Photo: Thank you for visiting my page from Canada · CC BY 2.0Below 97% of Canadian towns: 5.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%; Riverbend has 93%. In Riverbend, 16% of households are one person living alone. Lower than in 70% of Canadian towns: 15% of residents are 65 or over. At the 2021 Census, 9,193 people lived locally, in 3,475 households.
Older than 65% of Canadian towns: half of Riverbend is over 44.6
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
14% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%).
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Riverbend, 44.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 72% of Canadian towns: 2.6 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Compared with 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 6.8% of households are one-parent families here.
In Riverbend, 54% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: just over a quarter of adults (typical: 27%). Census figures put common-law partners at 9.9% in Riverbend. Measured more widely, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
10% of households rent their home, below 88% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The share of renter households across Canada’s towns is 25%. 0.3% of homes were built before 1961 and 0.3% in 2001 or later.
The midpoint household income is $120,300 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Riverbend’s households had a total income above $120,300, 40% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. 28% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
More immigrants than 61% of Canadian towns: 23%
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
Most recent wave: nearly a quarter of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (55%), then in Europe (29%). To put it in context, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns.
Above 72% of Canadian towns: 42% of residents said they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of Indigenous residents is 4.1%, against 2.8% across Canada’s towns. For residents with no religion, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 35%. Census figures put visible minority residents at 24% in Riverbend.
77% have English as their mother tongue; 5% also speak French
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
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Riverbend, 5%. Locally, 1.4% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Riverbend sits above 57% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (31%)
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
7.6% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
60% of adults were employed in May 2021
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 60%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 9,027 to 9,366 people, the 10th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Hampton Village is the youngest of them at 32.3; Vankleek Hill, at 52.4, the oldest. The towns whose median age is nearest to Riverbend’s: Cooksville NHD (East) (44), Centrepointe - Briargreen (44.3), Three Rivers (44.8) and Silver Springs (45.2).
Of the 6 towns nearest Riverbend, 1 are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverbend | 9,193 | — | 44.6 | 15% | 23% |
| Ogden | 8,484 | 1.6 km | 42.4 | 17% | 16% |
| Willow Park | 6,891 | 2.8 km | 46.7 | 24% | 20% |
| Acadia | 9,950 | 2.8 km | 42.4 | 18% | 24% |
| Douglasdale/Glen | 13,333 | 3.3 km | 43.7 | 17% | 23% |
| Fairview | 3,909 | 3.3 km | 39.5 | 15% | 26% |
| Queensland | 4,452 | 4.0 km | 42.2 | 17% | 19% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about Riverbend’s residents
What religion are people in Riverbend?
Most often Christian (53%) or no religion (42%); other religions make up 4.5%.
Is Riverbend good for families?
Children under 15 are 14% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 64% of households and one-parent families 6.8%. Schools near Riverbend are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Riverbend?
Median total household income in Riverbend was $120,300 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Riverbend?
The 2021 Census counted 9,193 people in Riverbend.
What is the average age in Riverbend?
Half the residents are older than 44.6 and half younger, older than 65% of Canadian towns; 14% are children under 15 and 15% are 65 or over.
Is Riverbend bilingual?
English and French: 5% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 94%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.4%.
How diverse is Riverbend?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 23%. A visible minority makes up 24% and Indigenous residents 4.1%.
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).