Photo: Mack Male from Edmonton, AB, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Ambleside is under 34.4, younger than 92% of Canadian towns
Where 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns, Ambleside has 48%. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are common here: 17%, more than in 87% of Canadian towns. Census day 2021: 7,733 residents and 3,075 households in the neighbourhood. Immigrants: 38% of the total.
What stands out about the people of Ambleside
Younger than most towns
Line Ambleside’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 34.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 23% are under 15 and 8.7% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Below 95% of Canadian towns: 8.7% of residents are 65 or over
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 35–39: 13% of residents, 2 times the share across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. On the census count, nearly a quarter of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Ambleside, 34.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women.
In Ambleside, 30% of households are one person living alone, more than in 60% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Ambleside, 2.5. Few places have so few one-parent families: 7.2% here, fewer than in 67% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over: 53%, a higher share than 70% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, 9.6% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Ambleside. Single and never married: 27% of adults, against a typical 27%.
Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 7%, a higher share than 76% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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 single-detached houses: 38%, below 79% of Canadian towns. On the census count, 34% of households rent their home.
The median household brings in $99,900 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Ambleside’s median household took in $99,900 before tax, 16% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Alberta’s towns is $92,200. 33% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 17%, a higher share than 86% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (67%), then in Europe (14%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8%. 44% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Ambleside sits above 86% of Canadian towns for visible minority residents (53%)
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (7.7%), Hindu (3.9%) and Sikh (2.8%). The usual figure: 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Nothing unusual on Indigenous residents: 3%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
58% have English as their mother tongue; 6.2% also speak French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
On residents whose mother tongue is French, 1% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns. 22% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2.9% speak neither official language. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns.
49% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 84% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 3.7% (typical 9.5%). Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 69%
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 69%.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The group spans La Broquerie, youngest at 28.6, to Minden Hills, oldest at 58.8. By median age, Ambleside sits among La Broquerie (28.6), Callingwood South (36.2) and Landsdale (36.5).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Ambleside
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambleside | 7,733 | — | 34.4 | 8.7% | 38% |
| Glenridding Heights | 4,388 | 1.0 km | 31.9 | 2.9% | 46% |
| Windermere | 14,922 | 1.2 km | 33.9 | 7% | 40% |
| Keswick | 3,957 | 1.8 km | 32.1 | 4.4% | 41% |
| South Terwillegar | 8,183 | 1.9 km | 34.9 | 7.9% | 39% |
| Terwillegar Towne | 6,478 | 2.7 km | 38.4 | 11% | 30% |
| Haddow | 4,026 | 2.8 km | 41 | 13% | 37% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Ambleside’s residents
What religion are people in Ambleside?
36% are Christian and 48% have no religion; 17% follow another religion.
Is Ambleside good for families?
Under 15: 23% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 52% of households. One-parent families: 7.2%. Schools near Ambleside are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ambleside?
The median household in Ambleside took in $99,900 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Ambleside?
Ambleside had 7,733 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Ambleside?
A median age of 34.4, younger than 92% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 23%, and people 65 and over 8.7%.
Is Ambleside bilingual?
English and French: 6.2% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 91%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 1%.
How diverse is Ambleside?
38% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 53% belong to a visible minority and 3% have an Indigenous identity.
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).