Photo: Michael from Calgary, AB, Canada · CC BY 2.0Cougar Ridge sits below 98% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (5.9%)
One-person households: 13%, below 94% of Canadian towns. Cougar Ridge had 7,101 residents in 2,260 households at the 2021 Census. Across Cougar Ridge, 39% of residents belong to a visible minority. Few places have as many households in single-detached houses: 85% here, more than in 80% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Cougar Ridge
A neighbourhood of families
26% of residents are under 15, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 7.7% of households are one-parent families and households average 3.1 people. Ages ↓
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 62% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 95% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 14%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Cougar Ridge, 26% of residents are under 15, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Cougar Ridge. At the same time, half of the neighbourhood’s residents are under 36.9, younger than in 83% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Cougar Ridge, 36.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Cougar Ridge households average 3.1 people, larger than in 93% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
For Cougar Ridge, the census puts one-parent families at 7.7%.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 96% of Canadian towns, at 61%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns, against 6.6% in Cougar Ridge.
Below 83% of Canadian towns: 12% of households rent their home
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The usual figure: a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
The median household brings in $158,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Cougar Ridge: half had more than $158,000, 84% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $92,200 is the median household income across Alberta’s towns. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 30% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Cougar Ridge sits above 77% of Canadian towns for immigrants (34%)
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (52%) or in Europe (19%). The benchmark for immigrants across Canada’s towns: 17%. A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals are a third of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
39% of residents said they have no religion, a share 64% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of Indigenous residents (1.7%), Cougar Ridge is below just over two thirds of Canadian towns. Among other religions: Muslim (8.9%), Hindu (3.1%) and Buddhist (2.6%). On average, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Cougar Ridge sits above 64% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (12%)
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
Residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.8% of the total. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
In Cougar Ridge, 62% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 2.3%, beside a typical 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 69% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 69%.
41 towns of 6,965 to 7,259 people: this is the 6th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The group spans Edgeley, youngest at 31.2, to Fairwinds, oldest at 61.6. The towns whose median age is nearest to Cougar Ridge’s: Peace River (35.6), King Edward (36.9), Fernie (38) and Wainwright (38).
The towns around Cougar Ridge are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cougar Ridge | 7,101 | — | 36.9 | 5.9% | 34% |
| West Springs | 11,632 | 2.1 km | 37.4 | 7.6% | 31% |
| Bowness | 11,548 | 2.2 km | 40.4 | 17% | 17% |
| Coach Hill | 3,383 | 2.7 km | 44.7 | 23% | 25% |
| Aspen Woods | 9,606 | 3.1 km | 37.7 | 6.8% | 40% |
| Patterson | 4,169 | 3.4 km | 48.6 | 25% | 33% |
| Strathcona Park | 8,680 | 3.5 km | 44.7 | 21% | 27% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. Each comparison is its own median: over Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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.
Questions about Cougar Ridge’s residents
What is the average age in Cougar Ridge?
Half the residents are older than 36.9 and half younger, younger than 83% of Canadian towns; 26% are children under 15 and 5.9% are 65 or over.
Is Cougar Ridge bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 12% are. Another 0% speak only French and 86% only English, and French is the first language of 1.8%.
How diverse is Cougar Ridge?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 34%. A visible minority makes up 39% and Indigenous residents 1.7%.
What religion are people in Cougar Ridge?
Most often Christian (44%) or no religion (39%); other religions make up 17%.
Is Cougar Ridge good for families?
Children under 15 are 26% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 70% of households and one-parent families 7.7%. Schools near Cougar Ridge are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cougar Ridge?
Median total household income in Cougar Ridge was $158,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Cougar Ridge?
Cougar Ridge had 7,101 residents at the 2021 Census.
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).