Photo: Tiado · CC BY-SA 3.0Only 17% of households are one person living alone in Macewan Glen
By its share of households in single-detached houses (85%), Macewan Glen is above just over four fifths of Canadian towns. Few places have as many immigrants: 29% here, more than in 70% of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood counted 4,718 residents and 1,745 households at the 2021 Census. Visible minority residents: 31% of the total.
Half of Macewan Glen is over 44.2, older than 63% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
17% of residents are 65 or over; across Canada’s towns the figure is 19%. Residents aged 15 to 24: 12% of the total.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Macewan Glen, 44.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
2.7 people per household, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families make up 9.2%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 80% of Canadian towns: 55%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The figure for common-law partners is 7.7% in Macewan Glen and 11% across Canada’s towns. On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Renter households: 14%, a lower share than 79% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, a quarter of households rent their home.
Household income at the median: $113,300 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Macewan Glen: half had more than $113,300, 32% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Alberta’s towns has $92,200 before tax. 29% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Macewan Glen ranks below 62% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 9.8%
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (52%) and in Europe (21%). Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. 7.3% of residents are not Canadian citizens (Canada’s towns: 5.8%).
Above 67% of Canadian towns: 41% of residents said they have no religion
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (3.4%). The share of residents with no religion across Canada’s towns is 35%. Few places have so few Indigenous residents: 1.6% here, fewer than in 70% of Canadian towns.
English is the mother tongue of 71%, and 5.8% 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: English 82%, French 0.2%. Macewan Glen has fewer bilingual residents than 66% of Canadian towns, at 5.8%. Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 1%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Macewan Glen ranks above 67% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 37%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 5.9%, against 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 53% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 53%; 17% of residents are 65 or over.
Of 41 towns its size (4,627 to 4,817 people), the 15th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The span goes from 31 (Pembina Strip) up to 63.2 (Electoral Area B, Nanaimo). By median age, Macewan Glen sits among Dutton (44), Riverview (44.1), Hampton (44.4) and Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay (44.7).
Around Macewan Glen, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macewan Glen | 4,718 | — | 44.2 | 17% | 29% |
| Sandstone Valley | 5,816 | 1.1 km | 46.9 | 21% | 42% |
| Hidden Valley | 10,614 | 1.2 km | 40.1 | 11% | 30% |
| Edgemont | 15,359 | 2.2 km | 46.3 | 22% | 46% |
| Hamptons | 7,342 | 2.6 km | 51.1 | 23% | 54% |
| Beddington Heights | 11,333 | 2.7 km | 39.5 | 15% | 33% |
| Country Hills | 3,702 | 2.9 km | 41.4 | 16% | 41% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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.
Questions about Macewan Glen’s residents
Is Macewan Glen bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.8% are. Another 0% speak only French and 92% only English, and French is the first language of 1%.
How diverse is Macewan Glen?
29% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 31% belong to a visible minority and 1.6% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Macewan Glen?
51% are Christian and 41% have no religion; 8.4% follow another religion.
Is Macewan Glen good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 64% of households. One-parent families: 9.2%. Schools near Macewan Glen are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Macewan Glen?
The median household in Macewan Glen took in $113,300 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Macewan Glen?
Macewan Glen had 4,718 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Macewan Glen?
A median age of 44.2, older than 63% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 17%.
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).