Photo: Kurt Bauschardt from Edmonton, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0In Belmont, 14% of households are one-parent families, more than in 96% of Canadian towns
Of the immigrants living here, 53% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. The 2021 Census counted 5,299 residents in 1,980 households. The census found that 31% of residents are immigrants in Belmont. Few places have as many visible minority residents: 40% here, more than in 78% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Belmont
A neighbourhood of families
21% of residents are under 15, more than in 88% of Canadian towns; 14% of households are one-parent families and households average 2.7 people. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Children under 15: 21%, a higher share than 88% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Set against 19% across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents are 65 or over in Belmont. 35–39 is the most common age band: 7.5% of residents. The median age here is 38.8, lower than in 71% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Belmont, 38.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 74% of Canadian towns: 2.7 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-person households account for 26%.
Belmont ranks below 72% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 8%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly a third of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%. On the census count, 45% of residents 15 and over are married.
Households in single-detached houses: 38%, a lower share than 79% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
19% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 2% built before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. In Belmont, a third of households rent their home, beside 25% across Canada’s towns.
Median household income here: $88,300 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Belmont’s median household took in $88,300 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $92,200 is the median household income across Alberta’s towns. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 32% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Belmont ranks above 83% of Canadian towns on residents without Canadian citizenship: 15%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (50%), then in Africa (21%). As a yardstick, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. 10% lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of Indigenous residents than 76% of Canadian towns, at 6.4%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 35% of residents said they have no religion; in Belmont, 30%. The wider picture: 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Muslim (12%).
67% have English as their mother tongue; 4.5% also speak French
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 17% mostly speak another language; 1.9% speak neither English nor French. Lower than in 81% of Canadian towns: 4.5% of residents speak English and French. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 1.4%.
17% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 77% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
15% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
53% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 53% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 15% of residents are 65 or over.
The 15th youngest of 41 towns of 5,211 to 5,391 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages here range from 26.6 in Chisasibi to 60 in Electoral Area L, Cariboo. The closest ages to Belmont’s belong to Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover (38.4), South West Industrial (38.5), Edmonton Energy And Technology Park (39.2) and Gourley (39.5).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Belmont are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont | 5,299 | — | 38.8 | 15% | 31% |
| Kernohan | 3,020 | 0.8 km | 40.8 | 18% | 21% |
| Overlanders | 2,879 | 1.1 km | 35 | 11% | 27% |
| Homesteader | 6,059 | 1.3 km | 34.1 | 12% | 34% |
| Clareview Town Centre | 3,800 | 1.5 km | 32.1 | 6.6% | 45% |
| Bannerman | 5,187 | 1.5 km | 37 | 14% | 24% |
| Beacon Heights | 4,389 | 2.2 km | 44.5 | 17% | 17% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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. Two medians frame each figure: one for Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- 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.
Questions about Belmont’s residents
What religion are people in Belmont?
Most often Christian (55%) or no religion (30%); other religions make up 15%.
Is Belmont good for families?
Children under 15 are 21% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 47% of households and one-parent families 14%. Schools near Belmont are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Belmont?
Median total household income in Belmont was $88,300 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Belmont?
5,299, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Belmont alone.
What is the average age in Belmont?
Half the residents are older than 38.8 and half younger, younger than 71% of Canadian towns; 21% are children under 15 and 15% are 65 or over.
Is Belmont bilingual?
English and French: 4.5% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 94%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.4%.
How diverse is Belmont?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 31%. A visible minority makes up 40% and Indigenous residents 6.4%.
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).