Photo: Cszmurlo · CC BY 3.0A smaller share of one-person households than 75% of Canadian towns: 20%
Just over two in five residents said they have no religion; across Canada’s towns the figure is 35%. For Woodlands, the census puts children under 15 at 18%. At 13%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is higher than in 66% of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood counted 5,391 residents and 2,135 households at the 2021 Census.
Above 65% of Canadian towns: 21% of residents are 65 or over
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, against 11% across Canada’s towns. The median age in Woodlands is 43.3, higher than in 58% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Woodlands, 43.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Woodlands sits above 74% of Canadian towns for one-parent families (9.9%)
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The average household has 2.5 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
Woodlands: 55% of residents 15 and over are married, above 77% 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
Nearly a quarter of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Locally, 9% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
Woodlands sits above 57% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (68%)
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 27% of households rent their home.
Household income at the median: $101,500 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Woodlands’s, at $101,500, is 18% higher. Among Alberta’s towns, the typical figure is $92,200. In 2020, 28% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Immigrants make up 25% in Woodlands, more than in 64% 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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (40%) and in Europe (36%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants is 17%. Woodlands sits close to the norm on residents without Canadian citizenship: 5.1%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
In Woodlands, 5.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Jewish (4.6%). To put it in context, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 17% in Woodlands.
English is the mother tongue of 74%, and 7.2% speak French as well
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
12% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.1% speak neither official language. On residents whose mother tongue is French, 1.5% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
In Woodlands, 38% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 69% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 6.5% here, 9.5% in the typical town. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 54% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 54%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 21% of residents are 65 or over.
41 towns of 5,297 to 5,486 people: this is the 19th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages climb from 26.6 (Chisasibi) to 60 (Electoral Area L, Cariboo) across the group. In age, Woodlands keeps company with Garner (42), Hillview (42.7), Island Park-Wellington Village (43.4) and North Gower - Kars (43.5).
Of the 6 towns nearest Woodlands, 2 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Woodlands’s residents
Is Woodlands bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 7.2% are. Another 0% speak only French and 92% only English, and French is the first language of 1.5%.
How diverse is Woodlands?
Immigrants make up 25% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 17% are members of a visible minority, and 5.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Woodlands?
Christian: 49%. No religion: 42%. Another religion: 8.9%.
Is Woodlands good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 18%. 60% of households are couple families and 9.9% one-parent families. Schools near Woodlands are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Woodlands?
$101,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Woodlands (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Woodlands?
5,391, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Woodlands alone.
What is the average age in Woodlands?
43.3 is the median age, older than 58% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 18%. 65 and over: 21%.
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).