A median age of 32.8: Nolan Hill is younger than 96% of Canadian towns
In Nolan Hill the average household is 3.2 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 16% of the total. Nearly one in ten households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 78% of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood had 8,581 residents in 2,690 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Nolan Hill
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Nolan Hill is 32.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 27% are under 15 and 4.5% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 48% of residents; the medians are 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (63%), then in Africa (21%), and 47% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 72%, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 48%. Identity & religion ↓
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 58% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 14%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Nolan Hill, 4.5% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, against 27% in Nolan Hill. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Nolan Hill, 32.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Nolan Hill ranks below 94% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 13%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, 8.2% of households are one-parent families; in Nolan Hill, 6.7%. On average, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Above 98% of Canadian towns: 62% of residents 15 and over are married
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
In Nolan Hill, 6.8% of residents 15 and over live common-law, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. 24% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%.
A lower share of renter households than 70% of Canadian towns, at 17%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Households in single-detached houses: 71%, above 60% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $127,600 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Nolan Hill had $127,600 before tax, 48% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Alberta’s towns, the typical figure is $92,200. In 2020, 34% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Nolan Hill ranks above 91% of Canadian towns on immigrants: 48%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (63%), then in Africa (21%). On residents who moved in within the year, Nolan Hill sits higher than 85% of Canadian towns: 17%. Most recent wave: 47% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
In Nolan Hill, 72% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
31% of residents said they have no religion, against 35% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority. Indigenous residents: 0.7% of the total.
51% have English as their mother tongue; 5.6% also speak French
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 24% mostly speak another language; 2.7% speak neither English nor French. Fewer bilingual residents than in 68% of Canadian towns: 5.6%. Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
58% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
3.4% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
68% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 68% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 4th youngest of 41 towns of 8,419 to 8,744 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is Garneau, at 30.2; the oldest, Muskoka Lakes, is at 57.2. Nearest to Nolan Hill in age: Rosewood (32.4), Iqaluit (32.8), Trinity Commons (33) and Carleton Heights-Courtland Park (35).
The towns around Nolan Hill are all older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Nolan Hill’s residents
How diverse is Nolan Hill?
Immigrants make up 48% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 72% are members of a visible minority, and 0.7% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Nolan Hill?
Christian: 42%. No religion: 31%. Another religion: 27%.
Is Nolan Hill good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 27%. 67% of households are couple families and 6.7% one-parent families. Schools near Nolan Hill are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Nolan Hill?
$127,600 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Nolan Hill (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Nolan Hill?
8,581, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Nolan Hill alone.
What is the average age in Nolan Hill?
32.8 is the median age, younger than 96% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 27%. 65 and over: 4.5%.
Is Nolan Hill bilingual?
English and French: 5.6% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 92%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 1%.
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).