Photo: D. Mulligan · CC BY-SA 3.0Canmore sits above 95% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (59%)
Households in single-detached houses: 38% here and 64% across Canada’s towns. The share of children under 15 stands at 13%. Few places have as many residents without Canadian citizenship: 12% here, more than in three quarters of Canadian towns. Canmore is home to some 17,341 people (July 2025 estimate), in 6,800 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Canmore
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Canmore went from 13,992 to 15,990 residents (+14%), faster growth than in 91% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
A town people move to
A year before the census, 18% of residents lived elsewhere, 1.7 times the typical share; over five years, 52% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Canmore grew +14% from 2016 to 2021, ahead of 91% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Alberta’s towns the median is +1%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 8%.
Canmore sits below 76% of Canadian towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9.3%)
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Across Canada’s towns, nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Canmore, 17%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. With a median age of 42.8, Canmore is older than 54% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Canmore, 42.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Canmore households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 64% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
With one-parent families at 4.9%, Canmore is behind 93% of Canadian towns on that count. In Canmore, 27% of households are one person living alone.
Canmore ranks above 77% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 15%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: just over a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%. In Canmore, 47% of residents 15 and over are married.
Canmore sits above 70% of Canadian towns for households in buildings of five or more storeys (3.7%)
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
Across Canada’s towns, a typical a quarter of households rent; here, 34%. Nearly two in five homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 1.4% built before 1961.
The middle household earns $106,000 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
At $106,000, the middle household in Canmore out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 23%. Across Alberta’s towns the median is $92,200. The pandemic’s benefits: 34% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Canmore sits above 90% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (18%)
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
In Canmore, just over a fifth of residents are immigrants, beside 17% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (45%), then in Asia (32%).
59% said they have no religion, more than say they are Christian
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canmore, 13% of residents belong to a visible minority. Nothing unusual on Indigenous residents: 2.6%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Canmore sits above 73% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (18%)
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
6.3% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.3% speak neither official language. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Canmore has more residents whose mother tongue is French than 72% of Canadian towns, at 5.1%.
46% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 80% of Canadian towns don’t reach
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
3.6% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
A job for 65% 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.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 65%.
41 towns of 16,833 to 17,851 people: this is the 13th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is Bay-Cloverhill (29.6) and the oldest Saint-Charles-Borromée (57.2). The closest ages to Canmore’s belong to Fraser Heights (42.2), Oakbank (42.4), Fallingbrook (42.9) and East Burnaby (43).
3 in 5 nearby towns have a higher median age than Canmore
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. No closer places have figures: these lie 12–70 km from Canmore.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canmore | 17,341 | — | 42.8 | 17% | 21% |
| Bighorn No. 8 | 1,857 | 12.4 km | 43.6 | 16% | 12% |
| Banff | 11,402 | 19.4 km | 36.8 | 12% | 27% |
| Cochrane | 39,397 | 61.0 km | 39.2 | 16% | 14% |
| Improvement District No. 9 Banff | 1,144 | 68.0 km | 44.8 | 15% | 14% |
| Electoral Area G, East Kootenay | 1,952 | 70.4 km | 52 | 25% | 8.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The middle of Alberta’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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.
Questions about Canmore’s residents
How diverse is Canmore?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 21%. A visible minority makes up 13% and Indigenous residents 2.6%.
What religion are people in Canmore?
Most often Christian (37%) or no religion (59%); other religions make up 4.3%.
Is Canmore good for families?
Children under 15 are 13% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 56% of households and one-parent families 4.9%. Schools near Canmore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Canmore?
Median total household income in Canmore was $106,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Canmore?
The latest figure is an estimate: 17,341 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Canmore counted 15,990, 14% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Canmore?
Half the residents are older than 42.8 and half younger, older than 54% of Canadian towns; 13% are children under 15 and 17% are 65 or over.
Is Canmore bilingual?
English and French: 18% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 81%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 5.1%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).