Photo: sadikartart · CC0In Temple, 61% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
With a median age of 37.9, Temple is younger than 78% of Canadian towns. Locally, 18% of households are one person living alone. At the 2021 Census, 10,545 people lived locally, in 3,440 households. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 16%, above 85% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Temple
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 61%, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 41%. Identity & religion ↓
More immigrants than most towns
41% of residents are immigrants, against 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (69%) and in Africa (14%); 42% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of children under 15 than 86% of Canadian towns: 20%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
40–44 is the most common age band: 7.8% of residents. By way of comparison, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 14% here, fewer than in just over three quarters of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Temple, 37.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 92% of Canadian towns: 3.1 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.
Nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, against 9.8% in Temple.
Common-law partners: 6.1%, a lower share than 85% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
31% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). On average, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Households in single-detached houses make up 62% in Temple, less than in 52% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
Older homes outnumber new: 1.3% predate 1961, 0.9% date from 2001 or later. For households in single-detached houses, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 64%. Temple sits close to the norm on households in buildings of five or more storeys: 0.1%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
$89,800 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 Temple had $89,800 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Alberta’s towns has $92,200 before tax. 39% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Above 86% of Canadian towns: 41% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most recent wave: 42% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). On average, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 8.5% in Temple.
Only 25% of residents said they have no religion in Temple
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (20%), Sikh (4%), Buddhist (2.8%) and Hindu (2.6%). The wider picture: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. On Indigenous residents, 3.1% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 55%, and 3.3% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
25% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 3.9% speak neither official language. On bilingual residents, Temple sits lower than 92% of Canadian towns: 3.3%. There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.2%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 68% of Canadian towns: 20%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 21% 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.
Employment: 53% 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. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 53%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 14% of residents are 65 or over.
41 towns of 10,335 to 10,767 people: this is the 14th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
McConachie is the youngest of them at 30.9; Markland Wood, at 51.3, the oldest. The closest ages to Temple’s belong to Rosemont/Mount Royal (37.6), South Central (37.9), Eastern Passage (38.2) and Upper Thornhill Estates (38.6).
Older than Temple: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple | 10,545 | — | 37.9 | 14% | 41% |
| Monterey Park | 10,363 | 1.0 km | 41.2 | 17% | 51% |
| Pineridge | 10,062 | 1.3 km | 38.4 | 16% | 39% |
| Falconridge | 10,218 | 1.7 km | 34.4 | 9.3% | 46% |
| Whitehorn | 11,273 | 1.8 km | 38.4 | 16% | 49% |
| Coral Springs | 5,542 | 2.0 km | 40.6 | 17% | 56% |
| Rundle | 10,549 | 2.2 km | 37.6 | 15% | 49% |
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. “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. The middle of Alberta’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
Questions about Temple’s residents
What is the median income in Temple?
Median total household income in Temple was $89,800 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Temple?
The 2021 Census counted 10,545 people in Temple.
What is the average age in Temple?
Half the residents are older than 37.9 and half younger, younger than 78% of Canadian towns; 20% are children under 15 and 14% are 65 or over.
Is Temple bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 3.3% are. Another 0% speak only French and 93% only English, and French is the first language of 1.2%.
How diverse is Temple?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 41%. A visible minority makes up 61% and Indigenous residents 3.1%.
What religion are people in Temple?
Most often Christian (43%) or no religion (25%); other religions make up 32%.
Is Temple good for families?
Children under 15 are 20% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 51% of households and one-parent families 9.8%. Schools near Temple 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).