Photo: CnekYT · CC BY-SA 4.0More renter households than 89% of Canadian towns: 56%
At 2.1 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census put Spruce Cliff’s population at 6,691, in 3,165 households. Residents with no religion account for 44%. Half of the neighbourhood’s residents are under 37.6, younger than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Spruce Cliff
A neighbourhood people move to
A year before the census, 21% of residents lived elsewhere, 1.9 times the typical share; over five years, 57% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 56% of households, more than in 89% of Canadian towns, and 69% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
42% of households are one person living alone, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 16% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over: 16%, a lower share than 64% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
30–34 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across Canada’s towns. At 9.7%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 70% of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Spruce Cliff, 37.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women.
42% of households are one person living alone, more 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.
8% of households are one-parent families. The wider picture: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of married residents 15 and over than 70% of Canadian towns, at 39%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of common-law partners is 12%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
19% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 86% 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
The share of households in single-detached houses trails 89% of Canadian towns: 20%. Newer homes outnumber old: 43% date from 2001 or later, 22% from before 1961.
$74,000 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $74,000, the middle household in Spruce Cliff earned 14% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Alberta’s towns: $92,200. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 33% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Spruce Cliff sits above 94% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (21%)
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 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Of the immigrants living here, 45% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (50%), then in Africa (21%). 29% of residents are immigrants, more than in 71% of Canadian towns.
37% of residents belong to a visible minority, a share 75% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (12%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%. On Indigenous residents, 3.4% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
67% have English as their mother tongue; 8.2% 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
Residents whose mother tongue is French account for 1.5%.
52% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 87% of Canadian towns don’t reach
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 7% (typical 9.5%). Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 59% of adults
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.
The employment rate of 59% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 13th youngest of 41 towns this size
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
At one end is Rhineland (27.2), at the other Southern Gulf Islands (61.6). Nearest to Spruce Cliff in age: Whitmore Park (37.3), Lucan (37.6), Hillsdale (37.7) and Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde (38.3).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Spruce Cliff
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Cliff | 6,691 | — | 37.6 | 16% | 29% |
| Wildwood | 4,177 | 1.1 km | 49.5 | 27% | 15% |
| Rosscarrock | 3,862 | 1.1 km | 35.9 | 9.8% | 41% |
| West Hillhurst | 10,319 | 1.5 km | 39.9 | 17% | 18% |
| Killarney/Glengarry | 7,935 | 1.5 km | 35.9 | 9.4% | 23% |
| Westgate | 3,139 | 1.8 km | 42 | 17% | 20% |
| Sunalta | 4,151 | 2.3 km | 34.8 | 7.5% | 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. 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Spruce Cliff’s residents
What religion are people in Spruce Cliff?
Christian: 39%. No religion: 44%. Another religion: 16%.
Is Spruce Cliff good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 16%. 40% of households are couple families and 8% one-parent families. Schools near Spruce Cliff are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Spruce Cliff?
$74,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Spruce Cliff (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Spruce Cliff?
The 2021 Census counted 6,691 people in Spruce Cliff.
What is the average age in Spruce Cliff?
37.6 is the median age, younger than 79% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 16%. 65 and over: 16%.
Is Spruce Cliff bilingual?
English and French: 8.2% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 90%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.5%.
How diverse is Spruce Cliff?
Immigrants make up 29% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 37% are members of a visible minority, and 3.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).