Photo: JMacPherson from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0Wildwood is older than 84% of Canadian towns: a median age of 49.5
At 2.1 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census put Wildwood’s population at 4,177, in 1,815 households. Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 16% of the total. Lower than in 93% of Canadian towns: 7.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
What stands out about the people of Wildwood
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 66% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 13%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
27% of residents are 65 or over, a share 85% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 60–64: 9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Children under 15: 14% of the total. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Wildwood, 49.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 34%, a higher share than 76% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
6.9% of households are one-parent families (Canada’s towns: 8.2%). The share of one-person households across Canada’s towns is 27%.
48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 55% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
22% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). The wider picture: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 10%.
In Wildwood, 17% of households rent their home, fewer than in 69% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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: 43% predate 1961, 4.1% date from 2001 or later. Single-detached houses hold 53% of households, less than in 65% of Canadian towns, and buildings of five or more storeys 16%. As a yardstick, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $120,800 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Wildwood’s households had a total income above $120,800, 40% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Alberta’s towns has $92,200 before tax. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 21% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 62% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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 Europe (36%), then in the Americas (30%). Wildwood has fewer residents without Canadian citizenship than 70% of Canadian towns, at 2.5%. Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The share of immigrants is 15%, against 17% across Canada’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 55%, a higher share than 92% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (2.4%). At 1.3%, the share of Indigenous residents is lower than in 75% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Visible minority residents: 12% here and 15% across Canada’s towns.
Above 67% of Canadian towns: 13% of residents speak English and French
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is French: 2.1%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 66%, a higher share than 97% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 0.7% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
A job for 58% of residents aged 15 and over
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 58%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 4,105 to 4,242 people, the 8th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest of these towns is Banff Trail, at 31.7; the oldest, Lake of Bays, is at 58.4. Closest in median age to Wildwood are Patterson (48.6), Electoral Area B, Cariboo (48.8), Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix (49.6) and La Pocatière (50.4).
No nearby town is as old as Wildwood
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildwood | 4,177 | — | 49.5 | 27% | 15% |
| Spruce Cliff | 6,691 | 1.1 km | 37.6 | 16% | 29% |
| Rosscarrock | 3,862 | 1.5 km | 35.9 | 9.8% | 41% |
| Westgate | 3,139 | 1.6 km | 42 | 17% | 20% |
| West Hillhurst | 10,319 | 1.6 km | 39.9 | 17% | 18% |
| Patterson | 4,169 | 1.9 km | 48.6 | 25% | 33% |
| University Heights | 4,031 | 2.4 km | 32.1 | 13% | 27% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about Wildwood’s residents
What is the average age in Wildwood?
A median age of 49.5, older than 84% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 14%, and people 65 and over 27%.
Is Wildwood bilingual?
13% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.3% speak French only and 86% English only. French is the mother tongue of 2.1%.
How diverse is Wildwood?
15% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 12% belong to a visible minority and 1.3% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Wildwood?
41% are Christian and 55% have no religion; 4.3% follow another religion.
Is Wildwood good for families?
Under 15: 14% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 53% of households. One-parent families: 6.9%. Schools near Wildwood are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Wildwood?
The median household in Wildwood took in $120,800 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Wildwood?
The 2021 Census counted 4,177 people in Wildwood.
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).