Photo: Thank you for visiting my page from Canada · CC BY 2.0Mount Pleasant sits below 88% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (12%)
Half of Mount Pleasant’s residents are under 38.1, younger than in just over three quarters of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood counted 9,224 residents and 3,985 households at the 2021 Census. Residents with no religion: 55% of the total. Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; in the neighbourhood, 16%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 77% of Canadian towns: 9.2%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 35–39: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Mount Pleasant, 38.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 60% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 7.3% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 88% of Canadian towns. The census found that 7.2% of households are one-parent families in Mount Pleasant. In Mount Pleasant, 28% of households are one person living alone, beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
Mount Pleasant: 14% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 72% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 29% of adults (typical: 27%). The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%. The census found that 46% of residents 15 and over are married in Mount Pleasant.
Renter households make up 39% in Mount Pleasant, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
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
Little separates the share of households in buildings of five or more storeys here, 0.8%, from the figure across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, households in single-detached houses are scarce here: 45%, fewer than in 73% of Canadian towns. On average, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 40% of homes were built before 1961 and 32% in 2001 or later.
Half of households earn more than $107,900 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Mount Pleasant’s households had a total income above $107,900, 25% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 30% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
17% of residents are immigrants
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
Most immigrants were born in Asia (47%) or in Europe (28%). Just over a quarter of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 1.4% of residents.
A larger share of visible minority residents than 57% of Canadian towns: 21%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for Indigenous residents is 4.1% in Mount Pleasant and 2.8% across Canada’s towns. For visible minority residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 15%.
Bilingual residents make up 11% in Mount Pleasant, more than in 64% of Canadian towns
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, 6.9% mostly speak another language; 0.7% speak neither English nor French. Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%. Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 1.3%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Mount Pleasant ranks above 89% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 54%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 4.7% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
In work on census day: 65% of adults
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 65% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 9,040 to 9,404 people, the 12th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages climb from 32.3 (Hampton Village) to 52.4 (Vankleek Hill) across the group. The closest ages to Mount Pleasant’s belong to University Heights Urban Centre (36.8), Stoney Creek (37.4), L'Épiphanie (38.8) and Elms-Old Rexdale (38.9).
Mount Pleasant sits below 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | 9,224 | — | 38.1 | 12% | 17% |
| Tuxedo Park | 4,082 | 1.1 km | 37.7 | 13% | 24% |
| Highland Park | 4,908 | 1.3 km | 38.4 | 16% | 28% |
| Winston Heights/Mountview | 4,361 | 1.6 km | 40.4 | 16% | 20% |
| Capitol Hill | 6,135 | 1.7 km | 36.7 | 11% | 18% |
| Rosedale | 2,507 | 1.8 km | 39.8 | 16% | 17% |
| Crescent Heights | 6,411 | 2.3 km | 38.2 | 14% | 26% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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.
Questions about Mount Pleasant’s residents
What is the population of Mount Pleasant?
9,224, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Mount Pleasant alone.
What is the average age in Mount Pleasant?
Half the residents are older than 38.1 and half younger, younger than 76% of Canadian towns; 18% are children under 15 and 12% are 65 or over.
Is Mount Pleasant bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 11% are. Another 0% speak only French and 88% only English, and French is the first language of 1.3%.
How diverse is Mount Pleasant?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 17%. A visible minority makes up 21% and Indigenous residents 4.1%.
What religion are people in Mount Pleasant?
Most often Christian (39%) or no religion (55%); other religions make up 5.8%.
Is Mount Pleasant good for families?
Children under 15 are 18% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 53% of households and one-parent families 7.2%. Schools near Mount Pleasant are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mount Pleasant?
Median total household income in Mount Pleasant was $107,900 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).