Photo: Tanya Dmitriev · CC BY-SA 3.041% of residents are immigrants, a share 86% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 15%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. On visible minority residents, Millrise sits higher than 74% of Canadian towns: 36%. Census day 2021: 6,754 residents and 2,565 households locally. For Millrise, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 16%.
What stands out about the people of Millrise
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 41% of residents; the medians are 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (52%) and in Europe (27%), and 39% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Millrise: 17% of residents are under 15, above 55% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The census found that just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Millrise. The median age here is 42, lower than in just over half of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Millrise, 42. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 64% of Canadian towns: 2.6 people on average
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.
With one-person households at 24%, Millrise is behind 62% of Canadian towns on that count. 7.6% of households are one-parent families, fewer than in 61% of Canadian towns.
A lower share of common-law partners than 72% of Canadian towns, at 8.1%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
27% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Married residents 15 and over are more common here than in 64% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Renter households: 23%, a lower share than 56% of Canadian towns
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
A quarter of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 0.4% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The share of households in single-detached houses is 65%, against 64% across Canada’s towns.
Household income at the median: $99,500 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Millrise’s median household took in $99,500 before tax, 16% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 32% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 73% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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 50%
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 (27%). The wider picture: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Below 59% of Canadian towns: 32% of residents said they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Hindu (3.4%). Against that, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. 3.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 62%, and 4.7% speak French as well
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
21% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2% speak neither official language. Fewer bilingual residents than in 78% of Canadian towns: 4.7%. Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 0.9%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 65% of Canadian towns, at 36%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
A job for 61% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 61%.
Among 41 towns of 6,603 to 6,891 people, the 19th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Southern Gulf Islands is the oldest at 61.6, Rhineland the youngest at 27.2. Nearest to Millrise in age: Barnstown (41.5), Canyon Meadows (42), Garden City (42.4) and Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (42.4).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Millrise
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millrise | 6,754 | — | 42 | 16% | 41% |
| Fish Creek Park | 9,045 | 0.5 km | 50.3 | 25% | 26% |
| Shawnessy | 9,696 | 1.5 km | 42.5 | 15% | 40% |
| Midnapore | 7,022 | 1.9 km | 45.1 | 26% | 20% |
| Evergreen | 19,988 | 2.0 km | 39.6 | 11% | 47% |
| Somerset | 8,416 | 2.4 km | 40.9 | 13% | 46% |
| Canyon Meadows | 6,751 | 2.7 km | 42 | 18% | 19% |
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. 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. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Millrise’s residents
Is Millrise good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 55% of households are couple families and 7.6% one-parent families. Schools near Millrise are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Millrise?
$99,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Millrise (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Millrise?
The 2021 Census counted 6,754 people in Millrise.
What is the average age in Millrise?
42 is the median age, younger than 51% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 16%.
Is Millrise bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4.7% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 93% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.9% grew up with French.
How diverse is Millrise?
Immigrants make up 41% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 36% are members of a visible minority, and 3.1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Millrise?
Christian: 58%. No religion: 32%. Another religion: 9.9%.
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).