Blue Quill is younger than 95% of Canadian towns: a median age of 33.5
Against a figure of 5.8% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship in Blue Quill comes in at 23%. 38% of residents are immigrants, more than in 82% of Canadian towns. At the 2021 Census, 4,567 people lived locally, in 1,890 households. For Blue Quill, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 15%.
What stands out about the people of Blue Quill
Younger than most towns
Line Blue Quill’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 33.5; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 18% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
24% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 2.2 times the typical share; 56% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 58% of households, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, and 58% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
11% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 91% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
More residents are 25–29 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across Canada’s towns. Locally, 18% of residents are under 15. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Blue Quill, 33.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
31% of households are one person living alone, more than in 64% of Canadian towns
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.
Compared with 8.2% across Canada’s towns, one in ten households are one-parent families here. Shared houses stand out: nearly one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 93% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, one-person households come to 27%. Average household size: 2.4 people.
Fewer common-law partners than 65% of Canadian towns: 9%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over a third of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). By way of comparison, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Above 90% of Canadian towns: 58% of households rent their home
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
Households in single-detached houses: 25% here and 64% across Canada’s towns. For Blue Quill, the census puts households in buildings of five or more storeys at 3.2%.
Median household income here: $74,300 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Blue Quill’s median household took in $74,300 before tax, 14% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $92,200 is the median household income across Alberta’s towns. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 38% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Above 96% of Canadian towns: 24% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
58% of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 6% of residents. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (69%), then in Africa (13%).
Blue Quill ranks above 87% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 53%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (12%) and Hindu (9.8%). Few places have as many Indigenous residents: 5.4% here, more than in 72% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Set against 35% across Canada’s towns, 32% of residents said they have no religion in Blue Quill.
English is the mother tongue of 55%, and 6.8% speak French as well
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
At home, 22% mostly speak another language; 2.3% speak neither English nor French. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than in 71% of Canadian towns: 1%.
Blue Quill ranks above 81% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 47%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 7.4%, beside a typical 9.5%. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
58% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. 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%, much like this 58%.
Among 41 towns of 4,482 to 4,649 people, the 4th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 31.6 in Fairfield Park to 54.4 in Shelburne. The towns whose median age is nearest to Blue Quill’s: Centennial (32.1), Warner County No. 5 (33.2), Felker (34.3) and Raymond (35.2).
Every neighbour of Blue Quill has an older population
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Quill | 4,567 | — | 33.5 | 11% | 38% |
| Sweet Grass | 2,616 | 0.6 km | 38.7 | 17% | 33% |
| Greenfield | 3,710 | 1.1 km | 44.3 | 21% | 21% |
| Skyrattler | 2,956 | 1.2 km | 42.3 | 20% | 33% |
| Ermineskin | 7,483 | 1.4 km | 41.4 | 24% | 36% |
| Duggan | 6,247 | 2.0 km | 39.4 | 20% | 32% |
| Royal Gardens | 3,392 | 2.1 km | 35.2 | 13% | 33% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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. 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 Blue Quill’s residents
What is the median income in Blue Quill?
Median total household income in Blue Quill was $74,300 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Blue Quill?
Blue Quill had 4,567 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Blue Quill?
Half the residents are older than 33.5 and half younger, younger than 95% of Canadian towns; 18% are children under 15 and 11% are 65 or over.
Is Blue Quill bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6.8% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 91% only English, and French is the first language of 1%.
How diverse is Blue Quill?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 38%. A visible minority makes up 53% and Indigenous residents 5.4%.
What religion are people in Blue Quill?
Most often Christian (41%) or no religion (32%); other religions make up 27%.
Is Blue Quill good for families?
Children under 15 are 18% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 46% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Blue Quill are on its Schools page.
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).