A median age of 34.2: New Brighton is younger than 93% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%; New Brighton has 14%. The neighbourhood counted 13,048 residents and 4,225 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 41% of residents belong to a visible minority. Immigrants are more common here than in 75% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of New Brighton
Younger than most towns
Half of New Brighton’s residents are under 34.2 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 27% are under 15 and 4.3% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
4.3% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 99% 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.
The biggest five-year age group is 35–39, with 13% of residents, 2 times the share across Canada’s towns. On children under 15, New Brighton sits higher than 99% of Canadian towns: 27%. Across the comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ New Brighton, 34.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
3.1 people per household, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In New Brighton, 7.3% of households are one-parent families.
New Brighton sits above 86% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (57%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
25% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). The census found that 10% of residents 15 and over live common-law in New Brighton.
New Brighton ranks below 78% of Canadian towns on renter households: 14%
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
Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house; in New Brighton, 77%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $126,500 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in New Brighton had $126,500 before tax, 47% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Alberta’s towns is $92,200. Pandemic benefits reached 32% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
9.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 67% 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 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (63%) or in Europe (15%). A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. 47% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 39% in New Brighton, more than in 63% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (6.6%), Hindu (2.6%) and Sikh (2.3%). Across Canada’s towns, residents with no religion come to 35%. 2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, fewer than in 61% of Canadian towns.
67% have English as their mother tongue; 4.9% also speak 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
17% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.5% speak neither official language. Lower than in 76% of Canadian towns: 4.9% of residents speak English and French. New Brighton sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.2%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
New Brighton sits above 64% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (35%)
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
5.8% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 73% of residents aged 15 and over
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
73% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Ranked by age, 6th youngest of 41 towns this size
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages here range from 31 in Thompson to 56.8 in Forest. By median age, New Brighton sits among Redstone (32), Downtown (33.8), Aloha Estates (34.5) and Springdale (34.7).
New Brighton and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Brighton | 13,048 | — | 34.2 | 4.3% | 32% |
| McKenzie Towne | 17,757 | 1.2 km | 37.4 | 11% | 22% |
| Copperfield | 13,952 | 1.2 km | 33.3 | 4.2% | 30% |
| McKenzie Lake | 11,966 | 2.6 km | 40.8 | 12% | 19% |
| Auburn Bay | 18,296 | 3.3 km | 34.1 | 5.8% | 26% |
| Mahogany | 17,818 | 3.4 km | 34.2 | 8.5% | 30% |
| Deer Run | 3,652 | 4.3 km | 42.8 | 20% | 20% |
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. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- 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.
Questions about New Brighton’s residents
What is the population of New Brighton?
New Brighton had 13,048 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in New Brighton?
A median age of 34.2, younger than 93% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 27%, and people 65 and over 4.3%.
Is New Brighton bilingual?
English and French: 4.9% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 94%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.2%.
How diverse is New Brighton?
32% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 41% belong to a visible minority and 2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in New Brighton?
47% are Christian and 39% have no religion; 14% follow another religion.
Is New Brighton good for families?
Under 15: 27% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 65% of households. One-parent families: 7.3%. Schools near New Brighton are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in New Brighton?
The median household in New Brighton took in $126,500 in 2020, against $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).