Younger than 95% of Canadian towns: half of Copperfield is under 33.3
50% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. There were 4,995 households in Copperfield at the 2021 Census, home to 13,952 people. Immigrants account for 30%. More visible minority residents than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns: 36%.
What stands out about the people of Copperfield
Younger than most towns
Line Copperfield’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 33.3; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 25% are under 15 and 4.2% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Only 4.2% of residents are 65 or over in Copperfield
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
More residents are 35–39 than any other five-year age: 13% of residents, 2 times the share across Canada’s towns. Against that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Census figures put children under 15 at 25% in Copperfield.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Copperfield, 33.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 81% of Canadian towns: 2.8 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.
27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, against 21% in Copperfield. The share of one-parent families stands at 8.1%.
In Copperfield, 13% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 69% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
27% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
Renter households make up 20% in Copperfield, less than in 62% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Against that, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. In Copperfield, 67% of households live in a single-detached house.
The median household brings in $110,900 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $110,900, the middle household in Copperfield out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 29%. Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. Pandemic benefits reached 33% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Above 73% of Canadian towns: 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (55%) or in Europe (17%). The share of residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns is 11%. Residents without Canadian citizenship are more common here than in 72% of Canadian towns.
Copperfield sits above 71% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (42%)
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (5.2%). Across the comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. At 3.5%, the share of Indigenous residents is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 70%, and 5.2% speak French as well
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
14% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.3% speak neither official language. On bilingual residents, Copperfield sits lower than 72% of Canadian towns: 5.2%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 1.2%.
More degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 61% of Canadian towns: 33%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 5.4% here, 9.5% in the typical town. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 73% 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.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 73%.
41 towns of 13,635 to 14,278 people: this is the 6th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Sandy Hill is the youngest of them at 29.7; Tiny, at 55.2, the oldest. Nearest to Copperfield in age: Findlay Creek (32.9), Hickory Woods (33.2), Fletchers Creek Village / Lundy Village (34) and Sandwich (34.2).
Copperfield is younger than every town around it
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copperfield | 13,952 | — | 33.3 | 4.2% | 30% |
| New Brighton | 13,048 | 1.2 km | 34.2 | 4.3% | 32% |
| McKenzie Towne | 17,757 | 2.4 km | 37.4 | 11% | 22% |
| Mahogany | 17,818 | 3.1 km | 34.2 | 8.5% | 30% |
| Auburn Bay | 18,296 | 3.8 km | 34.1 | 5.8% | 26% |
| McKenzie Lake | 11,966 | 3.8 km | 40.8 | 12% | 19% |
| Cranston | 20,055 | 5.2 km | 36.5 | 8.6% | 28% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Alberta’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about Copperfield’s residents
Is Copperfield good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 25%. 57% of households are couple families and 8.1% one-parent families. Schools near Copperfield are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Copperfield?
$110,900 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Copperfield (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Copperfield?
Copperfield had 13,952 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Copperfield?
33.3 is the median age, younger than 95% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 25%. 65 and over: 4.2%.
Is Copperfield bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.2% are. Another 0% speak only French and 94% only English, and French is the first language of 1.2%.
How diverse is Copperfield?
Immigrants make up 30% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 36% are members of a visible minority, and 3.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Copperfield?
Christian: 47%. No religion: 42%. Another religion: 11%.
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).