Half of Sage Hill is under 34, younger than 94% of Canadian towns
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Sage Hill. Residents without Canadian citizenship account for 13%. Fewer one-person households than in 65% of Canadian towns: 23%. The 2021 Census counted 7,974 residents in 2,955 households.
What stands out about the people of Sage Hill
Younger than most towns
Line Sage Hill’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 34; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 24% are under 15 and 6.1% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 41% of residents; the medians are 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (62%) and in Africa (18%), and 42% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 59%, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 41%. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
6.1% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 98% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 35–39, with 13% of residents, 2 times the share across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. On the census count, nearly a quarter of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Sage Hill, 34. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 76% of Canadian towns: 2.7 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.
Sage Hill has fewer one-parent families than 68% of Canadian towns, at 7.1%.
Above 85% of Canadian towns: 57% of residents 15 and over are married
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 24% of adults (typical: 27%). As a yardstick, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners stands at 10%.
A lower share of renter households than 70% of Canadian towns, at 17%
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
58% of households live in a single-detached house; across Canada’s towns the figure is 64%. Newer homes outnumber old: 99% date from 2001 or later, 0.3% from before 1961. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%.
The midpoint household income is $111,900 a year
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; Sage Hill’s, at $111,900, is 30% higher. The median across Alberta’s towns is $92,200. The pandemic’s benefits: 32% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
41% of residents are immigrants, a share 86% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
42% of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 1.5% of residents. Immigrants make up 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (62%) and in Africa (18%).
Above 90% of Canadian towns: 59% of residents belong to a visible minority
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns, against 1.7% in Sage Hill. Among other religions: Muslim (11%), Hindu (3.3%) and Sikh (2.3%). To put it in context, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 59%, and 6% speak French as well
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
The share of bilingual residents trails 63% of Canadian towns: 6%. 19% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2.2% speak neither official language.
Sage Hill ranks above 86% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 51%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 4.2%, against 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 71% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 71%.
Among 41 towns of 7,830 to 8,100 people, the 4th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 27.4 in Taber to 59.2 in Haliburton Village. Closest in median age to Sage Hill are Legacy (33), Queen Mary Park (34), Bayham (34.4) and Al Ritchie (35.5).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Sage Hill
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sage Hill | 7,974 | — | 34 | 6.1% | 41% |
| Kincora | 7,290 | 1.4 km | 36.6 | 12% | 45% |
| Nolan Hill | 8,581 | 1.5 km | 32.8 | 4.5% | 48% |
| Sherwood | 6,537 | 1.8 km | 34.8 | 7.4% | 58% |
| Evanston | 21,483 | 2.3 km | 34.3 | 6.7% | 41% |
| Hamptons | 7,342 | 3.6 km | 51.1 | 23% | 54% |
| Hidden Valley | 10,614 | 3.7 km | 40.1 | 11% | 30% |
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. 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.
- 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. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
Questions about Sage Hill’s residents
Is Sage Hill bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 92% only English, and French is the first language of 1.3%.
How diverse is Sage Hill?
41% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 59% belong to a visible minority and 1.7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Sage Hill?
47% are Christian and 33% have no religion; 20% follow another religion.
Is Sage Hill good for families?
Under 15: 24% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 59% of households. One-parent families: 7.1%. Schools near Sage Hill are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Sage Hill?
The median household in Sage Hill took in $111,900 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Sage Hill?
7,974, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Sage Hill alone.
What is the average age in Sage Hill?
A median age of 34, younger than 94% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 24%, and people 65 and over 6.1%.
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).