Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5A higher share of renter households than 95% of Canadian towns, at 68%
Where 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns, Forest Lawn has 12%. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 7,513, in 3,050 households. For Forest Lawn, the census puts immigrants at 31%. Half of the neighbourhood’s residents are under 39.1, younger than in 70% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Forest Lawn
A neighbourhood of renters
68% of households rent their home, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 52% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
22% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 2 times the typical share; 56% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of children under 15 than 67% of Canadian towns: 18%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 60–64: 8.5% of residents. The wider picture: 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Forest Lawn, 39.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women.
A higher share of one-parent families than 93% of Canadian towns, at 13%
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 14% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 99% of Canadian towns. The share of one-parent families across Canada’s towns is 8.2%. Census figures put one-person households at 31% in Forest Lawn. A household here has 2.4 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4.
Below 91% of Canadian towns: 28% of residents 15 and over are married
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 41% of adults, against a typical 27%. Elsewhere, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Forest Lawn, the census puts common-law partners at 11%.
A lower share of households in single-detached houses than 87% of Canadian towns, at 25%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
11% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. For comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Median household income: $60,500 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $60,500, the middle household in Forest Lawn earned 30% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. Pandemic benefits reached 44% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 22%, a higher share than 95% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Of the immigrants living here, 50% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The share of residents without Canadian citizenship stands at 16%.
Indigenous residents: 11%, a higher share than 87% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (8.3%) and Buddhist (3.6%). More visible minority residents than in 77% of Canadian towns: 40%. On average, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. 43% of residents said they have no religion (Canada’s towns: 35%).
English is the mother tongue of 66%, and 3.6% speak French as well
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 75%, French 0.3%. Fewer bilingual residents than in 90% of Canadian towns: 3.6%. Residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.1%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 98% of Canadian towns: 8.8%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 26% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 45% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 45%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 12% of residents are 65 or over.
13th lowest median age among 41 towns of 7,357 to 7,685
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Blairmore Suburban Centre is the youngest of them at 31.8; Trent Lakes, at 58, the oldest. By median age, Forest Lawn sits among Portage la Prairie (38.8), Teston (39), Hampstead (39.6) and N-Section (bramalea) (39.9).
Forest Lawn sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Lawn | 7,513 | — | 39.1 | 12% | 31% |
| Albert Park/Radisson Heights | 8,433 | 1.3 km | 38.8 | 13% | 36% |
| Dover | 10,440 | 1.4 km | 43.2 | 19% | 25% |
| Forest Heights | 6,120 | 1.6 km | 40.2 | 14% | 41% |
| Erin Woods | 7,245 | 2.0 km | 38 | 9.6% | 36% |
| Penbrooke Meadows | 10,001 | 2.0 km | 40.8 | 14% | 36% |
| Marlborough | 8,932 | 2.8 km | 40.7 | 17% | 50% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- 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.
Questions about Forest Lawn’s residents
What is the population of Forest Lawn?
The 2021 Census counted 7,513 people in Forest Lawn.
What is the average age in Forest Lawn?
A median age of 39.1, younger than 70% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 12%.
Is Forest Lawn bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 3.6% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 93% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Forest Lawn?
31% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 40% belong to a visible minority and 11% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Forest Lawn?
42% are Christian and 43% have no religion; 15% follow another religion.
Is Forest Lawn good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 31% of households. One-parent families: 13%. Schools near Forest Lawn are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Forest Lawn?
The median household in Forest Lawn took in $60,500 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).