14% of households are one-parent families, a share 97% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 16%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Nearly two fifths of the people counted in Belmead in 2021 were immigrants, about 1,560. The median age locally is 38, lower than in 77% of Canadian towns. There were 1,405 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 3,970 people.
A higher share of children under 15 than 84% of Canadian towns, at 20%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The largest age band is 40–44: 7.9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Here, 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Belmead, 38. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women.
2.8 people per household, more than in 84% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Compared with 27% across Canada’s towns, 20% of households are one person living alone here.
Fewer common-law partners than 72% of Canadian towns: 8%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: just over a third of adults (typical: 27%). The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%. The share of married residents 15 and over stands at 45%.
Below 75% of Canadian towns: 43% of households live in a single-detached house
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
Older homes outnumber new: 3.2% predate 1961, 0.7% date from 2001 or later. Households in single-detached houses: 64% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. More renter households than in just over two thirds of Canadian towns: 35%.
Median household income here: $86,100 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. 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, and Belmead’s, at $86,100, is close to it. Across Alberta’s towns, half of households had more than $92,200 before tax. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 36% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
39% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (74%) or in Europe (15%). A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. 47% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Above 82% of Canadian towns: 46% of residents belong to a visible minority
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
With Indigenous residents at 6.4%, Belmead is ahead of 76% of Canadian towns on that count. By way of comparison, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Muslim (9.1%) and Buddhist (2.6%).
61% have English as their mother tongue; 4.8% also speak French
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
20% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2.6% speak neither official language. On bilingual residents, Belmead sits lower than 77% of Canadian towns: 4.8%. The neighbourhood sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.1%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Belmead sits above 54% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (29%)
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
12% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 54% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 54%; 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 11th youngest of 41 towns this size
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is Maple, at 30.9; the oldest, Okanagan Falls, is at 59.2. Next to Belmead on this scale come Normanview Residents Group (37.7), Fraser (37.8), Bridgeport East (38.7) and Stinson (39).
Older than Belmead: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmead | 3,970 | — | 38 | 14% | 39% |
| Aldergrove | 5,311 | 0.7 km | 37.8 | 14% | 38% |
| La Perle | 7,889 | 0.9 km | 44.8 | 23% | 32% |
| Thorncliff | 3,564 | 1.5 km | 36.4 | 12% | 46% |
| West Meadowlark Park | 5,386 | 1.8 km | 44.6 | 24% | 37% |
| Lymburn | 7,231 | 2.3 km | 38.8 | 14% | 29% |
| Elmwood | 2,522 | 2.6 km | 37.5 | 16% | 25% |
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. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
Questions about Belmead’s residents
Is Belmead bilingual?
English and French: 4.8% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 93%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.1%.
How diverse is Belmead?
Immigrants: 39% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 46%. Indigenous identity: 6.4%.
What religion are people in Belmead?
36% said they have no religion and 49% that they are Christian; 14% named another faith.
Is Belmead good for families?
20% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 49% of households and one-parent families 14%. Schools near Belmead are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Belmead?
Half of Belmead’s households had more than $86,100 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Belmead?
Belmead had 3,970 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Belmead?
The median age is 38, younger than 77% of Canadian towns. 20% are under 15 and 14% 65 or older.
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).