Photo: John Johnston · CC BY 2.0Half of Ramsay is under 35.9, younger than 87% of Canadian towns
35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns, against 59% in Ramsay. More households in buildings of five or more storeys than in 91% of Canadian towns: 30%. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 3,601, in 1,750 households. In Ramsay, just over a fifth of residents are immigrants.
What stands out about the people of Ramsay
A neighbourhood of renters
61% of households rent their home, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 54% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
23% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 2.1 times the typical share; 52% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Ramsay is 35.9; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 14% are under 15 and 9.7% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 43%, more than in 92% of Canadian towns, and 9.7% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
9.7% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 93% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 30–34 than any other five-year age: 13% of residents, 2 times the share across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. For Ramsay, the census puts children under 15 at 14%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Ramsay, 35.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women.
Above 92% of Canadian towns: 43% of households are one person living alone
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households average 2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The share of one-parent families stands at 6.6%. Shared houses stand out: nearly one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 93% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of common-law partners than 81% of Canadian towns: 17%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The figure for married residents 15 and over is 31% in Ramsay and 46% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Ramsay ranks above 91% of Canadian towns on renter households: 61%
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
Older homes outnumber new: 44% predate 1961, 31% date from 2001 or later. 37% of households live in a single-detached house, a lower share than in 80% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Half above, half below $67,600 a year in household income
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Ramsay’s, at $67,600, is 21% lower. The median across Alberta’s towns is $92,200. In 2020, 38% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
23% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 96% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
The share of residents without Canadian citizenship tops nearly three quarters of Canadian towns: 12%. Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (37%) or in Africa (28%).
Ramsay sits above 67% of Canadian towns for visible minority residents (29%)
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
At 3.6%, Indigenous residents sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%. Other faiths: Muslim (2.8%).
Bilingual residents make up 9.4% in Ramsay, more than in 59% of Canadian towns
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
Ramsay sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 2%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: English 89%, French 0.4%.
In Ramsay, 45% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 6.8%, beside a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
68% of residents 15 and over were in work
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
68% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Among 41 towns of 3,550 to 3,652 people, the 5th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
At one end is Opportunity No. 17 (31.2), at the other South Tuxedo (57.7). McMillan (33.5), Ste. Anne (34.8), East Elmwood (36.2) and Pemberton (36.4): the towns nearest Ramsay in median age.
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Ramsay
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsay | 3,601 | — | 35.9 | 9.7% | 22% |
| Downtown East Village | 3,524 | 1.4 km | 38.7 | 18% | 35% |
| Erlton | 3,221 | 1.4 km | 40.3 | 15% | 21% |
| Mission | 6,329 | 1.8 km | 34.8 | 13% | 21% |
| Inglewood | 4,380 | 1.8 km | 38.3 | 12% | 13% |
| Bridgeland/Riverside | 6,860 | 2.2 km | 38.9 | 21% | 24% |
| Beltline | 26,171 | 2.4 km | 33.3 | 7.9% | 32% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- 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.
Questions about Ramsay’s residents
How diverse is Ramsay?
Immigrants: 22% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 29%. Indigenous identity: 3.6%.
What religion are people in Ramsay?
59% said they have no religion and 34% that they are Christian; 7% named another faith.
Is Ramsay good for families?
14% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 40% of households and one-parent families 6.6%. Schools near Ramsay are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ramsay?
Half of Ramsay’s households had more than $67,600 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Ramsay?
Ramsay had 3,601 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Ramsay?
The median age is 35.9, younger than 87% of Canadian towns. 14% are under 15 and 9.7% 65 or older.
Is Ramsay bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 9.4% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 89% only English, and French is the first language of 2%.
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).