Photo: Qyd · CC BY-SA 2.558% of residents said they have no religion, a share 95% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The share of households in buildings of five or more storeys tops 87% of Canadian towns: 21%. Census day 2021: 3,221 residents and 1,585 households in Erlton. Just over a third of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 8.5%, fewer than in 86% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Erlton
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 65% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 96% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 15%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Below 83% of Canadian towns: 13% of residents are under 15
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 30–34: 11% of residents, 1.8 times the share across Canada’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 15%. With a median age of 40.3, Erlton is younger than 62% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Erlton, 40.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2 people per household, fewer than in 88% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 6.3% here and 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
17% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 80% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Erlton has 43%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Erlton sits below 82% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (33%)
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 36% date from 2001 or later, 22% from before 1961. As a yardstick, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Where 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns, Erlton has 33%.
Median household income: $115,600 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
Half of Erlton’s households had a total income above $115,600, 34% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Alberta’s towns: $92,200. COVID-19 benefits went to 27% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
16% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 85% 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 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Of the immigrants living here, 30% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. To put it in context, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Here, just over a fifth of residents are immigrants.
18% of residents belong to a visible minority, a share 54% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The census found that 2.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity in Erlton. The comparison figure for visible minority residents is 15% across Canada’s towns.
Erlton ranks above 65% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 12%
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
6.2% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.5% speak neither official language. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than in 62% of Canadian towns: 1.2%. The share of bilingual residents across Canada’s towns is 7.5%.
In Erlton, 65% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 96% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 1.7%, against 9.5%. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 64% of residents aged 15 and over
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
64% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
41 towns of 3,173 to 3,273 people: this is the 14th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages here range from 32 in Coalhurst to 61.2 in Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast. The towns whose median age is nearest to Erlton’s: Athlone (40), Seven Oaks (40.3), New Maryland (40.8) and Brookside (40.9).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Erlton
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erlton | 3,221 | — | 40.3 | 15% | 21% |
| Mission | 6,329 | 1.0 km | 34.8 | 13% | 21% |
| Elbow Park | 4,120 | 1.4 km | 46.5 | 19% | 11% |
| Ramsay | 3,601 | 1.4 km | 35.9 | 9.7% | 22% |
| Upper Mount Royal | 2,758 | 1.8 km | 45.9 | 20% | 15% |
| Beltline | 26,171 | 2.0 km | 33.3 | 7.9% | 32% |
| Lower Mount Royal | 3,136 | 2.1 km | 34.1 | 9.7% | 27% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as 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.
Questions about Erlton’s residents
What religion are people in Erlton?
Most often Christian (36%) or no religion (58%); other religions make up 6%.
Is Erlton good for families?
Children under 15 are 13% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 50% of households and one-parent families 6.3%. Schools near Erlton are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Erlton?
Median total household income in Erlton was $115,600 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Erlton?
Erlton had 3,221 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Erlton?
Half the residents are older than 40.3 and half younger, younger than 62% of Canadian towns; 13% are children under 15 and 15% are 65 or over.
Is Erlton bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 12% are. Another 0% speak only French and 88% only English, and French is the first language of 1.2%.
How diverse is Erlton?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 21%. A visible minority makes up 18% and Indigenous residents 2.9%.
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).