Below 87% of Canadian towns: 11% of households rent their home
Residents with no religion: 48%, above 84% of Canadian towns. Elbow Park had 4,120 residents in 1,520 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 7.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. The median age locally is 46.5, higher than in 75% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Elbow Park
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 79% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 21%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 82% of Canadian towns, at 13%
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.
Set against 16% across Canada’s towns, 18% of residents are under 15 in Elbow Park. 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+
■ Elbow Park, 46.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Below 78% of Canadian towns: 20% of households are one person living alone
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.
The average household has 2.7 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 89% of Canadian towns: 5.5% of households are one-parent families. Across the comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 62% in Elbow Park, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: nearly a quarter of adults (typical: 27%). The census found that 5.5% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Elbow Park.
A higher share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 81% of Canadian towns, at 12%
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
In Elbow Park, 86% of households live in a single-detached house, beside 64% across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 55% predate 1961, 24% date from 2001 or later.
Median household income: $200,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $200,000, the middle household in Elbow Park out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 133%. The middle household across Alberta’s towns has $92,200 before tax. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 18% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
11% of residents are immigrants
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
Most recent wave: one in ten immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). On the census count, 3.2% of residents are not Canadian citizens. A year before the census, 7.7% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
48% said they have no religion, more than say they are Christian
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 7.6% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, Indigenous residents are scarce here: 0.6%, fewer than in 88% of Canadian towns. Among other religions: Jewish (3.2%).
Elbow Park ranks above 69% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 14%
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
Census figures put residents whose mother tongue is French at 1.3% in Elbow Park. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
In Elbow Park, 79% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
55% of residents 15 and over were in work
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%, above this 55%; 19% of residents are 65 or over.
17th highest median age among 41 towns of 4,057 to 4,180
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Mistissini (29) and the oldest Barry's Bay (58.4). Nearest to Elbow Park in age: West River (44.8), Leger (45.9), Spring Valley (46.9) and Beaumaris (47.5).
Every nearby town is younger than Elbow Park
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elbow Park | 4,120 | — | 46.5 | 19% | 11% |
| Upper Mount Royal | 2,758 | 1.2 km | 45.9 | 20% | 15% |
| Erlton | 3,221 | 1.4 km | 40.3 | 15% | 21% |
| Mission | 6,329 | 1.5 km | 34.8 | 13% | 21% |
| Altadore | 7,675 | 1.8 km | 37 | 8.5% | 15% |
| Lower Mount Royal | 3,136 | 1.8 km | 34.1 | 9.7% | 27% |
| South Calgary | 4,412 | 1.8 km | 36 | 9.3% | 19% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
- 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.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about Elbow Park’s residents
What religion are people in Elbow Park?
Christian: 46%. No religion: 48%. Another religion: 5.6%.
Is Elbow Park good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 18%. 70% of households are couple families and 5.5% one-parent families. Schools near Elbow Park are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Elbow Park?
$200,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Elbow Park (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Elbow Park?
The 2021 Census counted 4,120 people in Elbow Park.
What is the average age in Elbow Park?
46.5 is the median age, older than 75% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 18%. 65 and over: 19%.
Is Elbow Park bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 14% are. Another 0% speak only French and 86% only English, and French is the first language of 1.3%.
How diverse is Elbow Park?
Immigrants make up 11% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 7.6% are members of a visible minority, and 0.6% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).