Canyon Meadows ranks above 87% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 50%
20% of households rent their home; across Canada’s towns the figure is 25%. There were 2,755 households in Canyon Meadows at the 2021 Census, home to 6,751 people. Here, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. The median age here is 42, lower than in just over half of Canadian towns.
Fewer children under 15 than 59% of Canadian towns: 15%
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 35–39: 7.8% of residents. Measured more widely, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. The highest share aged 65 or over among Alberta’s towns is Country Hills Village’s: 36%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Canyon Meadows, 42. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Canyon Meadows ranks above 67% of Canadian towns on one-parent families: 9.4%
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.
On average, 2.5 people share a household. Couple families are 56% of households (Canada’s towns 53%) and one-parent families 9.4% (8.2%).
Canyon Meadows ranks above 64% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 51%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 27% of adults, against a typical 27%. Across the comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 9.5%.
Fewer households in single-detached houses than 52% of Canadian towns: 63%
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
2% of homes were built before 1961 and 0.4% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Median household income here: $104,100 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Canyon Meadows: half had more than $104,100, 21% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns the median is $92,200. COVID-19 benefits went to 30% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
19% of residents are immigrants, a share 54% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (40%), then in Europe (35%). Across the comparison, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: more than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals are 25% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
Canyon Meadows ranks above 52% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 17%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Canyon Meadows, 3.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity. For visible minority residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 15%.
English is the mother tongue of 77%, and 6.7% 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 87%, French 0.3%. Residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.3%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
More degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 64% of Canadian towns: 35%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 5.8%, beside 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 60%
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.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 60%.
Ranked by age, 19th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 27.2 (Rhineland) up to 61.6 (Southern Gulf Islands). In age, Canyon Meadows keeps company with Barnstown (41.5), Millrise (42), Garden City (42.4) and Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (42.4).
5 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Canyon Meadows
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Meadows | 6,751 | — | 42 | 18% | 19% |
| Southwood | 6,092 | 1.3 km | 39.6 | 14% | 27% |
| Lake Bonavista | 11,154 | 2.1 km | 46.5 | 25% | 15% |
| Fish Creek Park | 9,045 | 2.2 km | 50.3 | 25% | 26% |
| Woodlands | 5,391 | 2.3 km | 43.3 | 21% | 25% |
| Braeside | 5,706 | 2.4 km | 42.1 | 19% | 21% |
| Willow Park | 6,891 | 2.7 km | 46.7 | 24% | 20% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Canyon Meadows’s residents
Is Canyon Meadows bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6.7% are. Another 0% speak only French and 92% only English, and French is the first language of 1.3%.
How diverse is Canyon Meadows?
Immigrants make up 19% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 17% are members of a visible minority, and 3.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Canyon Meadows?
Christian: 46%. No religion: 50%. Another religion: 3.9%.
Is Canyon Meadows good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 56% of households are couple families and 9.4% one-parent families. Schools near Canyon Meadows are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Canyon Meadows?
$104,100 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Canyon Meadows (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Canyon Meadows?
Canyon Meadows had 6,751 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Canyon Meadows?
42 is the median age, younger than 51% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 18%.
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).