Only 13% of households are one person living alone in Hidden Valley
16% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (Canada’s towns: 11%). On the census count, 7.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 91% of Canadian towns. Hidden Valley had 10,614 residents in 3,520 households at the 2021 Census.
A median age of 40.1: Hidden Valley is younger than 62% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
By its share of children under 15 (17%), Hidden Valley is above 63% of Canadian towns. The largest age band is 50–54: nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Hidden Valley, 40.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Hidden Valley households average 3 people, larger than in 91% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
On the census count, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
Common-law partners make up 6.3% in Hidden Valley, less than in 84% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 29% of adults, against a typical 27%. The wider picture: just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
12% of households rent their home, fewer than in 84% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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. On average, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Here, 88% of households live in a single-detached house.
$127,300 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. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Hidden Valley had $127,300 before tax, 48% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Alberta’s towns: $92,200. In 2020, 33% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Immigrants make up 30% in Hidden Valley, more than in 73% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Set against 5.8% across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are not Canadian citizens in Hidden Valley. Measured more widely, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (61%), then in Africa (14%).
41% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (4%). To put it in context, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Set against 35% across Canada’s towns, 36% of residents said they have no religion in Hidden Valley.
66% have English as their mother tongue; 7.4% also speak French
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 0.9%, from the figure across Canada’s towns. At home, 17% mostly speak another language; 2.6% speak neither English nor French.
Hidden Valley sits above 70% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (39%)
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
5.4% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
63% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 63%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 19th youngest of 41 towns of 10,392 to 10,845 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The group spans McConachie, youngest at 30.9, to Alexandria, oldest at 51.6. The closest ages to Hidden Valley’s belong to Contrecoeur (38.8), Weston-Pelham Park (39.3), Vanier North (40.3) and Westminster (40.3).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Hidden Valley
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden Valley | 10,614 | — | 40.1 | 11% | 30% |
| Macewan Glen | 4,718 | 1.2 km | 44.2 | 17% | 29% |
| Sandstone Valley | 5,816 | 1.9 km | 46.9 | 21% | 42% |
| Hamptons | 7,342 | 2.2 km | 51.1 | 23% | 54% |
| Kincora | 7,290 | 2.3 km | 36.6 | 12% | 45% |
| Evanston | 21,483 | 2.5 km | 34.3 | 6.7% | 41% |
| Panorama Hills | 25,494 | 2.6 km | 37.4 | 9.7% | 50% |
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. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- 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.
Questions about Hidden Valley’s residents
Is Hidden Valley good for families?
Children under 15 are 17% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 66% of households and one-parent families 8.5%. Schools near Hidden Valley are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Hidden Valley?
Median total household income in Hidden Valley was $127,300 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Hidden Valley?
The 2021 Census counted 10,614 people in Hidden Valley.
What is the average age in Hidden Valley?
Half the residents are older than 40.1 and half younger, younger than 62% of Canadian towns; 17% are children under 15 and 11% are 65 or over.
Is Hidden Valley bilingual?
English and French: 7.4% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 90%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.9%.
How diverse is Hidden Valley?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 30%. A visible minority makes up 41% and Indigenous residents 2.3%.
What religion are people in Hidden Valley?
Most often Christian (54%) or no religion (36%); other religions make up 10%.
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).