Brintnell is younger than 94% of Canadian towns: a median age of 33.9
Visible minority residents make up 54%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. For Brintnell, the census puts one-person households at 14%. Higher than in 83% of Canadian towns: 38% of residents are immigrants. The neighbourhood had 6,658 residents in 2,055 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Brintnell
Younger than most towns
Line Brintnell’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 33.9; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 25% are under 15 and 6.4% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Brintnell ranks below 98% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 6.4%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Brintnell. For comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Brintnell, 33.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 95% of Canadian towns: 3.2 people on average
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.
One-parent families make up 9.2%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
8.2% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 71% 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
46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, against 53% in Brintnell. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Brintnell: 77% of households live in a single-detached house, above 67% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Typically, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Locally, 27% of households rent their home.
Median household income: $117,800 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Brintnell’s median household took in $117,800 before tax, 37% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Alberta’s towns, the typical figure is $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 35% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 12%, a higher share than 76% 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
Of the immigrants living here, 34% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Still, a year before the census, 10% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (50%) and in Africa (25%).
Fewer residents with no religion than 68% of Canadian towns: 29%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
5% of residents have an Indigenous identity (Canada’s towns: 2.8%). Other faiths: Muslim (16%) and Sikh (8.2%). Typically, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
58% have English as their mother tongue; 6.2% 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
22% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2.9% speak neither official language. On bilingual residents, Brintnell sits lower than 61% of Canadian towns: 6.2%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 1.7%.
25% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 54% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
14% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 64% 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%, below this 64%.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest of 41 towns this size
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages here range from 33.7 in West Broadway to 61.6 in Southern Gulf Islands. By median age, Brintnell sits among West Broadway (33.7), Massey Place (34.6) and Sherwood (34.8).
Brintnell is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brintnell | 6,658 | — | 33.9 | 6.4% | 38% |
| Hollick-Kenyon | 6,451 | 0.8 km | 35.5 | 9.8% | 35% |
| Miller | 3,294 | 1.1 km | 39.6 | 17% | 34% |
| Cy Becker | 2,683 | 1.4 km | 31.2 | 3.2% | 44% |
| Casselman | 5,795 | 1.5 km | 39.5 | 17% | 28% |
| Matt Berry | 4,093 | 1.6 km | 40.4 | 16% | 41% |
| Kirkness | 5,279 | 1.7 km | 35.5 | 10% | 38% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- 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.
- 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 Brintnell’s residents
What is the median income in Brintnell?
The median household in Brintnell took in $117,800 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Brintnell?
The 2021 Census counted 6,658 people in Brintnell.
What is the average age in Brintnell?
A median age of 33.9, younger than 94% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 25%, and people 65 and over 6.4%.
Is Brintnell bilingual?
English and French: 6.2% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 91%. French only: 0.2%. French mother tongue: 1.7%.
How diverse is Brintnell?
38% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 54% belong to a visible minority and 5% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Brintnell?
42% are Christian and 29% have no religion; 30% follow another religion.
Is Brintnell good for families?
Under 15: 25% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 58% of households. One-parent families: 9.2%. Schools near Brintnell 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).