Photo: Thivierr · CC BY-SA 3.0Hillhurst sits above 88% of Canadian towns for households in buildings of five or more storeys (22%)
At 2.1 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Locally, 54% of residents said they have no religion. The median age in Hillhurst is 38.6, lower than in 73% of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood counted 8,435 residents and 3,850 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Hillhurst
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 66% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 18%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Hillhurst, 15% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 70% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
30–34 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Across Hillhurst, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Hillhurst, 38.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
A larger share of one-person households than 86% of Canadian towns: 38%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
6.7% of households are one-parent families (Canada’s towns: 8.2%). Elsewhere, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 43% in Hillhurst, less than in 62% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, 13% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Hillhurst. Single and never married: nearly a third of adults, against a typical 27%.
A higher share of renter households than 80% of Canadian towns, at 44%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 28% date from 2001 or later, 25% from before 1961. Compared with other places, households in single-detached houses are scarce here: 38%, fewer than in 79% of Canadian towns.
$106,000 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Hillhurst: half had more than $106,000, 23% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Alberta’s towns, the household in the middle had $92,200. 27% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
More residents who moved in within the year than 84% of Canadian towns: 16%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Most immigrants were born in Asia (43%) or in Europe (29%). Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. 31% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
22% of residents belong to a visible minority, a share 58% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous identity: 2.8% (2.8%). Visible minority residents make up 15% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 66% of Canadian towns: 13%
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
6.4% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.9% speak neither official language. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 1.3%.
A larger share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 97% of Canadian towns: 66%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 2.9% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 61% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
61% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
8th lowest median age among 41 towns of 8,318 to 8,539
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages climb from 30.2 (Garneau) to 60.8 (Electoral Area G, Nanaimo) across the group. Nearest to Hillhurst in age: Wild Rose (36.4), Norton Park (37.5), Albert Park/Radisson Heights (38.8) and Saint-Roch (38.8).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Hillhurst
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillhurst | 8,435 | — | 38.6 | 15% | 21% |
| Downtown West End | 2,796 | 1.1 km | 36.4 | 14% | 46% |
| Rosedale | 2,507 | 1.3 km | 39.8 | 16% | 17% |
| Sunnyside | 2,976 | 1.3 km | 35.1 | 9.1% | 14% |
| Downtown Commercial Core | 9,286 | 1.7 km | 34.1 | 14% | 50% |
| Sunalta | 4,151 | 1.8 km | 34.8 | 7.5% | 28% |
| Capitol Hill | 6,135 | 1.9 km | 36.7 | 11% | 18% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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. Two medians frame each figure: one for Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- 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 Hillhurst’s residents
What is the median income in Hillhurst?
$106,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Hillhurst (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Hillhurst?
The 2021 Census counted 8,435 people in Hillhurst.
What is the average age in Hillhurst?
38.6 is the median age, younger than 73% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 16%. 65 and over: 15%.
Is Hillhurst bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 13% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 86% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.3% grew up with French.
How diverse is Hillhurst?
Immigrants make up 21% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 22% are members of a visible minority, and 2.8% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Hillhurst?
Christian: 39%. No religion: 54%. Another religion: 7.3%.
Is Hillhurst good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 16%. 46% of households are couple families and 6.7% one-parent families. Schools near Hillhurst are on its Schools page.
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).