Below 99% of Canadian towns: 4.9% of households rent their home
Here 44% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 35%. 5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 15%, fewer than in 90% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 3,652 residents in 1,435 households.
What stands out about the people of Parkland
Older than most towns
Line Parkland’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 50.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 28% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A median age of 50.6: Parkland is older than 87% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of children under 15 is 16%; Parkland has 15%. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 28% locally.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Parkland, 50.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 62% of Canadian towns: 2.5 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: 5.6% here and 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 99% of Canadian towns: 66%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
18% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). On common-law partners, Parkland sits lower than 86% of Canadian towns: 6%. Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married.
A higher share of households in single-detached houses than 94% of Canadian towns, at 93%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. For households in single-detached houses, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 64%.
Half above, half below $138,700 a year in household income
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Parkland’s, at $138,700, is 61% higher. Among Alberta’s towns, the typical figure is $92,200. In 2020, 20% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
13% 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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants is 17%; Parkland has 13%. Fewer residents without Canadian citizenship than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 1.6%. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (61%), then in Asia (21%).
2.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 51% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority: 6.6% (Canada’s towns: 15%). The usual figure: 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
90% have English as their mother tongue; 7% also speak French
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: English 97%, French 0.1%. Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 1.5%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Parkland sits above 75% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (43%)
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
2.2% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
A job for 50% of residents aged 15 and over
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 50% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 28% of residents are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 6th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The youngest is North Inkster Industrial (31.5) and the oldest Piedmont (58). The closest ages to Parkland’s belong to Powassan (50.4), Baie-D'Urfé (50.4), Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part (51.2) and Blind River (52.8).
Every neighbour of Parkland has a younger population
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkland | 3,652 | — | 50.6 | 28% | 13% |
| Deer Ridge | 4,454 | 1.1 km | 42.6 | 18% | 20% |
| Deer Run | 3,652 | 1.5 km | 42.8 | 20% | 20% |
| Queensland | 4,452 | 2.0 km | 42.2 | 17% | 19% |
| Midnapore | 7,022 | 2.1 km | 45.1 | 26% | 20% |
| Sundance | 9,043 | 2.5 km | 43.9 | 17% | 19% |
| Lake Bonavista | 11,154 | 2.7 km | 46.5 | 25% | 15% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Parkland’s residents
Is Parkland good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 74% of households and one-parent families 5.6%. Schools near Parkland are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Parkland?
Median total household income in Parkland was $138,700 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Parkland?
3,652, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Parkland alone.
What is the average age in Parkland?
Half the residents are older than 50.6 and half younger, older than 87% of Canadian towns; 15% are children under 15 and 28% are 65 or over.
Is Parkland bilingual?
English and French: 7% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 93%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.5%.
How diverse is Parkland?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 13%. A visible minority makes up 6.6% and Indigenous residents 2.9%.
What religion are people in Parkland?
Most often Christian (54%) or no religion (44%); other religions make up 1.8%.
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).