Bisset is younger than 87% of Canadian towns: a median age of 35.8
Here two in five households rent their home, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 25%. The 2021 Census put Bisset’s population at 3,049, in 1,080 households. The census found that 20% of residents are not Canadian citizens locally. Few places have as many Indigenous residents: 6.6% here, more than in 78% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Bisset
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 57%, more than in 89% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 37%. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Bisset’s median age is 35.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 17% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Bisset, 13% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 84% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
25–29 is the most common age band: one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 13% of the total. Against that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Bisset, 35.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
Bisset households average 2.8 people, larger than in 83% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
By its share of one-person households (22%), Bisset is below 70% of Canadian towns. On the census count, one in ten households are one-parent families. Shared houses stand out: 9.3% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 95% of Canadian towns.
In Bisset, 7.1% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 79% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: just over a third of adults, against a typical 27%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%. 47% of residents 15 and over are married.
Fewer households in single-detached houses than 57% of Canadian towns: 58%
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 12% date from 2001 or later, 0.9% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Median household income here: $91,500 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Bisset: half had more than $91,500, 6% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns, half of households had more than $92,200 before tax. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 39% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
In Bisset, 37% of residents are immigrants, more than in 81% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (80%) and in the Americas (11%). 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a higher share than in 75% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Most recent wave: 41% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
Bisset ranks above 89% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 57%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 24%, Bisset is behind 78% of Canadian towns on that count. As a yardstick, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Sikh (21%), Muslim (6.9%) and Hindu (6.7%).
English is the mother tongue of 52%, and 4.4% speak French as well
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
Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Bisset has 4.4%. Lower than in 71% of Canadian towns: 1% of residents have French as their mother tongue. 32% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 3.3% speak neither official language.
27% 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
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 11%, beside a typical 9.5%.
An employment rate of 64%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
64% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
41 towns of 3,002 to 3,094 people: this is the 3rd youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Between Albany (29.9) and Sudbury, Unorganized, North Part (56.8) lies the rest of the group. Albany (29.9), South Portage (34), Saint-Dominique (37.2) and Luxton (37.9): the towns nearest Bisset in median age.
Around Bisset, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bisset | 3,049 | — | 35.8 | 13% | 37% |
| Daly Grove | 3,486 | 0.9 km | 37.5 | 13% | 30% |
| Weinlos | 3,243 | 1.0 km | 38.4 | 16% | 39% |
| Pollard Meadows | 4,361 | 1.0 km | 35.9 | 13% | 40% |
| Minchau | 2,576 | 1.2 km | 35.2 | 13% | 28% |
| Silver Berry | 9,439 | 1.2 km | 33.6 | 7.9% | 49% |
| Laurel | 15,263 | 1.6 km | 31.2 | 5.8% | 61% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Alberta’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
Questions about Bisset’s residents
Is Bisset good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 48% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Bisset are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bisset?
Half of Bisset’s households had more than $91,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Bisset?
Bisset had 3,049 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Bisset?
The median age is 35.8, younger than 87% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 13% 65 or older.
Is Bisset bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 4.4% are. Another 0.2% speak only French and 92% only English, and French is the first language of 1%.
How diverse is Bisset?
Immigrants: 37% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 57%. Indigenous identity: 6.6%.
What religion are people in Bisset?
24% said they have no religion and 36% that they are Christian; 40% named another faith.
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).