
Every nearby town is older than Beltline
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beltline | 26,171 | — | 33.3 | 7.9% | 32% |
| Lower Mount Royal | 3,136 | 0.8 km | 34.1 | 9.7% | 27% |
| Downtown Commercial Core | 9,286 | 1.0 km | 34.1 | 14% | 50% |
| Downtown West End | 2,796 | 1.0 km | 36.4 | 14% | 46% |
| Mission | 6,329 | 1.0 km | 34.8 | 13% | 21% |
| Upper Mount Royal | 2,758 | 1.2 km | 45.9 | 20% | 15% |
| Eau Claire | 3,733 | 1.4 km | 44.1 | 25% | 36% |
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. 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.
- 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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
Questions about Beltline’s residents
What is the median income in Beltline?
Median total household income in Beltline was $71,400 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Beltline?
Beltline had 26,171 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Beltline?
Half the residents are older than 33.3 and half younger, younger than 95% of Canadian towns; 5.5% are children under 15 and 7.9% are 65 or over.
Is Beltline bilingual?
9.9% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 88% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.9%.
How diverse is Beltline?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 32%. A visible minority makes up 38% and Indigenous residents 3%.
What religion are people in Beltline?
Most often Christian (34%) or no religion (55%); other religions make up 12%.
Is Beltline good for families?
Children under 15 are 5.5% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 28% of households and one-parent families 2.8%. Schools near Beltline 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).