58% of residents are immigrants, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
At 3.2 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Locally, just over one in ten households live in a building of five or more storeys. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 75% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 6,537 residents in 2,040 households.
What stands out about the people of Sherwood
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 58% of residents; the medians are 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (70%) or in Africa (21%), and 38% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
79% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 58% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Sherwood’s median age is 34.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 21% are under 15 and 7.4% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 58% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 16%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Half of Sherwood is under 34.8, younger than 91% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
More residents are 35–39 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 7.4% of the total. At 21%, the share of children under 15 is higher than in 90% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Sherwood, 34.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
Fewer one-person households than 91% of Canadian towns: 15%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
7.6% of households are one-parent families. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%.
Common-law partners: 5.2%, a lower share than 90% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 30% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Higher than in 87% of Canadian towns: 57% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Renter households make up 28% in Sherwood, more than in 56% 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
64% of households live in a single-detached house. By way of comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $112,700 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Sherwood’s median household took in $112,700 before tax, 31% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 38% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Sherwood: 17% of residents are not Canadian citizens, above 87% of Canadian towns
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 70%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are 38% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. What’s more, 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a higher share than in 70% of Canadian towns. Against that, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of visible minority residents than 96% of Canadian towns, at 79%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (18%), Hindu (8.8%), Sikh (4.5%) and Buddhist (3.8%). Sherwood has fewer Indigenous residents than 72% of Canadian towns, at 1.5%. On average, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
Beyond English and French: 58% grew up with another language
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
Bilingual residents: 4.3% here and 7.5% across Canada’s towns. Residents whose mother tongue is French are rarer here than in 92% of Canadian towns. At home, 31% mostly speak another language; 3.9% speak neither English nor French.
58% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 4.1% (typical 9.5%). Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 63%
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 63%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 5th youngest of 41 towns of 6,431 to 6,640 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages here range from 33.5 in City View to 61.2 in Centre. Closest in median age to Sherwood are Fisher Heights (34.2), Massey Place (34.6), Rivers Edge / Castlemore Crossing (35.3) and Hollick-Kenyon (35.5).
Sherwood is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood | 6,537 | — | 34.8 | 7.4% | 58% |
| Kincora | 7,290 | 1.2 km | 36.6 | 12% | 45% |
| Nolan Hill | 8,581 | 1.8 km | 32.8 | 4.5% | 48% |
| Sage Hill | 7,974 | 1.8 km | 34 | 6.1% | 41% |
| Hamptons | 7,342 | 1.9 km | 51.1 | 23% | 54% |
| Citadel | 10,196 | 2.5 km | 39.6 | 10% | 40% |
| Hidden Valley | 10,614 | 2.9 km | 40.1 | 11% | 30% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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. Provincial and national yardsticks: Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Sherwood’s residents
What is the median income in Sherwood?
The median household in Sherwood took in $112,700 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Sherwood?
The 2021 Census counted 6,537 people in Sherwood.
What is the average age in Sherwood?
A median age of 34.8, younger than 91% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 21%, and people 65 and over 7.4%.
Is Sherwood bilingual?
English and French: 4.3% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 92%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.5%.
How diverse is Sherwood?
58% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 79% belong to a visible minority and 1.5% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Sherwood?
38% are Christian and 26% have no religion; 36% follow another religion.
Is Sherwood good for families?
Under 15: 21% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 62% of households. One-parent families: 7.6%. Schools near Sherwood are on its Schools page.
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).