Photo: CnekYT · CC BY-SA 4.0A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 95% of Canadian towns, at 6.1%
Compared with 35% across Canada’s towns, 43% of residents said they have no religion here. The 2021 Census counted 3,139 residents in 1,300 households. Across Westgate, 9.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24. 17% of residents are 65 or over, a lower share than in 62% of Canadian towns.
Above 63% of Canadian towns: 17% of residents are under 15
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
60–64 is the most common age band: 8.6% of residents. The median age in Westgate is 42, lower than in 51% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Westgate, 42. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women.
One-parent families make up 10% in Westgate, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
A household here has 2.4 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. To put it in context, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns. One-person households account for 26%.
A smaller share of common-law partners than 63% of Canadian towns: 9.2%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
In Westgate, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 46% across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Households in single-detached houses make up 68% in Westgate, more than in 55% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 27% of households rent their home. 9.3% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
Half of households earn more than $100,700 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Westgate had $100,700 before tax, 17% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns, half of households had more than $92,200 before tax. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 28% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
A larger share of immigrants than 56% of Canadian towns: 20%
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (52%) and in Europe (23%). To put it in context, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 29% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 1.4% of residents.
Visible minority residents make up 21% in Westgate, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity. Across Canada’s towns, visible minority residents come to 15%.
Above 59% of Canadian towns: 9.5% of residents speak English and French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 87%, French 0.5%. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Westgate sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.9%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Westgate ranks above 76% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 43%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 6.4% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
58% 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 work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 58%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 3,091 to 3,190 people, the 15th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The group spans La Loche, youngest at 25.6, to Valhalla, oldest at 66. Brookside (40.9), Chalk River (42), Mont-Saint-Grégoire (42.4) and Beaumont (43.2): the towns nearest Westgate in median age.
Older than Westgate: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westgate | 3,139 | — | 42 | 17% | 20% |
| Rosscarrock | 3,862 | 0.9 km | 35.9 | 9.8% | 41% |
| Wildwood | 4,177 | 1.6 km | 49.5 | 27% | 15% |
| Glenbrook | 10,185 | 1.6 km | 38.6 | 15% | 27% |
| Strathcona Park | 8,680 | 1.7 km | 44.7 | 21% | 27% |
| Spruce Cliff | 6,691 | 1.8 km | 37.6 | 16% | 29% |
| Signal Hill | 13,293 | 1.9 km | 49.4 | 23% | 37% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- 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. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about Westgate’s residents
What is the population of Westgate?
Westgate had 3,139 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Westgate?
The median age is 42, younger than 51% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 17% 65 or older.
Is Westgate bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 9.5% are. Another 0% speak only French and 90% only English, and French is the first language of 1.9%.
How diverse is Westgate?
Immigrants: 20% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 21%. Indigenous identity: 2.8%.
What religion are people in Westgate?
43% said they have no religion and 51% that they are Christian; 5.9% named another faith.
Is Westgate good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 53% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Westgate are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Westgate?
Half of Westgate’s households had more than $100,700 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).