Households in buildings of five or more storeys make up 12% in Upper Mount Royal, more than in 81% of Canadian towns
In Upper Mount Royal, 47% of residents said they have no religion, beside 35% across Canada’s towns. With a median age of 45.9, Upper Mount Royal is older than 72% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 2,758, in 1,195 households. 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
What stands out about the people of Upper Mount Royal
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 73% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 19%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Children under 15 make up 14% in Upper Mount Royal, less than in 69% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
No age band is larger than 60–64: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Across Upper Mount Royal, 20% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Upper Mount Royal, 45.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
31% of households are one person living alone, a share 65% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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.
The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. 5% of households are one-parent families.
Above 70% of Canadian towns: 52% of residents 15 and over are married
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 28% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Against that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners stands at 9.1%.
A larger share of renter households than 51% of Canadian towns: 26%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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 single-detached houses: 65% of the total. Across Canada’s towns, a typical 25% of households rent; here, 26%.
Half of households earn more than $188,200 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Upper Mount Royal’s median household took in $188,200 before tax, 119% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Alberta’s towns, the household in the middle had $92,200. 23% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Only 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Upper Mount Royal
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (39%), then in Europe (30%). Here 15% of residents are immigrants, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 17%.
21% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 57% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (2.4%). The benchmark for visible minority residents across Canada’s towns: 15%. Nothing unusual on Indigenous residents: 2.6%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Bilingual residents make up 16% in Upper Mount Royal, more than in 70% of Canadian towns
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 2%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: English 94%, French 0.4%.
Upper Mount Royal sits above 99% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (73%)
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
1.9% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
A job for 62% of residents aged 15 and over
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 62% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
19th highest median age among 41 towns of 2,722 to 2,796
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
They run from Waskaganish, at 25, to Cultus Lake, at 56.8. Closest in median age to Upper Mount Royal are Highlands (45.6), Freelton (45.7), Wakefield (46) and Turner Valley (46).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Upper Mount Royal
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Mount Royal | 2,758 | — | 45.9 | 20% | 15% |
| Lower Mount Royal | 3,136 | 0.6 km | 34.1 | 9.7% | 27% |
| Bankview | 5,610 | 0.9 km | 34.2 | 7.7% | 24% |
| Mission | 6,329 | 1.1 km | 34.8 | 13% | 21% |
| Beltline | 26,171 | 1.2 km | 33.3 | 7.9% | 32% |
| Elbow Park | 4,120 | 1.2 km | 46.5 | 19% | 11% |
| South Calgary | 4,412 | 1.4 km | 36 | 9.3% | 19% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- 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 Upper Mount Royal’s residents
How diverse is Upper Mount Royal?
15% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 21% belong to a visible minority and 2.6% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Upper Mount Royal?
45% are Christian and 47% have no religion; 8.6% follow another religion.
Is Upper Mount Royal good for families?
Under 15: 14% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 56% of households. One-parent families: 5%. Schools near Upper Mount Royal are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Upper Mount Royal?
The median household in Upper Mount Royal took in $188,200 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Upper Mount Royal?
2,758, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Upper Mount Royal alone.
What is the average age in Upper Mount Royal?
A median age of 45.9, older than 72% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 14%, and people 65 and over 20%.
Is Upper Mount Royal bilingual?
English and French: 16% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 84%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 2%.
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).