Balwin: 13% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 91% of Canadian towns
Here 44% of households rent their home, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 25%. Census day 2021: 4,092 residents and 1,570 households in Balwin. For Balwin, the census puts one-parent families at 15%. Half of the neighbourhood’s residents are under 37.1, younger than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Balwin
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 13% of residents, more than in 91% of Canadian towns, and 4.1% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Balwin ranks below 84% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 13%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 30–34: 7.3% of residents. Children under 15 are more common here than in 82% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Balwin, 37.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 64% of Canadian towns: 2.6 people on average
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.
Where 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, Balwin has 29%. Shared houses stand out: 7% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 86% of Canadian towns.
In Balwin, 8.1% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 72% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married; in Balwin, 37%. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Only 58% of households live in a single-detached house in Balwin
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: 23% predate 1961, 6.7% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
The median household brings in $69,600 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Balwin: half had less than $69,600, 19% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Alberta’s towns is $92,200. COVID-19 benefits went to 38% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
In Balwin, 32% of residents are immigrants, more than in 74% 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 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, against 13% in Balwin. A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: more than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (47%) and in Africa (25%).
Balwin: 41% of residents belong to a visible minority, above 78% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (15%). 36% of residents said they have no religion (Canada’s towns: 35%).
English is the mother tongue of 63%, and 4.8% 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: English 73%, French 0.7%. On bilingual residents, Balwin sits lower than 77% of Canadian towns: 4.8%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 1.5%.
Balwin ranks below 95% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 10%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
An employment rate of 49%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 49%; 13% of residents are 65 or over.
41 towns of 4,029 to 4,155 people: this is the 5th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Alexander is the oldest at 58.4, Mistissini the youngest at 29. Closest in median age to Balwin are Sunalta (34.8), York (37), North Norfolk (37.2) and Tuxedo Park (37.7).
Balwin is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about Balwin’s residents
What religion are people in Balwin?
43% are Christian and 36% have no religion; 20% follow another religion.
Is Balwin good for families?
Under 15: 20% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 37% of households. One-parent families: 15%. Schools near Balwin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Balwin?
The median household in Balwin took in $69,600 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Balwin?
4,092, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Balwin alone.
What is the average age in Balwin?
A median age of 37.1, younger than 82% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 20%, and people 65 and over 13%.
Is Balwin bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 4.8% are. Another 0.2% speak only French and 92% only English, and French is the first language of 1.5%.
How diverse is Balwin?
32% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 41% belong to a visible minority and 13% 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).