Photo: Jack Hope from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.08% of households rent their home, fewer than in 94% of Canadian towns
By its share of one-person households (14%), Strathcona Park is below 93% of Canadian towns. Census figures put visible minority residents at 30% here. With a median age of 44.7, Strathcona Park is older than 65% of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood counted 8,680 residents and 3,025 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Strathcona Park
Many graduates
62% of residents aged 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 13% have a master’s. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 61% of Canadian towns, at 21%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of children under 15 is 17%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 8.3% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Strathcona Park, 44.7. 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.
Larger households than 82% of Canadian towns: 2.8 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
7.9% of households are one-parent families.
In Strathcona Park, 60% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here 5.9% of residents 15 and over live common-law, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. Single and never married: nearly a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%.
Strathcona Park sits above 68% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (77%)
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
$156,800 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Strathcona Park had $156,800 before tax, 82% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Alberta’s towns, the typical figure is $92,200. The pandemic’s benefits: 25% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Strathcona Park: 27% of residents are immigrants, above 68% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Residents who moved in within the year make up 9.6%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (59%) or in Europe (26%). To put it in context, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 69% of Canadian towns: 41%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Compared with 2.8% across Canada’s towns, 1.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity here. Elsewhere, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Muslim (6.9%).
A larger share of bilingual residents than 56% of Canadian towns: 8.6%
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 12% mostly speak another language; 1.2% speak neither English nor French. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. On residents whose mother tongue is French, 1.4% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
62% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
2.5% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 53% of residents 15 and over had a job
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 53%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 21% are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 14th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Renfrew is the oldest at 54, Garneau the youngest at 30.2. By median age, Strathcona Park sits among Lac-Beauport (42.4), Uplands (43.6), Stanley Park (45.6) and Innisfail (46).
Of the 6 towns nearest Strathcona Park, 2 are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strathcona Park | 8,680 | — | 44.7 | 21% | 27% |
| Coach Hill | 3,383 | 1.3 km | 44.7 | 23% | 25% |
| Patterson | 4,169 | 1.4 km | 48.6 | 25% | 33% |
| West Springs | 11,632 | 1.6 km | 37.4 | 7.6% | 31% |
| Westgate | 3,139 | 1.7 km | 42 | 17% | 20% |
| Aspen Woods | 9,606 | 1.7 km | 37.7 | 6.8% | 40% |
| Signal Hill | 13,293 | 2.5 km | 49.4 | 23% | 37% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Strathcona Park’s residents
What religion are people in Strathcona Park?
46% are Christian and 41% have no religion; 12% follow another religion.
Is Strathcona Park good for families?
Under 15: 17% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 70% of households. One-parent families: 7.9%. Schools near Strathcona Park are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Strathcona Park?
The median household in Strathcona Park took in $156,800 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Strathcona Park?
The 2021 Census counted 8,680 people in Strathcona Park.
What is the average age in Strathcona Park?
A median age of 44.7, older than 65% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 17%, and people 65 and over 21%.
Is Strathcona Park bilingual?
English and French: 8.6% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 90%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.4%.
How diverse is Strathcona Park?
27% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 30% belong to a visible minority and 1.6% have an Indigenous identity.
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).