Photo: Thank you for visiting my page from Canada · CC BY 2.0Children under 15 make up 9.2% in Crescent Heights, less than in 96% of Canadian towns
54% of residents said they have no religion; across Canada’s towns the figure is 35%. There were 3,560 households in Crescent Heights at the 2021 Census, home to 6,411 people. Locally, just over a quarter of households live in a single-detached house. The median age locally is 38.2, lower than in just over three quarters of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Crescent Heights
Many people living alone
50% of households are one person living alone, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 14% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
60% of households rent their home, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 69% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
A year before the census, 22% of residents lived elsewhere, 2 times the typical share; over five years, 58% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 14% in Crescent Heights, less than in 76% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
No age band is larger than 30–34: 13% of residents, 2.1 times the share across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 8.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Crescent Heights, 38.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
50% of households are one person living alone, a share 96% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 8.2% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 92% of Canadian towns. On average, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Households average 1.8 people. By its share of one-parent families (5.9%), Crescent Heights is below 84% of Canadian towns.
31% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 85% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners in Crescent Heights comes in at 15%. Singles who have never married make up 38% of adults, beside a typical 27%.
More renter households than 91% of Canadian towns: 60%
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: 10%, above 79% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 29% predate 1961, 19% date from 2001 or later.
The median household brings in $73,600 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Crescent Heights: half had less than $73,600, 14% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Alberta’s towns is $92,200. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 32% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Above 95% of Canadian towns: 22% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Immigrants: 26% here and 17% across Canada’s towns. At 12%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is higher than in 73% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
32% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 69% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (3.7%). Typically, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. At 3.8%, the share of Indigenous residents is higher than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns.
Crescent Heights sits above 62% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (11%)
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
On the census count, 1.8% of residents have French as their mother tongue. Across the comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
52% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 87% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
5.6% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
67% of residents 15 and over were in work
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 67% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 12th youngest of 41 towns of 6,328 to 6,493 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is City View (33.5) and the oldest Mont-Joli (52.8). Next to Crescent Heights on this scale come Mount Royal (38.1), Pineview (38.1), Mcquesten West (38.4) and Terwillegar Towne (38.4).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Crescent Heights
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent Heights | 6,411 | — | 38.2 | 14% | 26% |
| Renfrew | 6,685 | 1.0 km | 37.2 | 9.3% | 19% |
| Eau Claire | 3,733 | 1.2 km | 44.1 | 25% | 36% |
| Bridgeland/Riverside | 6,860 | 1.4 km | 38.9 | 21% | 24% |
| Sunnyside | 2,976 | 1.4 km | 35.1 | 9.1% | 14% |
| Downtown East Village | 3,524 | 1.6 km | 38.7 | 18% | 35% |
| Rosedale | 2,507 | 1.6 km | 39.8 | 16% | 17% |
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. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Crescent Heights’s residents
What is the population of Crescent Heights?
Crescent Heights had 6,411 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Crescent Heights?
The median age is 38.2, younger than 76% of Canadian towns. 9.2% are under 15 and 14% 65 or older.
Is Crescent Heights bilingual?
English and French: 11% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 88%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.8%.
How diverse is Crescent Heights?
Immigrants: 26% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 32%. Indigenous identity: 3.8%.
What religion are people in Crescent Heights?
54% said they have no religion and 36% that they are Christian; 9.6% named another faith.
Is Crescent Heights good for families?
9.2% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 33% of households and one-parent families 5.9%. Schools near Crescent Heights are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Crescent Heights?
Half of Crescent Heights’s households had more than $73,600 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).