5.9% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 98% of Canadian towns
With visible minority residents at 52%, Silverado is ahead of 86% of Canadian towns on that count. At the same time, 13% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 94% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 9,663, in 3,165 households. Here, just over one in ten households rent their home.
What stands out about the people of Silverado
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 45% 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 (66%) and in Europe (12%), and 37% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Silverado’s residents are under 35.3 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 23% are under 15 and 5.9% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A median age of 35.3: Silverado is younger than 89% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Children under 15: 23% here and 16% across Canada’s towns. The largest age band is 35–39: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Silverado, 35.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Silverado households average 3.1 people, larger than in 91% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families make up 6.5%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
60% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 95% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, 7.8% of residents 15 and over live common-law here. Never married and not common-law: nearly a quarter of adults (typical: 27%).
Silverado sits above 63% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (73%)
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 74% of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $125,900 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Silverado’s median household took in $125,900 before tax, 46% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Alberta’s towns, the household in the middle had $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 34% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Immigrants: 45%, a higher share than 88% 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 55%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Where just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns, Silverado has 14%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 17% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 13% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
52% of residents belong to a visible minority
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Hindu (6.8%) and Muslim (5.7%). Silverado has fewer Indigenous residents than 70% of Canadian towns, at 1.6%. Little separates the share of residents with no religion here, 35%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 53%, and 6.2% speak French as well
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
At home: English 66%, French 0.5%. Lower than in 61% of Canadian towns: 6.2% of residents speak English and French. There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.2%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
More degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 84% of Canadian towns: 49%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 5.2%, beside a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 67% 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. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
67% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
41 towns of 9,451 to 9,886 people: this is the 3rd youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is Oromocto (31.8) and the oldest Qualicum Beach (67.5). Nearest to Silverado in age: Oromocto (31.8), Rosenberg (32.1), Lakelands Village (35.4) and Willowgrove (35.5).
Of the 6 towns nearest Silverado, 5 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
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. 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. 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 Silverado’s residents
What is the population of Silverado?
9,663, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Silverado alone.
What is the average age in Silverado?
35.3 is the median age, younger than 89% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 23%. 65 and over: 5.9%.
Is Silverado bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6.2% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 91% only English, and French is the first language of 1.2%.
How diverse is Silverado?
Immigrants make up 45% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 52% are members of a visible minority, and 1.6% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Silverado?
Christian: 49%. No religion: 35%. Another religion: 16%.
Is Silverado good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 23%. 66% of households are couple families and 6.5% one-parent families. Schools near Silverado are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Silverado?
$125,900 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Silverado (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).