Photo: Oceanflynn · CC BY-SA 4.0Residents with no religion: 55%, a higher share than 92% of Canadian towns
Here 15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. At the 2021 Census, 10,319 people lived in West Hillhurst, in 4,355 households. Census figures put households in single-detached houses at 46% locally. The median age here is 39.9, lower than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of West Hillhurst
Many graduates
68% of residents aged 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 17% have a master’s. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Below 73% of Canadian towns: 9.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Residents aged 65 and over: 17%, below 63% of Canadian towns. In West Hillhurst, 16% of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ West Hillhurst, 39.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women.
A larger share of one-person households than 66% of Canadian towns: 31%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in West Hillhurst, 2.3. In West Hillhurst, 5.9% of households are one-parent families. The benchmark for one-person households across Canada’s towns: 27%.
West Hillhurst: 12% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 64% 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
27% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%. In West Hillhurst, 47% of residents 15 and over are married.
Above 70% of Canadian towns: 36% of households rent their home
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 39% date from 2001 or later, 28% from before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, a quarter of households rent their home. At 0.3%, households in buildings of five or more storeys sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $125,800 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
West Hillhurst’s median household took in $125,800 before tax, 46% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Alberta’s towns has $92,200 before tax. COVID-19 benefits went to 25% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
18% of residents are immigrants, more than in 52% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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 (49%), then in Europe (29%). The comparison figure for immigrants is 17% across Canada’s towns. 6.6% of residents are not Canadian citizens, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
West Hillhurst: 23% of residents belong to a visible minority, above 60% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here, 1.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity. As a reference point, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
Above 67% of Canadian towns: 13% of residents speak English and French
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
At home: English 92%, French 0.3%. Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French. Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 1.5%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
West Hillhurst ranks above 98% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 68%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 1.3%, beside a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 65% of adults
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.
The employment rate of 65% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 10,124 to 10,498 people, the 16th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages climb from 30.9 (McConachie) to 52 (Leeds and the Thousand Islands) across the group. By median age, West Hillhurst sits among Citadel (39.6), Notre-Dame-de-Grâces (39.8), Vanier North (40.3) and Coal Harbour (40.9).
West Hillhurst is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Hillhurst | 10,319 | — | 39.9 | 17% | 18% |
| Spruce Cliff | 6,691 | 1.5 km | 37.6 | 16% | 29% |
| Wildwood | 4,177 | 1.6 km | 49.5 | 27% | 15% |
| University Heights | 4,031 | 1.9 km | 32.1 | 13% | 27% |
| Hillhurst | 8,435 | 2.0 km | 38.6 | 15% | 21% |
| Banff Trail | 4,175 | 2.2 km | 31.7 | 9.6% | 24% |
| Capitol Hill | 6,135 | 2.5 km | 36.7 | 11% | 18% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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 West Hillhurst’s residents
What religion are people in West Hillhurst?
40% are Christian and 55% have no religion; 4.5% follow another religion.
Is West Hillhurst good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 53% of households. One-parent families: 5.9%. Schools near West Hillhurst are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in West Hillhurst?
The median household in West Hillhurst took in $125,800 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of West Hillhurst?
The 2021 Census counted 10,319 people in West Hillhurst.
What is the average age in West Hillhurst?
A median age of 39.9, younger than 65% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 17%.
Is West Hillhurst bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 13% are. Another 0% speak only French and 86% only English, and French is the first language of 1.5%.
How diverse is West Hillhurst?
18% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 23% belong to a visible minority and 1.9% 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).