A higher share of residents with no religion than 93% of Canadian towns, at 56%
36% of households are one person living alone, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Here, 31% of households live in a single-detached house. The median age in Garrison Woods is 44, higher than in 62% of Canadian towns. At the 2021 Census, 3,138 people lived here, in 1,310 households.
What stands out about the people of Garrison Woods
Many graduates
74% of residents aged 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 24% have a master’s. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Garrison Woods sits below 66% of Canadian towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9.9%)
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 8.3% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across Garrison Woods, 20% of residents are 65 or over. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Garrison Woods, 44. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 78 men for every 100 women.
Garrison Woods households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Garrison Woods, 6.9% of households are one-parent families, beside 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 49% in Garrison Woods, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
24% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 11% in Garrison Woods.
1.1% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, a share 61% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Here 23% of households rent their home, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 25%. 55% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 11% built before 1961.
$145,600 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Garrison Woods’s households had a total income above $145,600, 69% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 21% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 62% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (47%), then in Asia (31%). On average, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most recent wave: just over a quarter of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
56% said they have no religion, more than say they are Christian
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
1.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, against 2.8% across Canada’s towns. For Garrison Woods, the census puts visible minority residents at 13%.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 74% of Canadian towns, at 20%
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
In Garrison Woods, 3.8% of residents have French as their mother tongue, beside 1.5% across Canada’s towns. Bilingual residents: 7.5% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. At home: English 92%, French 2.8%.
More degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 99% of Canadian towns: 74%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
64% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 64%.
41 towns of 3,087 to 3,189 people: this is the 19th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
At one end is La Loche (25.6), at the other Valhalla (66). By median age, Garrison Woods sits among Mont-Saint-Grégoire (42.4), Beaumont (43.2), Greenbelt (east) (44.4) and Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine (44.8).
The towns around Garrison Woods are all younger
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrison Woods | 3,138 | — | 44 | 20% | 16% |
| Altadore | 7,675 | 0.7 km | 37 | 8.5% | 15% |
| Richmond | 4,811 | 1.3 km | 36.6 | 11% | 21% |
| South Calgary | 4,412 | 1.4 km | 36 | 9.3% | 19% |
| Currie Barracks | 7,342 | 1.5 km | 40.4 | 20% | 21% |
| Killarney/Glengarry | 7,935 | 2.0 km | 35.9 | 9.4% | 23% |
| Bankview | 5,610 | 2.2 km | 34.2 | 7.7% | 24% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
- 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. “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. For each measure we take the median of Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about Garrison Woods’s residents
How diverse is Garrison Woods?
16% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 13% belong to a visible minority and 1.2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Garrison Woods?
39% are Christian and 56% have no religion; 4.9% follow another religion.
Is Garrison Woods good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 52% of households. One-parent families: 6.9%. Schools near Garrison Woods are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Garrison Woods?
The median household in Garrison Woods took in $145,600 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Garrison Woods?
3,138, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Garrison Woods alone.
What is the average age in Garrison Woods?
A median age of 44, older than 62% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 20%.
Is Garrison Woods bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 20% are. Another 0.2% speak only French and 79% only English, and French is the first language of 3.8%.
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).