Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainIn Silver Springs, 44% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 68% of Canadian towns: 22%. Half of Silver Springs’s residents are over 45.2, older than in 69% of Canadian towns. Census day 2021: 9,042 residents and 3,645 households here. One-person households account for 23%.
Children under 15: 17%, a higher share than 57% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 8.4% of residents. Against that, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Silver Springs, 45.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Silver Springs households average 2.5 people, larger than in 54% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
Below 77% of Canadian towns: 7.5% of residents 15 and over live common-law
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%). Here, 56% of residents 15 and over are married. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Below 68% of Canadian towns: 17% of households rent their home
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
2.4% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 2.2% built before 1961. Elsewhere, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, households in single-detached houses are common here: 73%, more than in 63% of Canadian towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $112,200 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Silver Springs had $112,200 before tax, 30% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Alberta’s towns, the typical figure is $92,200. In 2020, 25% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Silver Springs: 18% of residents are immigrants, above 52% of Canadian towns
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (41%), then in Asia (32%). 11% lived at another address a year earlier, more than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 17% across Canada’s towns. Compared with 5.8% across Canada’s towns, 4.3% of residents are not Canadian citizens here.
53% said they are Christian and 44% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Silver Springs, 2.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity. In Silver Springs, 14% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 60% of Canadian towns: 9.8%
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: English 93%, French 0.2%. On residents whose mother tongue is French, Silver Springs sits lower than 62% of Canadian towns: 1.2%. Against that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Silver Springs sits above 82% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (48%)
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 2.7% (typical 9.5%). Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
53% 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. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 22% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 53% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
11th highest median age among 41 towns of 8,847 to 9,224
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Hampton Village is the youngest of them at 32.3; Pictou County, Subdivision C, at 52, the oldest. Next to Silver Springs on this scale come Riverbend (44.6), Kimberley (45.2), South Slope (45.3) and Barbertown (45.3).
Older than Silver Springs: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Springs | 9,042 | — | 45.2 | 22% | 18% |
| Ranchlands | 7,376 | 1.4 km | 38 | 14% | 26% |
| Bowness | 11,548 | 2.1 km | 40.4 | 17% | 17% |
| Scenic Acres | 8,026 | 2.2 km | 50.7 | 25% | 24% |
| Dalhousie | 8,617 | 2.5 km | 39.9 | 20% | 33% |
| Hawkwood | 9,188 | 2.8 km | 47.1 | 21% | 35% |
| Varsity | 12,605 | 3.1 km | 42.6 | 25% | 28% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- 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. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Silver Springs’s residents
What religion are people in Silver Springs?
44% said they have no religion and 53% that they are Christian; 3.5% named another faith.
Is Silver Springs good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 60% of households and one-parent families 8.1%. Schools near Silver Springs are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Silver Springs?
Half of Silver Springs’s households had more than $112,200 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Silver Springs?
The 2021 Census counted 9,042 people in Silver Springs.
What is the average age in Silver Springs?
The median age is 45.2, older than 69% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 22% 65 or older.
Is Silver Springs bilingual?
English and French: 9.8% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 90%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.2%.
How diverse is Silver Springs?
Immigrants: 18% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 14%. Indigenous identity: 2.4%.
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).