A median age of 29.9: Albany is younger than 99% of Canadian towns
The share of visible minority residents tops 87% of Canadian towns: 54%. The 2021 Census counted 3,015 residents in 640 households. On the census count, just over a third of households live in a single-detached house. Albany has more residents who moved in within the year than four fifths of Canadian towns, at 15%.
What stands out about the people of Albany
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Albany is 29.9; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 14% are under 15 and 4.7% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of Canadian towns, at 4.7%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The figure for children under 15 is 14% in Albany and 16% across Canada’s towns. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Albany, 29.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
33% women, 67% men
About 49 women for every 100 men.
In Albany, 33% of households are one person living alone, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families; in Albany, 9.4%. Households here average 2.7 people each. One-person households: 27% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Only 3.6% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Albany
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are married, against 46% across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
35% of households rent their home, more than in 68% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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 usual figure: a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Household income at the median: $90,700 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Albany had $90,700 before tax, 5% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns, half of households had more than $92,200 before tax. Pandemic benefits reached 35% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Albany: 32% of residents are immigrants, above 75% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (42%) or in Africa (30%). Against that, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals are 31% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 28%, a lower share than 72% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (24%). The usual figure: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Little separates the share of Indigenous residents here, 3.6%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 59%, and 5% speak French as well
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 17% mostly speak another language; 2.9% speak neither English nor French. On bilingual residents, Albany sits lower than 74% of Canadian towns: 5%. The neighbourhood sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.5%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
In Albany, 32% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 59% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 8.3% 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.
69% of residents 15 and over were in work
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 69% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 2,976 to 3,057 people, the 1st youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 29.9 in Albany to 58.4 in Electoral Area C, Strathcona. Closest in median age to Albany are South Portage (34) and Granville (34.9).
Every nearby town is older than Albany
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | 3,015 | — | 29.9 | 4.7% | 32% |
| Oxford | 4,460 | 1.4 km | 38.1 | 13% | 37% |
| Carlton | 5,502 | 1.4 km | 34 | 8.2% | 39% |
| Rapperswill | 3,639 | 1.5 km | 32.2 | 4% | 41% |
| Dunluce | 6,079 | 1.8 km | 38.1 | 15% | 25% |
| Canossa | 3,246 | 2.1 km | 35.5 | 7.3% | 37% |
| Cumberland | 6,493 | 2.4 km | 37 | 8.6% | 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. 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. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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 Albany’s residents
How diverse is Albany?
32% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 54% belong to a visible minority and 3.6% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Albany?
43% are Christian and 28% have no religion; 29% follow another religion.
Is Albany good for families?
Under 15: 14% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 45% of households. One-parent families: 9.4%. Schools near Albany are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Albany?
The median household in Albany took in $90,700 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Albany?
The 2021 Census counted 3,015 people in Albany.
What is the average age in Albany?
A median age of 29.9, younger than 99% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 14%, and people 65 and over 4.7%.
Is Albany bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5% are. Another 0.3% speak only French and 93% only English, and French is the first language of 1.5%.
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).