More residents who moved in within the year than 92% of Canadian towns: 19%
With households in buildings of five or more storeys at 13%, Fairview is ahead of 82% of Canadian towns on that count. The neighbourhood counted 3,909 residents and 1,705 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, just over one in ten residents are not Canadian citizens. Half of the neighbourhood’s residents are under 39.5, younger than in two thirds of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Fairview
A neighbourhood people move to
A year before the census, 19% of residents lived elsewhere, 1.8 times the typical share; over five years, 43% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over: 15%, a lower share than 75% of Canadian towns
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.
30–34 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 16% of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Fairview, 39.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 67% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 7.3% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 88% of Canadian towns. For Fairview, the census puts one-person households at 31%. There is little gap on one-parent families: 8.5%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Fewer married residents 15 and over than 64% of Canadian towns: 42%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Common-law partners make up 13%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
39% of households rent their home, a share 73% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
56% of homes were built before 1961 and 8.9% in 2001 or later. Measured more widely, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. The share of households in single-detached houses is 69%, against 64% across Canada’s towns.
Median household income: $85,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes sit at the middle in Fairview: half had more than $85,000, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $92,200, the median across Alberta’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 34% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Immigrants make up 26% in Fairview, more than in 65% of Canadian towns
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
Nearly half of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for immigrants across Canada’s towns: 17%. Most immigrants were born in Asia (56%) or in Europe (24%).
More residents with no religion than 71% of Canadian towns: 42%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (2.2%). The wider picture: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. On visible minority residents, Fairview sits higher than 63% of Canadian towns: 26%. Indigenous residents are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 3.5%.
73% have English as their mother tongue; 6.6% 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
At home, 11% mostly speak another language; 1.3% speak neither English nor French. There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.4%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
30% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 56% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 6.5% (typical 9.5%). Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 61% of adults
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 61% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 17th youngest of 41 towns of 3,822 to 3,987 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 30.9 in Maple to 58 in Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard. Closest in median age to Fairview are Auditorium (39.3), Norwood East (39.3), Mission Gardens (40.3) and Belle Rive (40.4).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Fairview are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 3,909 | — | 39.5 | 15% | 26% |
| Acadia | 9,950 | 1.0 km | 42.4 | 18% | 24% |
| Kingsland | 4,700 | 1.2 km | 37.5 | 12% | 35% |
| Haysboro | 7,222 | 1.8 km | 42.4 | 19% | 24% |
| Willow Park | 6,891 | 2.5 km | 46.7 | 24% | 20% |
| Windsor Park | 7,863 | 2.7 km | 40.5 | 17% | 28% |
| Riverbend | 9,193 | 3.3 km | 44.6 | 15% | 23% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Alberta’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are 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.
- 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.
Questions about Fairview’s residents
What is the average age in Fairview?
A median age of 39.5, younger than 67% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 15%.
Is Fairview bilingual?
English and French: 6.6% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 92%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.4%.
How diverse is Fairview?
26% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 26% belong to a visible minority and 3.5% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Fairview?
52% are Christian and 42% have no religion; 6.1% follow another religion.
Is Fairview good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 46% of households. One-parent families: 8.5%. Schools near Fairview are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Fairview?
The median household in Fairview took in $85,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Fairview?
Fairview had 3,909 residents at the 2021 Census.
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).