46% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
Set against 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 12% of households are one-parent families in Penbrooke Meadows. At 36%, the share of immigrants is higher than in 80% of Canadian towns. There were 3,895 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 10,001 people. Locally, 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Younger than 58% of Canadian towns: half of Penbrooke Meadows is under 40.8
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 8.3% of residents. Little separates the share of residents aged 15 to 24 here, 11%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Penbrooke Meadows, 40.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women.
2.6 people per household, more than in 63% 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: 9.7% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 96% of Canadian towns. The share of one-person households stands at 26%.
Only 38% of residents 15 and over are married in Penbrooke Meadows
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 34% of adults, against a typical 27%. For Penbrooke Meadows, the census puts common-law partners at 9.9%. Set beside that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Households in single-detached houses make up 35% in Penbrooke Meadows, less than in 81% of Canadian towns
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
A quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns, against 36% in Penbrooke Meadows. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Half above, half below $70,500 a year in household income
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Penbrooke Meadows’s median household took in $70,500 before tax, 18% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 39% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 14%, a higher share than 81% 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 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Of the immigrants living here, 38% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Locally, 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. To put it in context, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns.
In Penbrooke Meadows, 7.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (9%) and Buddhist (4%). Penbrooke Meadows has more residents with no religion than 65% of Canadian towns, at 40%. The benchmark for Indigenous residents across Canada’s towns: 2.8%.
62% have English as their mother tongue; 3.5% 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
At home: English 71%, French 0.4%. On bilingual residents, Penbrooke Meadows sits lower than 91% of Canadian towns: 3.5%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 1.3%.
11% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 95% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
26% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
49% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 49%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 14% are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 20th youngest of 41 towns this size
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest is Stanley (25.6) and the oldest Blind Bay (58.8). In age, Penbrooke Meadows keeps company with Caledonia-Fairbank (40.6), Palmerston (40.8), Runnymede-Bloor West Village (41.7) and Kitimat (42.4).
The towns around Penbrooke Meadows are all younger
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penbrooke Meadows | 10,001 | — | 40.8 | 14% | 36% |
| Applewood Park | 6,835 | 1.2 km | 38.8 | 11% | 50% |
| Forest Heights | 6,120 | 1.7 km | 40.2 | 14% | 41% |
| Marlborough Park | 8,378 | 2.0 km | 39.5 | 15% | 38% |
| Forest Lawn | 7,513 | 2.0 km | 39.1 | 12% | 31% |
| Abbeydale | 6,561 | 2.1 km | 38.8 | 12% | 33% |
| Marlborough | 8,932 | 2.5 km | 40.7 | 17% | 50% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Alberta’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are 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. 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. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
Questions about Penbrooke Meadows’s residents
What religion are people in Penbrooke Meadows?
Christian: 43%. No religion: 40%. Another religion: 17%.
Is Penbrooke Meadows good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 40% of households are couple families and 12% one-parent families. Schools near Penbrooke Meadows are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Penbrooke Meadows?
$70,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Penbrooke Meadows (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Penbrooke Meadows?
10,001, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Penbrooke Meadows alone.
What is the average age in Penbrooke Meadows?
40.8 is the median age, younger than 58% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 14%.
Is Penbrooke Meadows bilingual?
English and French: 3.5% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 93%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.3%.
How diverse is Penbrooke Meadows?
Immigrants make up 36% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 46% are members of a visible minority, and 7.9% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).