Photo: Kay Röllig · CC BY 3.0One-person households: 36%, a higher share than 81% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity; in Dover, 6.5%. Renter households are more common here than in 70% of Canadian towns. There were 4,625 households in the neighbourhood at the 2021 Census, home to 10,440 people. The census found that 9.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24 locally.
Half of Dover is over 43.2, older than 57% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Children under 15: 15% here and 16% across Canada’s towns. No age band is larger than 55–59: nearly one in ten residents. Among Alberta’s towns, Country Hills Village has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 36%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Dover, 43.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 69% of Canadian towns: 2.3 people on average
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.
In Dover, one in ten households are one-parent families, beside 8.2% across Canada’s towns. Shared houses stand out: 7.9% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 91% of Canadian towns.
In Dover, 34% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 79% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
A third of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. To put it in context, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Dover, the census puts common-law partners at 12%.
Fewer households in single-detached houses than 77% of Canadian towns: 42%
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. Newer homes outnumber old: 9.6% date from 2001 or later, 5.2% from before 1961. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Households here have a median income of $69,500 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Dover’s median household took in $69,500 before tax, 19% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Alberta’s towns: $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 35% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
25% of residents are immigrants, a share 64% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, against 8.6% in Dover. As a reference point, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (48%), then in Europe (19%). A year before the census, 12% lived somewhere else: more than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
More residents with no religion than 74% of Canadian towns: 43%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
31% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). By way of comparison, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (3.4%).
73% have English as their mother tongue; 4.2% also speak French
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
14% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.9% speak neither official language. Lower than in 84% of Canadian towns: 4.2% of residents speak English and French. Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.4%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
14% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 86% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
19% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
An employment rate of 51%
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
51% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 19% are 65 or more.
15th highest median age among 41 towns of 10,196 to 10,680
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is McConachie, at 30.9; the oldest, Markland Wood, is at 51.3. Nearest to Dover in age: Dutrisac (42.8), Ponoka County (43.2), Greely (43.6) and City Centre (44.4).
The towns around Dover are all younger
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover | 10,440 | — | 43.2 | 19% | 25% |
| Erin Woods | 7,245 | 1.3 km | 38 | 9.6% | 36% |
| Forest Lawn | 7,513 | 1.4 km | 39.1 | 12% | 31% |
| Albert Park/Radisson Heights | 8,433 | 2.2 km | 38.8 | 13% | 36% |
| Forest Heights | 6,120 | 3.0 km | 40.2 | 14% | 41% |
| Penbrooke Meadows | 10,001 | 3.3 km | 40.8 | 14% | 36% |
| Inglewood | 4,380 | 3.3 km | 38.3 | 12% | 13% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about Dover’s residents
What is the median income in Dover?
$69,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Dover (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Dover?
10,440, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Dover alone.
What is the average age in Dover?
43.2 is the median age, older than 57% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 19%.
Is Dover bilingual?
English and French: 4.2% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 94%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.4%.
How diverse is Dover?
Immigrants make up 25% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 31% are members of a visible minority, and 6.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Dover?
Christian: 49%. No religion: 43%. Another religion: 8.6%.
Is Dover good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 36% of households are couple families and 10% one-parent families. Schools near Dover 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).