Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5A larger share of immigrants than 90% of Canadian towns: 46%
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%; Edgemont has 14%. There were 5,340 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 15,359 people. 7.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. The median age locally is 46.3, higher than in 73% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Edgemont
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 46% of residents; the medians are 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (74%) or in Europe (11%), and 25% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 57%, more than in 89% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 46%. Identity & religion ↓
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 60% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 16%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More residents aged 65 and over than 69% of Canadian towns: 22%
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).
The largest age band is 60–64: 8.7% of residents. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many residents aged 15 to 24: 13% here, more than in 77% of Canadian towns. On children under 15, 16% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Edgemont, 46.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Edgemont households average 2.9 people, larger than in 85% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
For Edgemont, the census puts one-parent families at 7.7%.
3.6% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 96% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 26% of adults, against a typical 27%. The usual figure: 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
In Edgemont, 16% of households rent their home, fewer than in 73% 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 74% of Canadian towns. Renter households make up 25% across Canada’s towns. In Edgemont, just over four in five households live in a single-detached house.
Households here have a median income of $124,900 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
Household incomes run high in Edgemont: half had more than $124,900, 45% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Alberta’s towns, the typical figure is $92,200. COVID-19 benefits went to 27% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
13% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 77% of Canadian towns
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 55%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 25% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 1.6% of residents. For residents without Canadian citizenship, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 5.8%. Most immigrants were born in Asia (74%) or in Europe (11%).
57% of residents belong to a visible minority, a share 89% 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
Across Canada’s towns, 35% of residents said they have no religion; in Edgemont, 42%. The share of visible minority residents across Canada’s towns is 15%. Among other religions: Muslim (12%). On Indigenous residents, Edgemont sits lower than just over three fifths of Canadian towns: 2%.
English is the mother tongue of 52%, and 5.5% 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
27% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 3.6% speak neither official language. Residents whose mother tongue is French are rarer here than in 86% of Canadian towns. Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Edgemont has 5.5%.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 94% of Canadian towns, at 60%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 2% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 51% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 51%; 22% of residents are 65 or over.
41 towns of 15,044 to 15,686 people: this is the 10th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is Laurel (31.2) and the oldest Parksville (62). Closest in median age to Edgemont are Lachine-Ouest (45.5), Vieux-Longueuil (46.3), Pembroke (46.4) and Arbutus Ridge (46.6).
Of the 6 towns nearest Edgemont, 2 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgemont | 15,359 | — | 46.3 | 22% | 46% |
| Hamptons | 7,342 | 1.9 km | 51.1 | 23% | 54% |
| Hawkwood | 9,188 | 2.0 km | 47.1 | 21% | 35% |
| Macewan Glen | 4,718 | 2.2 km | 44.2 | 17% | 29% |
| Dalhousie | 8,617 | 2.6 km | 39.9 | 20% | 33% |
| Hidden Valley | 10,614 | 2.8 km | 40.1 | 11% | 30% |
| Citadel | 10,196 | 3.1 km | 39.6 | 10% | 40% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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. Two medians frame each figure: one for Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town 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.
Questions about Edgemont’s residents
What is the population of Edgemont?
15,359, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Edgemont alone.
What is the average age in Edgemont?
A median age of 46.3, older than 73% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 22%.
Is Edgemont bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 5.5% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 91% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.7% grew up with French.
How diverse is Edgemont?
46% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 57% belong to a visible minority and 2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Edgemont?
39% are Christian and 42% have no religion; 18% follow another religion.
Is Edgemont good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 67% of households. One-parent families: 7.7%. Schools near Edgemont are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Edgemont?
The median household in Edgemont took in $124,900 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).