Below 91% of Canadian towns: 10% of residents are 65 or over
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 15%, Citadel is ahead of 92% of Canadian towns on that count. The 2021 Census counted 10,196 residents in 3,450 households. Census figures put immigrants at 40% in the neighbourhood. Few places have as many visible minority residents: 47% here, more than in 83% of Canadian towns.
Younger than 66% of Canadian towns: half of Citadel is under 39.6
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.
18% of residents are under 15, against 16% across Canada’s towns. No age band is larger than 55–59: 8.7% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Citadel, 39.6. 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 make up 17% in Citadel, less than in 87% of Canadian towns
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.
One-parent families: 9.1%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Households average 3 people.
In Citadel, 5.7% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 87% 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
Single and never married: 29% of adults, against a typical 27%. The census found that 55% of residents 15 and over are married in Citadel. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
A lower share of renter households than 81% of Canadian towns, at 13%
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
Set against 64% across Canada’s towns, 81% of households live in a single-detached house in Citadel. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households is 25%.
Median household income here: $123,900 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $123,900, the middle household in Citadel out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 44%. Within Alberta’s towns, the household in the middle had $92,200. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 33% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 12% in Citadel, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
By its share of residents who moved in within the year (9.8%), Citadel is below 62% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns.
34% of residents said they have no religion, below 54% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
0.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity (Canada’s towns: 2.8%). Other faiths: Muslim (9.9%) and Hindu (2.6%). Elsewhere, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
61% have English as their mother tongue; 6.1% also speak French
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 73%, French 0.3%. Lower than in 62% of Canadian towns: 6.1% of residents speak English and French. Citadel sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.3%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
48% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 83% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
3.5% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 62% of adults
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.
The employment rate of 62% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 14th youngest of 41 towns of 10,011 to 10,392 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Leeds and the Thousand Islands is the oldest at 52, Mount Pleasant North the youngest at 33.2. Vincent (39.1), Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury (39.2), Notre-Dame-de-Grâces (39.8) and West Hillhurst (39.9): the towns nearest Citadel in median age.
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Citadel
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel | 10,196 | — | 39.6 | 10% | 40% |
| Arbour Lake | 10,454 | 1.9 km | 45.9 | 20% | 36% |
| Hawkwood | 9,188 | 2.0 km | 47.1 | 21% | 35% |
| Hamptons | 7,342 | 2.1 km | 51.1 | 23% | 54% |
| Sherwood | 6,537 | 2.5 km | 34.8 | 7.4% | 58% |
| Ranchlands | 7,376 | 3.0 km | 38 | 14% | 26% |
| Royal Oak | 12,343 | 3.0 km | 38.3 | 10% | 39% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Citadel’s residents
What religion are people in Citadel?
34% said they have no religion and 50% that they are Christian; 17% named another faith.
Is Citadel good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 63% of households and one-parent families 9.1%. Schools near Citadel are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Citadel?
Half of Citadel’s households had more than $123,900 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Citadel?
Citadel had 10,196 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Citadel?
The median age is 39.6, younger than 66% of Canadian towns. 18% are under 15 and 10% 65 or older.
Is Citadel bilingual?
English and French: 6.1% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 92%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.3%.
How diverse is Citadel?
Immigrants: 40% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 47%. Indigenous identity: 0.9%.
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).