Photo: Calgary Reviews from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0Below 91% of Canadian towns: 11% of residents are 65 or over
The median age in McKenzie Towne is 37.4, lower than in four fifths of Canadian towns. There were 6,940 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 17,757 people. Residents with no religion account for 48%. 46% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
McKenzie Towne sits above 87% of Canadian towns for children under 15 (21%)
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 35–39 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 66% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ McKenzie Towne, 37.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
2.5 people per household, more than in 61% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-person households: 25% here and 27% across Canada’s towns. McKenzie Towne has more one-parent families than 67% of Canadian towns, at 9.4%.
McKenzie Towne: 12% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 60% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up just over a quarter of adults, beside a typical 27%. Across McKenzie Towne, 48% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Only 52% of households live in a single-detached house in McKenzie Towne
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Against a figure of 25% across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households in McKenzie Towne comes in at 22%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 77% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 0.1% built before 1961.
Household income at the median: $107,600 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in McKenzie Towne had $107,600 before tax, 25% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns the median is $92,200. The pandemic’s benefits: 31% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
More immigrants than 59% of Canadian towns: 22%
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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 share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 8.4%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (51%), then in Europe (27%). At 13%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is higher than in 65% of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of visible minority residents than 59% of Canadian towns, at 22%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of Indigenous residents stands at 3.5%. To put it in context, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
77% have English as their mother tongue; 5.9% also speak French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 86%, French 0.6%. On bilingual residents, McKenzie Towne sits lower than 64% of Canadian towns: 5.9%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 1.5%.
McKenzie Towne sits above 60% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (33%)
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
5.6% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
Employment: 69% 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 work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 69%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 12th youngest of 41 towns of 17,269 to 18,251 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages here range from 29 in Schmidtville to 54 in Edmundston. The closest ages to McKenzie Towne’s belong to Sylvan Lake (36), Brooks (36), Malvern West (37.5) and Listowel (37.6).
McKenzie Towne sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKenzie Towne | 17,757 | — | 37.4 | 11% | 22% |
| New Brighton | 13,048 | 1.2 km | 34.2 | 4.3% | 32% |
| McKenzie Lake | 11,966 | 1.5 km | 40.8 | 12% | 19% |
| Copperfield | 13,952 | 2.4 km | 33.3 | 4.2% | 30% |
| Auburn Bay | 18,296 | 2.7 km | 34.1 | 5.8% | 26% |
| Deer Run | 3,652 | 3.2 km | 42.8 | 20% | 20% |
| Mahogany | 17,818 | 3.6 km | 34.2 | 8.5% | 30% |
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. 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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 Towne’s residents
Is McKenzie Towne good for families?
Children under 15 are 21% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 53% of households and one-parent families 9.4%. Schools near McKenzie Towne are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in McKenzie Towne?
Median total household income in McKenzie Towne was $107,600 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of McKenzie Towne?
McKenzie Towne had 17,757 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in McKenzie Towne?
Half the residents are older than 37.4 and half younger, younger than 80% of Canadian towns; 21% are children under 15 and 11% are 65 or over.
Is McKenzie Towne bilingual?
English and French: 5.9% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 93%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.5%.
How diverse is McKenzie Towne?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 22%. A visible minority makes up 22% and Indigenous residents 3.5%.
What religion are people in McKenzie Towne?
Most often Christian (47%) or no religion (48%); other religions make up 5.2%.
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).