Residents aged 65 and over make up 9.6% in Erin Woods, less than in 93% of Canadian towns
20% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%). The census found that 52% of residents belong to a visible minority in Erin Woods. Immigrants are more common here than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns. Census day 2021: 7,245 residents and 2,525 households locally.
Younger than 77% of Canadian towns: half of Erin Woods is under 38
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. The largest age band is 35–39: 7.9% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Erin Woods, 38. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
In Erin Woods, 13% of households are one-parent families, more 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.
A household here has 2.9 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. As a yardstick, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns. One-person households: 20% of the total.
9.1% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 64% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over a third of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. The census found that 44% of residents 15 and over are married in Erin Woods. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
More households in single-detached houses than 70% of Canadian towns: 78%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%. 6.6% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 0.4% built before 1961. The share of renter households is 27%, against 25% across Canada’s towns.
Median household income: $88,500 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Erin Woods’s median household took in $88,500 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. The pandemic’s benefits: 41% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
A higher share of residents without Canadian citizenship than 79% of Canadian towns, at 14%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in Erin Woods. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (70%), then in Africa (14%).
Indigenous residents make up 5.1% in Erin Woods, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Buddhist (6.9%) and Muslim (4.9%). The wider picture: 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. The share of residents with no religion is 36%, against 35% across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 62%, and 3.3% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%; Erin Woods has 3.3%. At home, 21% mostly speak another language; 2.9% speak neither English nor French. Lower than in 67% of Canadian towns: 1.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
In Erin Woods, 14% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 85% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 22% here, 9.5% in the typical town. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 57% of residents aged 15 and over
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment here, 57%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
Among 41 towns of 7,125 to 7,369 people, the 12th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest is Niverville (32.8) and the oldest Fairwinds (61.6). By median age, Erin Woods sits among Cathedral Village (37.4), Saint-Paul (38), Cavanagh (38.5) and Twin Lakes (38.7).
The towns around Erin Woods are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erin Woods | 7,245 | — | 38 | 9.6% | 36% |
| Dover | 10,440 | 1.3 km | 43.2 | 19% | 25% |
| Forest Lawn | 7,513 | 2.0 km | 39.1 | 12% | 31% |
| Penbrooke Meadows | 10,001 | 3.1 km | 40.8 | 14% | 36% |
| Albert Park/Radisson Heights | 8,433 | 3.1 km | 38.8 | 13% | 36% |
| Forest Heights | 6,120 | 3.5 km | 40.2 | 14% | 41% |
| Applewood Park | 6,835 | 3.8 km | 38.8 | 11% | 50% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Erin Woods’s residents
What is the average age in Erin Woods?
A median age of 38, younger than 77% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 20%, and people 65 and over 9.6%.
Is Erin Woods bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 3.3% are. Another 0% speak only French and 94% only English, and French is the first language of 1.1%.
How diverse is Erin Woods?
36% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 52% belong to a visible minority and 5.1% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Erin Woods?
47% are Christian and 36% have no religion; 17% follow another religion.
Is Erin Woods good for families?
Under 15: 20% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 48% of households. One-parent families: 13%. Schools near Erin Woods are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Erin Woods?
The median household in Erin Woods took in $88,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Erin Woods?
The 2021 Census counted 7,245 people in Erin Woods.
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).