A median age of 53.6: Palliser is older than 92% of Canadian towns
Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 14%, above 83% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 4,987 residents in 2,295 households. Here, 39% of households are one person living alone. Children under 15 are rarer here than in 86% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Palliser
Older than most towns
Palliser’s median age is 53.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 36% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
36% of residents are 65 or over, a share 98% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Palliser. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Palliser, 53.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 87% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The census found that 7.2% of households are one-parent families in Palliser.
A smaller share of common-law partners than 77% of Canadian towns: 7.5%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: nearly a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%. On the census count, 47% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
36% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 80% 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
Nearly two in five households rent their home, against 25% across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 7.9% date from 2001 or later, 2.4% from before 1961. Elsewhere, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $86,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Palliser had $86,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns, half of households had more than $92,200 before tax. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 25% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
More residents who moved in within the year than 71% of Canadian towns: 14%
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 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, against 25% in Palliser. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (40%), then in Europe (30%). Measured more widely, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 40%, a higher share than 64% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Compared with 15% across Canada’s towns, 22% of residents belong to a visible minority here. Palliser has fewer Indigenous residents than 65% of Canadian towns, at 1.8%. Residents with no religion make up 35% across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Jewish (11%) and Muslim (3.2%).
1.6% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 52% of Canadian towns
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
At home: English 87%, French 0.3%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is 1.5%. On bilingual residents, 7.2% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 83% of Canadian towns, at 48%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 4%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 46%
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.
The employment rate of 46% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 36% of residents are 65 or over.
41 towns of 4,908 to 5,087 people: this is the 7th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
They run from Westdale South, at 31.1, to Northern Bruce Peninsula, at 61.6. Closest in median age to Palliser are Carbonear (51.6), Bells Corners East (53.1), Annapolis County, Subdivision B (54.4) and Morin-Heights (54.4).
Palliser is older than every town around it
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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. 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 Palliser’s residents
Is Palliser good for families?
Under 15: 12% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 47% of households. One-parent families: 7.2%. Schools near Palliser are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Palliser?
The median household in Palliser took in $86,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Palliser?
4,987, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Palliser alone.
What is the average age in Palliser?
A median age of 53.6, older than 92% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 12%, and people 65 and over 36%.
Is Palliser bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 7.2% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 91% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.6% grew up with French.
How diverse is Palliser?
25% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 22% belong to a visible minority and 1.8% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Palliser?
43% are Christian and 40% have no religion; 18% follow another religion.
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).