Richmond sits below 91% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (11%)
The median age in Richmond is 36.6, lower than in 84% of Canadian towns. Across Richmond, 53% of residents said they have no religion. The neighbourhood counted 4,811 residents and 2,230 households at the 2021 Census. The figure for households in single-detached houses is 33% in Richmond and 64% across Canada’s towns.
What stands out about the people of Richmond
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 63% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 95% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 15%. Qualifications ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
A year before the census, 20% of residents lived elsewhere, 1.8 times the typical share; over five years, 51% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Below 84% of Canadian towns: 8.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
More residents are 30–34 than any other five-year age: 13% of residents, 2 times the share across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. On children under 15, 16% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Richmond, 36.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 79% 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: 7% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 86% of Canadian towns. Census figures put one-parent families at 5% in Richmond. One-person households make up 33%, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of common-law partners than 82% of Canadian towns: 18%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
29% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns. The share of married residents 15 and over stands at 43%.
Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 6.5%, a higher share than 75% of Canadian towns
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
Nearly two in five households rent their home, against 25% across Canada’s towns.
Half above, half below $114,300 a year in household income
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Richmond’s, at $114,300, is 33% higher. The median across Alberta’s towns is $92,200. The pandemic’s benefits: 29% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Above 93% of Canadian towns: 20% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
In Richmond, 21% of residents are immigrants, beside 17% across Canada’s towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (40%), then in Europe (33%).
In Richmond, 22% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (2.2%). By way of comparison, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. At 3.1%, Indigenous residents sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Above 67% of Canadian towns: 13% of residents speak English and 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, 6.2% mostly speak another language; 0.8% speak neither English nor French. Against that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. 2.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue, a higher share than in 62% of Canadian towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 63% in Richmond, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 2.5% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
69% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 69%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (4,702 to 4,908 people), the 6th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages climb from 30.9 (Empire Park) to 63.2 (Electoral Area B, Nanaimo) across the group. Next to Richmond on this scale come Rosenthal (33.5), Central McDougall (34.7), Grand Valley (36.8) and Saint-Agapit (37.2).
Around Richmond, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | 4,811 | — | 36.6 | 11% | 21% |
| South Calgary | 4,412 | 0.7 km | 36 | 9.3% | 19% |
| Bankview | 5,610 | 1.2 km | 34.2 | 7.7% | 24% |
| Garrison Woods | 3,138 | 1.3 km | 44 | 20% | 16% |
| Killarney/Glengarry | 7,935 | 1.3 km | 35.9 | 9.4% | 23% |
| Altadore | 7,675 | 1.4 km | 37 | 8.5% | 15% |
| Sunalta | 4,151 | 1.5 km | 34.8 | 7.5% | 28% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Richmond’s residents
Is Richmond good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 52% of households and one-parent families 5%. Schools near Richmond are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Richmond?
Half of Richmond’s households had more than $114,300 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Richmond?
Richmond had 4,811 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Richmond?
The median age is 36.6, younger than 84% of Canadian towns. 16% are under 15 and 11% 65 or older.
Is Richmond bilingual?
13% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 86% English only. French is the mother tongue of 2.1%.
How diverse is Richmond?
Immigrants: 21% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 22%. Indigenous identity: 3.1%.
What religion are people in Richmond?
53% said they have no religion and 41% that they are Christian; 6.2% named another faith.
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).