Photo: Benefactor123 · CC BY 3.077% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 96% of Canadian towns
Compared with 27% across Canada’s towns, 14% of households are one person living alone here. The 2021 Census counted 10,363 residents in 3,125 households. Here, 18% of households rent their home. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 87% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Monterey Park
More immigrants than most towns
51% of residents are immigrants, against 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (76%) and in Africa (11%); 27% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 77%, more than in 96% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 51%. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over: 17%, a lower share than 60% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
With a median age of 41.2, Monterey Park is younger than 55% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. The share of children under 15 stands at 16%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Monterey Park, 41.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 96% of Canadian towns: 3.3 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.
One-parent families are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 9.1%.
A smaller share of common-law partners than 94% of Canadian towns: 4.2%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Married residents 15 and over: 53%, above 71% of Canadian towns. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Households in single-detached houses make up 77% in Monterey Park, more than in 69% 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
7.8% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 0.3% built before 1961. Set beside that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Half of households earn more than $97,300 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $97,300, the middle household in Monterey Park out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 13%. Across Alberta’s towns the median is $92,200. Pandemic benefits reached 40% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Immigrants: 51%, a higher share than 93% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 60%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
13% of residents are not Canadian citizens; across Canada’s towns the figure is 5.8%. On average, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 9.5%.
Residents with no religion make up 19% in Monterey Park, less than in 88% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (16%), Sikh (14%), Buddhist (8.8%) and Hindu (4.4%). 1.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a lower share than in 68% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, residents with no religion come to 35%.
62% have a mother tongue other than English or French
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, 39% mostly speak another language; 6.4% speak neither English nor French. Fewer bilingual residents than in 95% of Canadian towns: 2.8%. Residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.5%, below 92% of Canadian towns.
In Monterey Park, 22% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 60% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 21% here, 9.5% in the typical town. By way of comparison, 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.
At 53%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 17% are 65 or over.
Oldest by rank: 19th of 41 towns of 10,147 to 10,571 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages here range from 30.9 in McConachie to 52 in Leeds and the Thousand Islands. In age, Monterey Park keeps company with Saint-Zotique (41.2), Du Parc (41.2), Rexdale-Kipling (41.6) and Seaforth (41.6).
The towns around Monterey Park are all younger
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey Park | 10,363 | — | 41.2 | 17% | 51% |
| Temple | 10,545 | 1.0 km | 37.9 | 14% | 41% |
| Pineridge | 10,062 | 1.1 km | 38.4 | 16% | 39% |
| Coral Springs | 5,542 | 2.2 km | 40.6 | 17% | 56% |
| Falconridge | 10,218 | 2.3 km | 34.4 | 9.3% | 46% |
| Marlborough Park | 8,378 | 2.6 km | 39.5 | 15% | 38% |
| Whitehorn | 11,273 | 2.8 km | 38.4 | 16% | 49% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- 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.
Questions about Monterey Park’s residents
What religion are people in Monterey Park?
Christian: 36%. No religion: 19%. Another religion: 45%.
Is Monterey Park good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 16%. 53% of households are couple families and 9.1% one-parent families. Schools near Monterey Park are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Monterey Park?
$97,300 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Monterey Park (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Monterey Park?
10,363, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Monterey Park alone.
What is the average age in Monterey Park?
41.2 is the median age, younger than 55% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 16%. 65 and over: 17%.
Is Monterey Park bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 2.8% are. Another 0% speak only French and 91% only English, and French is the first language of 0.5%.
How diverse is Monterey Park?
Immigrants make up 51% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 77% are members of a visible minority, and 1.7% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).