38% of residents are immigrants, a share 82% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority residents: 42% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 5,311 residents in 1,920 households. One-parent families: 12% of the total. The median age in Aldergrove is 37.8, lower than in 78% of Canadian towns.
Aldergrove sits below 78% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (14%)
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The share of children under 15 is 18%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Aldergrove, 37.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Below 80% of Canadian towns: 19% of households are one person living alone
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 6.8% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 85% of Canadian towns. For one-person households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 27%. The average household has 2.8 people.
Only 7.8% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Aldergrove
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
33% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. The wider picture: 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
37% of households rent their home, a share 70% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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: 1.1% predate 1961, 0.8% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. The figure for households in single-detached houses is 57% in Aldergrove and 64% across Canada’s towns.
Household income at the median: $95,400 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Aldergrove’s households had a total income above $95,400, 11% 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 38% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Above 89% of Canadian towns: 19% of residents are not Canadian citizens
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 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (61%) and in Europe (18%). 16% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a higher share than in 83% of Canadian towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 5.8% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Recent arrivals are 52% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
More Indigenous residents than 80% of Canadian towns: 7.2%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (8.7%). The share of Indigenous residents across Canada’s towns is 2.8%. Where 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns, Aldergrove has 34%.
English is the mother tongue of 63%, and 5.5% speak French as well
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
At home, 19% mostly speak another language; 1.8% speak neither English nor French. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 69% of Canadian towns. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 1.6%.
27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 14%, against 9.5%.
An employment rate of 59%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. 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: 59%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 5,215 to 5,405 people, the 10th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
At one end is Chisasibi (26.6), at the other Electoral Area L, Cariboo (60). Next to Aldergrove on this scale come Westdale (37.1), Crown Point East (37.8), Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover (38.4) and South West Industrial (38.5).
Aldergrove and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldergrove | 5,311 | — | 37.8 | 14% | 38% |
| Belmead | 3,970 | 0.7 km | 38 | 14% | 39% |
| Thorncliff | 3,564 | 1.3 km | 36.4 | 12% | 46% |
| La Perle | 7,889 | 1.6 km | 44.8 | 23% | 32% |
| Lymburn | 7,231 | 1.6 km | 38.8 | 14% | 29% |
| West Meadowlark Park | 5,386 | 2.0 km | 44.6 | 24% | 37% |
| Glastonbury | 9,745 | 2.1 km | 42.5 | 17% | 31% |
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. 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. 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.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Alberta’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
Questions about Aldergrove’s residents
What is the median income in Aldergrove?
Half of Aldergrove’s households had more than $95,400 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Aldergrove?
The 2021 Census counted 5,311 people in Aldergrove.
What is the average age in Aldergrove?
The median age is 37.8, younger than 78% of Canadian towns. 18% are under 15 and 14% 65 or older.
Is Aldergrove bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.5% are. Another 0% speak only French and 93% only English, and French is the first language of 1.6%.
How diverse is Aldergrove?
Immigrants: 38% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 42%. Indigenous identity: 7.2%.
What religion are people in Aldergrove?
34% said they have no religion and 52% that they are Christian; 14% named another faith.
Is Aldergrove good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 52% of households and one-parent families 12%. Schools near Aldergrove are on its Schools page.
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).