Photo: Gabriil Yanofsky · CC BY 4.0Highland Park ranks above 94% of Canadian towns on renter households: 66%
Here 14% of residents are not Canadian citizens, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 5.8%. The 2021 Census counted 4,908 residents in 2,310 households. The share of immigrants stands at 28%. Compared with other places, visible minority residents are common here: 38%, more than in just over three quarters of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Highland Park
A neighbourhood of renters
66% of households rent their home, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 68% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 41%, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, and 16% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Half of Highland Park is under 38.4, younger than 74% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Highland Park comes in at 9.3%. Here, 16% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Highland Park, 38.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Highland Park sits above 90% of Canadian towns for one-person households (41%)
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
A household here has 2 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. By way of comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Across Highland Park, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families. Shared houses stand out: just over one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 97% of Canadian towns.
32% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer 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
Common-law partners: 13%, above two thirds of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
21% of households live in a single-detached house, below 89% 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
By its share of households in buildings of five or more storeys (4.3%), Highland Park is above 72% of Canadian towns. 35% of homes were built before 1961 and 17% in 2001 or later. Across Canada’s towns, households in single-detached houses come to 64%.
$67,400 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Highland Park’s median household took in $67,400 before tax, 22% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. COVID-19 benefits went to 39% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
16% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 84% 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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (57%), then in Africa (18%). Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most recent wave: 47% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
A larger share of residents with no religion than 87% of Canadian towns: 50%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
4.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity (Canada’s towns: 2.8%). By way of comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Muslim (6.3%) and Buddhist (2%).
English is the mother tongue of 70%, and 6.8% speak French as well
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
At home, 15% mostly speak another language; 2.2% speak neither English nor French. Residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.6%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
Highland Park: 33% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, above 61% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 11%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
59% 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. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
59% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (4,802 to 5,016), the 10th youngest of 41 towns
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Between Empire Park (30.9) and Electoral Area H, Nanaimo (60) lies the rest of the group. By median age, Highland Park sits among Saint-Agapit (37.2), Maybank (37.5), Cumberland (39.2) and North End East (39.5).
Of the 6 towns nearest Highland Park, 2 are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Park | 4,908 | — | 38.4 | 16% | 28% |
| Mount Pleasant | 9,224 | 1.3 km | 38.1 | 12% | 17% |
| Tuxedo Park | 4,082 | 1.4 km | 37.7 | 13% | 24% |
| Winston Heights/Mountview | 4,361 | 1.5 km | 40.4 | 16% | 20% |
| Thorncliffe | 15,570 | 1.8 km | 40.5 | 17% | 26% |
| Capitol Hill | 6,135 | 2.9 km | 36.7 | 11% | 18% |
| Renfrew | 6,685 | 3.0 km | 37.2 | 9.3% | 19% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Highland Park’s residents
What is the average age in Highland Park?
A median age of 38.4, younger than 74% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 14%, and people 65 and over 16%.
Is Highland Park bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 6.8% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 91% speak only English and 0.4% only French; 1.6% grew up with French.
How diverse is Highland Park?
28% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 38% belong to a visible minority and 4.1% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Highland Park?
39% are Christian and 50% have no religion; 11% follow another religion.
Is Highland Park good for families?
Under 15: 14% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 34% of households. One-parent families: 9.5%. Schools near Highland Park are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Highland Park?
The median household in Highland Park took in $67,400 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Highland Park?
4,908, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Highland Park alone.
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).