55% of residents are immigrants, a share 96% of Canadian towns don’t reach
At 3.7 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Census day 2021: 14,467 residents and 3,905 households in Martindale. The census found that 26% of residents are not Canadian citizens locally. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are common here: 16%, more than in 95% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Martindale
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 55% of residents; the medians are 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (86%) or in the Americas (6.1%), and 44% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
82% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 55% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Martindale’s residents are under 34.5 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 21% are under 15 and 8.7% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Martindale is younger than 92% of Canadian towns: a median age of 34.5
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Children under 15 make up 21%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Across Martindale, 8.7% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Martindale, 34.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
10% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 97% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Census figures put one-parent families at 8.2% in Martindale. As a yardstick, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of common-law partners than 94% of Canadian towns: 4.1%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Married residents 15 and over: 55%, above 81% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Households in single-detached houses make up 85% in Martindale, more than in 80% of Canadian towns
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: 29% date from 2001 or later, 0.8% from before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The figure for renter households is 22% in Martindale and 25% across Canada’s towns.
Household income at the median: $100,800 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Martindale: half had more than $100,800, 17% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Alberta’s towns, the median household income is $92,200. COVID-19 benefits went to 43% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 55% of Canadian towns: 12%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 65%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
44% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (86%) or in the Americas (6.1%).
Visible minority residents: 82%, a higher share than 97% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Compared with 35% across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents said they have no religion here. Other faiths: Sikh (34%), Muslim (14%) and Hindu (9.7%).
Beyond English and French: 68% grew up with another language
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
The figure for bilingual residents is 2.2% in Martindale and 7.5% across Canada’s towns. On top of that, 0.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue, fewer than in 92% of Canadian towns. At home: English 40%, French 0.2%.
30% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 56% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
16% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
Employment: 59% of residents 15 and over had a job
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.
59% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 5th youngest of 41 towns this size
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages climb from 23.4 (La Crète) to 57 (Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy) across the group. Closest in median age to Martindale are Hickory Woods (33.2), Bayshore (33.6), Warman (35.2) and Peace Village (37.3).
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Martindale
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martindale | 14,467 | — | 34.5 | 8.7% | 55% |
| Castleridge | 6,127 | 1.3 km | 35.7 | 11% | 50% |
| Taradale | 17,911 | 1.9 km | 32.7 | 7.7% | 58% |
| Falconridge | 10,218 | 2.0 km | 34.4 | 9.3% | 46% |
| Saddle Ridge | 21,479 | 2.2 km | 32.4 | 7.8% | 62% |
| Coral Springs | 5,542 | 2.6 km | 40.6 | 17% | 56% |
| Cityscape | 11,782 | 3.0 km | 31.5 | 5.9% | 59% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Martindale’s residents
What religion are people in Martindale?
25% are Christian and 15% have no religion; 60% follow another religion.
Is Martindale good for families?
Under 15: 21% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 50% of households. One-parent families: 8.2%. Schools near Martindale are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Martindale?
The median household in Martindale took in $100,800 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Martindale?
14,467, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Martindale alone.
What is the average age in Martindale?
A median age of 34.5, younger than 92% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 21%, and people 65 and over 8.7%.
Is Martindale bilingual?
English and French: 2.2% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 89%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 0.5%.
How diverse is Martindale?
55% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 82% belong to a visible minority and 2.5% have an Indigenous identity.
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).