Photo: Harpreet Sandhu · CC BY-SA 4.0Immigrants: 50%, a higher share than 92% of Canadian towns
The share of residents without Canadian citizenship tops 97% of Canadian towns: 26%. Census figures put renter households at 31% in Castleridge. More Indigenous residents than in 64% of Canadian towns: 4.2%. The 2021 Census counted 6,127 residents in 1,875 households.
What stands out about the people of Castleridge
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 50% of residents; the medians are 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (73%), then in Africa (14%), and 45% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
72% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 50% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Castleridge’s residents are under 35.7 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 20% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A median age of 35.7: Castleridge is younger than 88% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
20% of residents are under 15; across Canada’s towns the figure is 16%. Residents aged 65 and over: 11% of the total.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Castleridge, 35.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
Castleridge ranks below 91% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 15%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 3.3 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Typically, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Here, just over one in ten households are one-parent families.
Castleridge ranks below 85% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 6.1%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 46% across Canada’s towns, 50% of residents 15 and over are married in Castleridge. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
68% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 57% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 2.6% date from 2001 or later, 1.9% from before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Median household income here: $89,500 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
The middle household in Castleridge had $89,500 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Alberta’s towns, the household in the middle had $92,200. The pandemic’s benefits: 41% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Castleridge sits above 65% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (13%)
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 60%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are 45% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (73%), then in Africa (14%).
72% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 17% in Castleridge and 35% across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
Beyond English and French: 56% grew up with another language
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Bilingual residents: 3.2% here and 7.5% across Canada’s towns. At home, 35% mostly speak another language; 5.6% speak neither English nor French. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 0.8%.
In Castleridge, 24% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 57% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 20%, against 9.5%. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 55% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 55%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 11% are 65 or over.
Among 41 towns of 6,035 to 6,218 people, the 4th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The span goes from 33.4 (Inkster Gardens) up to 57.2 (Tay Valley). Next to Castleridge on this scale come Homesteader (34.1), Haultain (35.5), Pleasant Hill (36.5) and Capitol Hill (36.7).
Of the 6 towns nearest Castleridge, 3 are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castleridge | 6,127 | — | 35.7 | 11% | 50% |
| Falconridge | 10,218 | 1.3 km | 34.4 | 9.3% | 46% |
| Martindale | 14,467 | 1.3 km | 34.5 | 8.7% | 55% |
| Whitehorn | 11,273 | 1.9 km | 38.4 | 16% | 49% |
| Coral Springs | 5,542 | 2.2 km | 40.6 | 17% | 56% |
| Temple | 10,545 | 2.2 km | 37.9 | 14% | 41% |
| Taradale | 17,911 | 2.6 km | 32.7 | 7.7% | 58% |
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. Two medians frame each figure: one for Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- 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. 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 Castleridge’s residents
What is the median income in Castleridge?
Half of Castleridge’s households had more than $89,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Castleridge?
6,127, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Castleridge alone.
What is the average age in Castleridge?
The median age is 35.7, younger than 88% of Canadian towns. 20% are under 15 and 11% 65 or older.
Is Castleridge bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 3.2% are. Another 0% speak only French and 92% only English, and French is the first language of 0.8%.
How diverse is Castleridge?
Immigrants: 50% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 72%. Indigenous identity: 4.2%.
What religion are people in Castleridge?
17% said they have no religion and 40% that they are Christian; 44% named another faith.
Is Castleridge good for families?
20% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 49% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Castleridge 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).