Photo: dave_7 from Lethbridge, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Capitol Hill is under 36.7, younger than 84% of Canadian towns
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 27% in Capitol Hill. Residents without Canadian citizenship are more common here than in three quarters of Canadian towns. At the 2021 Census, 6,135 people lived locally, in 2,765 households. For Capitol Hill, the census puts households in single-detached houses at 31%.
What stands out about the people of Capitol Hill
A neighbourhood people move to
20% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 1.8 times the typical share; 52% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
52% of households rent their home, more than in 86% of Canadian towns; 46% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 89% of Canadian towns: 11%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
30–34 is the most common age band: one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 11% of the total.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Capitol Hill, 36.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
One-person households: 37%, a higher share than 83% 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: one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 96% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Households average 2.2 people. Here 6.8% of households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%.
Only 38% of residents 15 and over are married in Capitol Hill
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns, Capitol Hill has 13%. 36% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%).
Renter households make up 52% in Capitol Hill, more than in 86% 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
Older homes outnumber new: 38% predate 1961, 23% date from 2001 or later. For renter households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 25%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 0.2%.
Median household income here: $80,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Capitol Hill’s households had a total income below $80,000, 7% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns, half of households had more than $92,200 before tax. 32% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 92% of Canadian towns: 20%
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
Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 36% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 5.5% of residents. Across Canada’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (41%) and in the Americas (22%).
52% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (3%). The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 35% across Canada’s towns. Higher than in 69% of Canadian towns: 4.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
11% of residents speak English and French, a share 63% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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 85%, French 0.3%. Against that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 1.3%.
More degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 86% of Canadian towns: 51%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 5.5%, beside a typical 9.5%. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 60% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 60%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 6,048 to 6,228 people, the 6th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is Inkster Gardens (33.4) and the oldest Tay Valley (57.2). Closest in median age to Capitol Hill are Castleridge (35.7), Pleasant Hill (36.5), MacEwan (36.9) and Worthington (36.9).
4 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Capitol Hill
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capitol Hill | 6,135 | — | 36.7 | 11% | 18% |
| Banff Trail | 4,175 | 0.9 km | 31.7 | 9.6% | 24% |
| Rosedale | 2,507 | 1.7 km | 39.8 | 16% | 17% |
| Mount Pleasant | 9,224 | 1.7 km | 38.1 | 12% | 17% |
| Hillhurst | 8,435 | 1.9 km | 38.6 | 15% | 21% |
| Charleswood | 5,642 | 2.0 km | 42.3 | 18% | 17% |
| Sunnyside | 2,976 | 2.2 km | 35.1 | 9.1% | 14% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
Questions about Capitol Hill’s residents
How diverse is Capitol Hill?
18% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 27% belong to a visible minority and 4.8% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Capitol Hill?
40% are Christian and 52% have no religion; 8.1% follow another religion.
Is Capitol Hill good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 42% of households. One-parent families: 6.8%. Schools near Capitol Hill are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Capitol Hill?
The median household in Capitol Hill took in $80,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Capitol Hill?
Capitol Hill had 6,135 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Capitol Hill?
A median age of 36.7, younger than 84% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 11%.
Is Capitol Hill bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 11% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 88% only English, and French is the first language of 1.3%.
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).