Walden is younger than 94% of Canadian towns: a median age of 33.6
Households in Walden hold 2.7 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4). Nearly half of residents belong to a visible minority. Few places have as many residents without Canadian citizenship: 15% here, more than in 82% of Canadian towns. At the 2021 Census, 8,190 people lived in the neighbourhood, in 3,010 households.
What stands out about the people of Walden
Younger than most towns
Half of Walden’s residents are under 33.6 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 22% are under 15 and 5.7% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 43% of residents; the medians are 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (59%) or in Europe (18%), and 47% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
23% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 2.1 times the typical share; 68% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Walden ranks below 98% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 5.7%
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Just over a fifth of residents are under 15; across Canada’s towns the figure is 16%. Set beside that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Walden, 33.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
20% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families account for 8%. For one-person households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 27%.
More married residents 15 and over than 83% of Canadian towns: 56%
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 nearly a quarter of adults, beside a typical 27%. As a reference point, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 11% of the total.
17% of households rent their home, below 71% of Canadian towns
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
The share of households in single-detached houses trails three fifths of Canadian towns: 56%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Renter households: 25% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Half of households earn more than $113,300 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Walden: half had more than $113,300, 32% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. 32% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
More immigrants than 87% of Canadian towns: 43%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
In Walden, nearly a quarter of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants: 17% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Most immigrants were born in Asia (59%) or in Europe (18%).
Below 61% of Canadian towns: 31% of residents said they have no religion
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Hindu (6.3%) and Muslim (5%). For comparison, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 65% of Canadian towns.
English is the mother tongue of 58%, and 4.8% speak French as well
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
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Walden, 4.8%. The neighbourhood has fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than 71% of Canadian towns, at 1%. 21% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.6% speak neither official language.
In Walden, 43% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 3.7%, beside a typical 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
70% 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. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
70% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
41 towns of 8,075 to 8,318 people: this is the 5th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is South Pointe, at 30.5; the oldest, Haliburton Village, is at 59.2. Nearest to Walden in age: Secord (32.4), Allard (32.4), Jackson (34.8) and South Terwillegar (34.9).
Walden sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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. Provincial and national yardsticks: Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Walden’s residents
Is Walden good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 22%. 62% of households are couple families and 8% one-parent families. Schools near Walden are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Walden?
$113,300 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Walden (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Walden?
Walden had 8,190 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Walden?
33.6 is the median age, younger than 94% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 22%. 65 and over: 5.7%.
Is Walden bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 4.8% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 94% only English, and French is the first language of 1%.
How diverse is Walden?
Immigrants make up 43% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 49% are members of a visible minority, and 1.8% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Walden?
Christian: 54%. No religion: 31%. Another religion: 15%.
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).