Younger than 93% of Canadian towns: half of Lower Mount Royal is under 34.1
Households in single-detached houses make up 1.2%, against 64% across Canada’s towns. Residents with no religion: 57% of the total. Higher than in 74% of Canadian towns: 12% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Lower Mount Royal had 3,136 residents in 2,070 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Lower Mount Royal
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 65%, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and 9.7% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Line Lower Mount Royal’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 34.1; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 6.2% are under 15 and 9.7% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 71% of households, more than in 96% of Canadian towns, and 95% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
31% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 2.8 times the typical share; 69% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A smaller share of children under 15 than 99% of Canadian towns: 6.2%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 25–29: 18% of residents, 3.1 times the share across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. The census found that 9.7% of residents are 65 or over in Lower Mount Royal.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lower Mount Royal, 34.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Lower Mount Royal ranks above 99% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 65%
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: nearly one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 92% of Canadian towns. One-person households make up 27% across Canada’s towns. Each household has 1.5 people on average. By its share of one-parent families (3.1%), Lower Mount Royal is below 99% of Canadian towns.
Lower Mount Royal sits below 99% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (20%)
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: half of adults, against a typical 27%. For comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners stands at 17%.
More renter households than 96% of Canadian towns: 71%
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
9% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Across Canada’s towns, renter households come to 25%. On the census count, a fifth of households live in a building of five or more storeys.
Before tax, the median household income is $57,800 a year
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 median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Lower Mount Royal’s, at $57,800, is 33% lower. The median across Alberta’s towns is $92,200. In 2020, 39% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
More residents who moved in within the year than 99% of Canadian towns: 31%
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
27% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%). By way of comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (37%) or in Africa (25%).
5.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 72% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (3.3%). 28% of residents belong to a visible minority, a higher share than in 65% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 64% of Canadian towns: 12%
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: English 86%, French 0.7%. Across the comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. 1.8% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Lower Mount Royal: 52% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, above 87% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Lower Mount Royal, 52%, and 22% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 6.9%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
68% of adults were employed in May 2021
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.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 68%.
5th lowest median age among 41 towns of 3,086 to 3,188
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
They run from La Loche, at 25.6, to Valhalla, at 66. In age, Lower Mount Royal keeps company with Clear Hills (30.6), Crystallina Nera West (31.7), Brooklands (36.2) and Ange-Gardien (36.8).
Lower Mount Royal is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Mount Royal | 3,136 | — | 34.1 | 9.7% | 27% |
| Upper Mount Royal | 2,758 | 0.6 km | 45.9 | 20% | 15% |
| Beltline | 26,171 | 0.8 km | 33.3 | 7.9% | 32% |
| Bankview | 5,610 | 0.9 km | 34.2 | 7.7% | 24% |
| Sunalta | 4,151 | 1.2 km | 34.8 | 7.5% | 28% |
| Downtown West End | 2,796 | 1.2 km | 36.4 | 14% | 46% |
| Mission | 6,329 | 1.3 km | 34.8 | 13% | 21% |
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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Alberta’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
- 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 Lower Mount Royal’s residents
What is the average age in Lower Mount Royal?
34.1 is the median age, younger than 93% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 6.2%. 65 and over: 9.7%.
Is Lower Mount Royal bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 12% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 88% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.8% grew up with French.
How diverse is Lower Mount Royal?
Immigrants make up 27% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 28% are members of a visible minority, and 5.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Lower Mount Royal?
Christian: 34%. No religion: 57%. Another religion: 8.6%.
Is Lower Mount Royal good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 6.2%. 23% of households are couple families and 3.1% one-parent families. Schools near Lower Mount Royal are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lower Mount Royal?
$57,800 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Lower Mount Royal (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Lower Mount Royal?
Lower Mount Royal had 3,136 residents at the 2021 Census.
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).