Photo: runran from An island in the stream · CC BY-SA 2.0Renter households: 87%, a higher share than 99% of Canadian towns
Nearly one in ten residents are under 15, against 16% across Canada’s towns. On residents without Canadian citizenship, Boyle Street sits higher than nearly four fifths of Canadian towns: 14%. The neighbourhood counted 5,862 residents and 3,145 households at the 2021 Census. In Boyle Street, 24% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
What stands out about the people of Boyle Street
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
12% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 5% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 87% of households, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and 97% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
59% of households are one person living alone, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 19% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
53% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 34% of homes are condominiums. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Boyle Street is younger than 59% of Canadian towns: a median age of 40.7
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 25–29: just over one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across Canada’s towns. The highest share aged 65 or over among Alberta’s towns is Country Hills Village’s: 36%. For Boyle Street, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Boyle Street, 40.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women.
Above 99% of Canadian towns: 59% of households are one person living alone
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
A household here has 1.7 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. Shared houses stand out: 10% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 97% of Canadian towns. On average, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Here, 7.4% of households are one-parent families.
20% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 99% 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: 47% of adults, against a typical 27%. Across Boyle Street, 10% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
A larger share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 96% of Canadian towns: 53%
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
Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house; in Boyle Street, 1.6%. 33% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 7.3% built before 1961.
Median household income here: $45,400 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $45,400, the middle household in Boyle Street earned 47% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. The pandemic’s benefits: 40% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
A higher share of immigrants than 78% of Canadian towns, at 35%
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
Most recent wave: 38% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (42%) and in Africa (40%). The usual figure: 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns.
Boyle Street: 12% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 90% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (13%). As a reference point, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. More residents with no religion than in 70% of Canadian towns: 42%. Add to that, the share of visible minority residents tops 82% of Canadian towns: 46%.
60% have English as their mother tongue; 8.2% 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 2.1%, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns. 20% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 4.8% speak neither official language.
Below 59% of Canadian towns: 23% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 16% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 47% of adults
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 47%; 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Of 41 towns its size (5,753 to 5,976 people), the 19th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
They run from Electoral Area B, Peace River, at 30.6, to Nutana Urban Centre, at 62. In age, Boyle Street keeps company with Lowertown West (40.1), Redcliff (40.4), Sainte-Martine (41.2) and Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako (41.2).
Around Boyle Street, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyle Street | 5,862 | — | 40.7 | 19% | 35% |
| McCauley | 4,060 | 0.7 km | 47.5 | 20% | 39% |
| Virginia Park | 3,431 | 1.5 km | 43.8 | 19% | 22% |
| Riverdale | 5,490 | 1.5 km | 43.2 | 21% | 14% |
| Central McDougall | 4,802 | 1.7 km | 34.7 | 8.4% | 41% |
| Parkdale | 4,029 | 1.8 km | 40.6 | 13% | 35% |
| Forest Heights | 4,118 | 1.8 km | 41.3 | 21% | 16% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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.
Questions about Boyle Street’s residents
What religion are people in Boyle Street?
Christian: 40%. No religion: 42%. Another religion: 19%.
Is Boyle Street good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 9.3%. 20% of households are couple families and 7.4% one-parent families. Schools near Boyle Street are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Boyle Street?
$45,400 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Boyle Street (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Boyle Street?
5,862, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Boyle Street alone.
What is the average age in Boyle Street?
40.7 is the median age, younger than 59% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 9.3%. 65 and over: 19%.
Is Boyle Street bilingual?
8.2% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 87% English only. French is the mother tongue of 2.1%.
How diverse is Boyle Street?
Immigrants make up 35% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 46% are members of a visible minority, and 12% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).