Photo: Kiyoteru Awaji · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 32.4: Allard is younger than 97% of Canadian towns
Households average 2.9 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are common here: 16%, more than in 84% of Canadian towns. At the 2021 Census, 8,148 people lived in Allard, in 2,820 households. On the census count, 5.8% of households live in a building of five or more storeys.
What stands out about the people of Allard
Younger than most towns
Allard’s median age is 32.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are under 15 and 4.9% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 49% of residents; the medians are 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (78%) or in Africa (10%), and 57% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
69% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 93% of Canadian towns; 49% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over: 4.9%, a lower share than 99% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
No age band is larger than 30–34: 12% of residents, 1.9 times the share across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, children under 15 are common here: 26%, more than in 98% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Allard, 32.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Only 20% of households are one person living alone in Allard
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Allard, 7.1% of households are one-parent families. On average, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
59% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 25% of adults (typical: 27%). Locally, 8.2% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
In Allard, 52% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 66% 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
30% of households rent their home (Canada’s towns: 25%). Across Canada’s towns, households in single-detached houses come to 64%.
Household income at the median: $104,500 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Allard’s, at $104,500, is 22% higher. Across Alberta’s towns the median is $92,200. The pandemic’s benefits: 37% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Immigrants make up 49% in Allard, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
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 60%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
57% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Census figures put residents without Canadian citizenship at 25% in Allard. As a reference point, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns.
Allard ranks above 93% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 69%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Hindu (11%), Muslim (7.6%) and Sikh (5.8%). Set beside that, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 35% of residents said they have no religion; in Allard, 34%.
Beyond English and French: 54% grew up with another language
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, 34% mostly speak another language; 4.1% speak neither English nor French. 5.2% of residents speak English and French, a lower share than in 72% of Canadian towns. There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.5%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Above 80% of Canadian towns: 45% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 5.1% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 72%
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.
At 72%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 5th of 41 towns of 8,008 to 8,283 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The group spans Taber, youngest at 27.4, to Haliburton Village, oldest at 59.2. Nearest to Allard in age: Charlesworth (32.3), Secord (32.4), Walden (33.6) and Jackson (34.8).
4 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Allard
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. Each comparison is its own median: over Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- 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. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Allard’s residents
What religion are people in Allard?
Christian: 39%. No religion: 34%. Another religion: 27%.
Is Allard good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 26%. 59% of households are couple families and 7.1% one-parent families. Schools near Allard are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Allard?
$104,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Allard (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Allard?
The 2021 Census counted 8,148 people in Allard.
What is the average age in Allard?
32.4 is the median age, younger than 97% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 26%. 65 and over: 4.9%.
Is Allard bilingual?
5.2% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 91% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.5%.
How diverse is Allard?
Immigrants make up 49% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 69% are members of a visible minority, and 2.7% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).