Photo: jockrutherford from Owen Sound, ON · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of one-person households than 94% of Canadian towns, at 13%
Where 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns, McKenzie Lake has 11%. The neighbourhood counted 11,966 residents and 4,160 households at the 2021 Census. Just over one in ten residents are 65 or over. At 14%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is higher than in 85% of Canadian towns.
More children under 15 than 71% of Canadian towns: 18%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 55–59: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. With a median age of 40.8, McKenzie Lake is younger than 58% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ McKenzie Lake, 40.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 86% of Canadian towns: 2.9 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families account for 8.6%.
Married residents 15 and over: 55%, a higher share than 81% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: just over a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%. On the census count, 8.7% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 88% of Canadian towns: 90%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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 74% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Household income at the median: $130,800 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in McKenzie Lake had $130,800 before tax, 52% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Alberta’s towns is $92,200. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 29% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
9.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 66% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (41%) and in Europe (31%). On average, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Set against 17% across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are immigrants in McKenzie Lake.
Above 74% of Canadian towns: 43% of residents said they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 18% in McKenzie Lake. Indigenous residents are more common here than in 64% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 35% of residents said they have no religion.
82% have English as their mother tongue; 6% also speak French
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 6% in McKenzie Lake. At home: English 90%, French 0.2%.
33% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 62% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
5.1% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 63%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
63% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Ranked by age, 15th youngest of 41 towns this size
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
They run from Cityscape, at 31.5, to Saint-Sauveur, at 58.4. Next to McKenzie Lake on this scale come Weyburn (40.4), Etobicoke West Mall (40.7), Humber Summit (41) and Nelson (42.4).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than McKenzie Lake
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKenzie Lake | 11,966 | — | 40.8 | 12% | 19% |
| McKenzie Towne | 17,757 | 1.5 km | 37.4 | 11% | 22% |
| Deer Run | 3,652 | 1.7 km | 42.8 | 20% | 20% |
| Deer Ridge | 4,454 | 2.4 km | 42.6 | 18% | 20% |
| New Brighton | 13,048 | 2.6 km | 34.2 | 4.3% | 32% |
| Parkland | 3,652 | 3.2 km | 50.6 | 28% | 13% |
| Douglasdale/Glen | 13,333 | 3.4 km | 43.7 | 17% | 23% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past 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.
Questions about McKenzie Lake’s residents
What is the average age in McKenzie Lake?
The median age is 40.8, younger than 58% of Canadian towns. 18% are under 15 and 12% 65 or older.
Is McKenzie Lake bilingual?
English and French: 6% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 93%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.3%.
How diverse is McKenzie Lake?
Immigrants: 19% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 18%. Indigenous identity: 4.2%.
What religion are people in McKenzie Lake?
43% said they have no religion and 51% that they are Christian; 6.2% named another faith.
Is McKenzie Lake good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 68% of households and one-parent families 8.6%. Schools near McKenzie Lake are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in McKenzie Lake?
Half of McKenzie Lake’s households had more than $130,800 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of McKenzie Lake?
The 2021 Census counted 11,966 people in McKenzie Lake.
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).