Half of Legacy is under 33, younger than 96% of Canadian towns
Recent arrivals are 52% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. 38% of the people counted in Legacy in 2021 were immigrants, about 3,060. Visible minority residents are more common here than in four fifths of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Legacy
Younger than most towns
Line Legacy’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 33; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 22% are under 15 and 6.3% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
A year before the census, 21% of residents lived elsewhere, 1.9 times the typical share; over five years, 72% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 98% of Canadian towns: 6.3%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
By its share of children under 15 (22%), Legacy is above 92% of Canadian towns. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Legacy, 33. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women.
2.6 people per household, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Against a figure of 27% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households in Legacy comes in at 24%. In Legacy, 8.2% of households are one-parent families.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 72% of Canadian towns: 53%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: just over a quarter of adults (typical: 27%). The usual figure: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Legacy, the census puts common-law partners at 11%.
A smaller share of households in single-detached houses than 74% of Canadian towns: 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
A quarter of households rent their home. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $102,800 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
Legacy’s median household took in $102,800 before tax, 20% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Alberta’s towns, the household in the middle had $92,200. 34% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
21% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 94% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
The share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 13%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 53% of Canadian towns, at 36%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (5%) and Hindu (2.8%). Set beside that, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Little separates the share of Indigenous residents here, 3.2%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
62% have English as their mother tongue; 5.9% also speak French
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
Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 5.9% of residents speak English and French here. At home, 20% mostly speak another language; 1.7% speak neither English nor French.
38% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 68% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 5.3% (typical 9.5%). Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 73% 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 labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 73%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 2nd youngest of 41 towns of 7,830 to 8,100 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 27.4 in Taber to 59.2 in Haliburton Village. The towns whose median age is nearest to Legacy’s: Taber (27.4), Sage Hill (34) and Queen Mary Park (34).
The towns around Legacy are all older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
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. 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 Legacy’s residents
Is Legacy good for families?
Children under 15 are 22% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 58% of households and one-parent families 8.2%. Schools near Legacy are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Legacy?
Median total household income in Legacy was $102,800 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Legacy?
Legacy had 7,975 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Legacy?
Half the residents are older than 33 and half younger, younger than 96% of Canadian towns; 22% are children under 15 and 6.3% are 65 or over.
Is Legacy bilingual?
English and French: 5.9% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 92%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 1.5%.
How diverse is Legacy?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 38%. A visible minority makes up 43% and Indigenous residents 3.2%.
What religion are people in Legacy?
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).