Younger than 96% of Canadian towns: half of Taradale is under 32.7
With one-person households at 9.1%, Taradale is behind 98% of Canadian towns on that count. At the 2021 Census, 17,911 people lived here, in 4,545 households. For Taradale, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 16%. Fewer residents with no religion than in 99% of Canadian towns: 7.1%.
What stands out about the people of Taradale
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. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (87%), then in Africa (7.4%), and 40% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 90%, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 58%. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Taradale is 32.7; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 23% are under 15 and 7.7% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Taradale sits below 96% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (7.7%)
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
35–39 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Children under 15 account for 23%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Taradale, 32.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 99% of Canadian towns: 3.9 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The figure for one-parent families is 6.8% in Taradale and 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Below 98% of Canadian towns: 2.6% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
30% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of households in single-detached houses than 54% of Canadian towns, at 66%
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. 76% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 0.2% built before 1961. By way of comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. On renter households, 25% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
$102,400 a year: where the middle household sits
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Taradale had $102,400 before tax, 19% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns the median is $92,200. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 44% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Taradale sits above 97% of Canadian towns for immigrants (58%)
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (87%), then in Africa (7.4%). Elsewhere, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Taradale has more residents without Canadian citizenship than 96% of Canadian towns, at 25%. Most recent wave: 40% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
A higher share of visible minority residents than 99% of Canadian towns, at 90%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Sikh (32%), Muslim (26%) and Hindu (7.2%). Fewer Indigenous residents than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 1%. Elsewhere, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
72% have a mother tongue other than English or 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
7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 2.7% in Taradale. Locally, 0.6% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Taradale ranks above 65% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 36%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 14% here, 9.5% in the typical town. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
59% of adults were employed in May 2021
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.
At 59%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 17,391 to 18,446 people, the 4th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The group spans Schmidtville, youngest at 29, to Edmundston, oldest at 54. Closest in median age to Taradale are Bay-Cloverhill (29.6), Cold Lake (32.4), Downtown Yonge East (33.4) and Auburn Bay (34.1).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Taradale
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taradale | 17,911 | — | 32.7 | 7.7% | 58% |
| Saddle Ridge | 21,479 | 1.4 km | 32.4 | 7.8% | 62% |
| Martindale | 14,467 | 1.9 km | 34.5 | 8.7% | 55% |
| Coral Springs | 5,542 | 2.1 km | 40.6 | 17% | 56% |
| Falconridge | 10,218 | 2.2 km | 34.4 | 9.3% | 46% |
| Castleridge | 6,127 | 2.6 km | 35.7 | 11% | 50% |
| Cityscape | 11,782 | 3.4 km | 31.5 | 5.9% | 59% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Taradale’s residents
What is the median income in Taradale?
The median household in Taradale took in $102,400 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Taradale?
The 2021 Census counted 17,911 people in Taradale.
What is the average age in Taradale?
A median age of 32.7, younger than 96% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 23%, and people 65 and over 7.7%.
Is Taradale bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 2.7% are. Another 0% speak only French and 90% only English, and French is the first language of 0.6%.
How diverse is Taradale?
58% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 90% belong to a visible minority and 1% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Taradale?
27% are Christian and 7.1% have no religion; 66% follow another religion.
Is Taradale good for families?
Under 15: 23% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 51% of households. One-parent families: 6.8%. Schools near Taradale 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).