Below 94% of Canadian towns: 8.2% of households rent their home
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 6.9% in Hawkwood and 11% across Canada’s towns. The neighbourhood has fewer one-person households than 92% of Canadian towns, at 14%. Census day 2021: 9,188 residents and 3,290 households here. Immigrants: 35% of the total.
Older than 76% of Canadian towns: half of Hawkwood is over 47.1
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.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 9.4% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across Hawkwood, 21% of residents are 65 or over. 15% of residents are under 15, a lower share than in 66% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Hawkwood, 47.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 81% of Canadian towns: 2.8 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Set against 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 6.8% of households are one-parent families in Hawkwood.
Below 91% of Canadian towns: 4.8% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
61% of residents 15 and over are married (Canada’s towns: 46%). The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
More households in single-detached houses than 92% of Canadian towns: 92%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. For households in single-detached houses, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 64%.
$125,500 a year: where the middle household sits
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Hawkwood’s median household took in $125,500 before tax, 46% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Alberta’s towns, the household in the middle had $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 28% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
6.3% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 53% 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 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (66%) or in Europe (20%). For comparison, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Nearly a fifth of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
In Hawkwood, 37% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (5.7%) and Hindu (2.1%). Hawkwood has more residents with no religion than 72% of Canadian towns, at 42%. For comparison, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Little separates the share of Indigenous residents here, 2.4%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
63% have English as their mother tongue; 6.7% also speak French
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, 19% mostly speak another language; 1.9% speak neither English nor French. Few places have so few residents whose mother tongue is French: 1% here, fewer than in 71% of Canadian towns.
Hawkwood sits above 85% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (51%)
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
4% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
A job for 53% of residents aged 15 and over
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 21% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 53% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages here range from 32.3 in Hampton Village to 52.4 in Vankleek Hill. In age, Hawkwood keeps company with Kimberley (45.2), Barbertown (45.3), Coaticook (48) and Crescent Heights (49.4).
Hawkwood and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkwood | 9,188 | — | 47.1 | 21% | 35% |
| Ranchlands | 7,376 | 1.5 km | 38 | 14% | 26% |
| Citadel | 10,196 | 2.0 km | 39.6 | 10% | 40% |
| Edgemont | 15,359 | 2.0 km | 46.3 | 22% | 46% |
| Arbour Lake | 10,454 | 2.3 km | 45.9 | 20% | 36% |
| Dalhousie | 8,617 | 2.5 km | 39.9 | 20% | 33% |
| Hamptons | 7,342 | 2.5 km | 51.1 | 23% | 54% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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.
Questions about Hawkwood’s residents
What is the population of Hawkwood?
The 2021 Census counted 9,188 people in Hawkwood.
What is the average age in Hawkwood?
47.1 is the median age, older than 76% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 21%.
Is Hawkwood bilingual?
English and French: 6.7% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 91%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1%.
How diverse is Hawkwood?
Immigrants make up 35% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 37% are members of a visible minority, and 2.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Hawkwood?
Christian: 47%. No religion: 42%. Another religion: 11%.
Is Hawkwood good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 68% of households are couple families and 6.8% one-parent families. Schools near Hawkwood are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Hawkwood?
$125,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Hawkwood (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).