Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5Cityscape is younger than 98% of Canadian towns: a median age of 31.5
9.2% of households are one person living alone (Canada’s towns: 27%). Renter households are rarer here than in 62% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 11,782 residents in 3,210 households. On the census count, 30% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
What stands out about the people of Cityscape
More immigrants than most towns
59% of residents are immigrants, against 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (84%) or in Africa (10%); 56% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 87%, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 59%. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Cityscape’s median age is 31.5; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 28% are under 15 and 5.9% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
21% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 1.9 times the typical share; 74% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of Canadian towns: 5.9%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
28% of residents are under 15; across Canada’s towns the figure is 16%. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Cityscape, 31.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 98% of Canadian towns: 3.7 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Cityscape, 8.3% of households are one-parent families.
Fewer common-law partners than 94% of Canadian towns: 4.1%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Cityscape has 63%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Single-detached houses: 64% of homes
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
Nearly three quarters of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 3.1% built before 1961.
Median household income here: $99,400 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Cityscape’s median household took in $99,400 before tax, 16% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Alberta’s towns, the typical figure is $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 43% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
A higher share of immigrants than 97% of Canadian towns, at 59%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 70%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (84%) or in Africa (10%). More residents who moved in within the year than in 94% of Canadian towns: 21%. Measured more widely, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. 56% of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 3.5% of residents.
A larger share of visible minority residents than 98% of Canadian towns: 87%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Sikh (30%), Muslim (22%) and Hindu (11%). Across Canada’s towns, visible minority residents come to 15%. 10% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 98% of Canadian towns. Add to that, with Indigenous residents at 1.2%, Cityscape is behind 77% of Canadian towns on that count.
70% have a mother tongue other than English or 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, 48% mostly speak another language; 6.7% speak neither English nor French. Cityscape has fewer bilingual residents than 95% of Canadian towns, at 2.8%. Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.6%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Cityscape: 40% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, above 71% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Cityscape, 40%, and 18% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 13%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
An employment rate of 65%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 65%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (11,510 to 12,061), the 1st youngest of 41 towns
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The group spans Cityscape, youngest at 31.5, to Sechelt, oldest at 57.6. In age, Cityscape keeps company with Drayton (32) and Fort Richmond (32.1).
The towns around Cityscape are all older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cityscape | 11,782 | — | 31.5 | 5.9% | 59% |
| Skyview Ranch | 14,061 | 1.6 km | 32.1 | 5.8% | 56% |
| Saddle Ridge | 21,479 | 2.1 km | 32.4 | 7.8% | 62% |
| Redstone | 13,230 | 2.7 km | 32 | 7.4% | 63% |
| Martindale | 14,467 | 3.0 km | 34.5 | 8.7% | 55% |
| Taradale | 17,911 | 3.4 km | 32.7 | 7.7% | 58% |
| Castleridge | 6,127 | 4.3 km | 35.7 | 11% | 50% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
- 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. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Alberta’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
Questions about Cityscape’s residents
What is the median income in Cityscape?
$99,400 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Cityscape (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Cityscape?
The 2021 Census counted 11,782 people in Cityscape.
What is the average age in Cityscape?
31.5 is the median age, younger than 98% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 28%. 65 and over: 5.9%.
Is Cityscape bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 2.8% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 90% speak only English and 0.1% only French; 0.6% grew up with French.
How diverse is Cityscape?
Immigrants make up 59% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 87% are members of a visible minority, and 1.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Cityscape?
Christian: 25%. No religion: 10%. Another religion: 65%.
Is Cityscape good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 28%. 58% of households are couple families and 8.3% one-parent families. Schools near Cityscape 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).