Photo: lenok136 · CC BY 3.0A higher share of renter households than 94% of Canadian towns, at 67%
Visible minority residents make up 37%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 4,700 residents in 2,230 households. On the census count, 18% of residents are not Canadian citizens. With a median age of 37.5, Kingsland is younger than four fifths of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Kingsland
A neighbourhood of renters
67% of households rent their home, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 57% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
A year before the census, 21% of residents lived elsewhere, 2 times the typical share; over five years, 58% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Many people living alone
40% of households are one person living alone, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 12% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 87% of Canadian towns: 12%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Where 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, Kingsland has 14%. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Kingsland, 37.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
A larger share of one-person households than 89% of Canadian towns: 40%
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Set against 8.2% across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families in Kingsland. As a reference point, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Households average 2.1 people. Shared houses stand out: 7.6% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 90% of Canadian towns.
Fewer married residents 15 and over than 80% of Canadian towns: 34%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
36% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). The wider picture: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Kingsland, the census puts common-law partners at 14%.
Above 85% of Canadian towns: 17% of households live in a building of five or more storeys
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 single-detached houses make up 27%, against 64% across Canada’s towns. 28% of homes were built before 1961 and 4.2% in 2001 or later.
Before tax, the median household income is $66,300 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Kingsland had $66,300 before tax, 23% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Alberta’s towns, the typical figure is $92,200. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 41% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Above 95% of Canadian towns: 21% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 53% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 3.1% of residents. Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Census figures put immigrants at 35% in Kingsland.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 65% of Canadian towns, at 40%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents make up 4.1%, against 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Residents with no religion make up 35% across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Muslim (3.7%) and Hindu (2.6%).
64% have English as their mother tongue; 6.3% 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
18% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.5% speak neither official language. Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Kingsland, 6.3%.
33% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 61% of Canadian towns don’t reach
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 9.8% (typical 9.5%). By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 62% of residents aged 15 and over
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
62% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Ranked by age, 6th youngest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
They run from Pembina Strip, at 31, to Electoral Area B, Nanaimo, at 63.2. By median age, Kingsland sits among Carlisle (36.3), Grand Valley (36.8), Jasper (37.6) and Baturyn (38.7).
The towns around Kingsland are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Kingsland’s residents
What is the population of Kingsland?
4,700, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Kingsland alone.
What is the average age in Kingsland?
A median age of 37.5, younger than 80% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 14%, and people 65 and over 12%.
Is Kingsland bilingual?
English and French: 6.3% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 92%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 1.4%.
How diverse is Kingsland?
35% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 37% belong to a visible minority and 4.1% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Kingsland?
50% are Christian and 40% have no religion; 10% follow another religion.
Is Kingsland good for families?
Under 15: 14% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 37% of households. One-parent families: 9.4%. Schools near Kingsland are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kingsland?
The median household in Kingsland took in $66,300 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).