Photo: KMW2700 from Edmonton, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher share of Indigenous residents than 90% of Canadian towns, at 12%
Recent arrivals are 51% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. At 35%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 78% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put Calder’s population at 4,221, in 1,725 households. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 18% in the neighbourhood.
What stands out about the people of Calder
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 12% of residents, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, and 3.9% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 79% of Canadian towns: 14%
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.
Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Calder comes in at 12%. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 35–39, with 8% of residents. Half of the neighbourhood’s residents are under 39.1, younger than in 70% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Calder, 39.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women.
12% of households are one-parent families, more than in 88% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 9.9% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 96% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns. Households average 2.4 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns.
32% of residents 15 and over are married, below 83% 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
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, 9.8% of residents 15 and over live common-law here. Never married and not common-law: 40% of adults (typical: 27%).
In Calder, 48% of households rent their home, more than in 84% 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
64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns, against 55% in Calder. Typically, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 45% predate 1961, 7.5% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Median household income: $73,300 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Calder’s households had a total income below $73,300, 15% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Alberta’s towns is $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 38% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
12% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 75% 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 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
With immigrants at 27%, Calder is ahead of 68% of Canadian towns on that count. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 5.8% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Most immigrants were born in Asia (52%) or in Africa (20%).
Calder sits above 75% of Canadian towns for visible minority residents (37%)
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 41%, above 67% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for visible minority residents across Canada’s towns: 15%.
English is the mother tongue of 71%, and 4.9% 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
7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 4.9% in Calder. At home: English 81%, French 0.8%.
Calder ranks below 82% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 15%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 21%, beside a typical 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Employment: 52% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 52% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Among 41 towns of 4,153 to 4,285 people, the 9th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Banff Trail is the youngest of them at 31.7; Claresholm, at 56.8, the oldest. In age, Calder keeps company with Red Lake (38.4), St. George (38.5), Anderson Walk (39.9) and Crabtree (40.4).
Of the 6 towns nearest Calder, 2 are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calder | 4,221 | — | 39.1 | 14% | 27% |
| Kensington | 3,697 | 0.7 km | 47 | 26% | 23% |
| Carlisle | 4,609 | 1.6 km | 36.3 | 14% | 35% |
| Sherbrooke | 7,131 | 1.6 km | 38.9 | 14% | 25% |
| Athlone | 3,242 | 1.7 km | 40 | 14% | 34% |
| Lauderdale | 2,954 | 1.7 km | 37.4 | 13% | 31% |
| Wellington | 3,314 | 2.0 km | 36.5 | 14% | 22% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
Questions about Calder’s residents
What is the average age in Calder?
39.1 is the median age, younger than 70% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 14%.
Is Calder bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 4.9% are. Another 0% speak only French and 93% only English, and French is the first language of 1.7%.
How diverse is Calder?
Immigrants make up 27% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 37% are members of a visible minority, and 12% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Calder?
Christian: 43%. No religion: 41%. Another religion: 17%.
Is Calder good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 33% of households are couple families and 12% one-parent families. Schools near Calder are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Calder?
$73,300 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Calder (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Calder?
Calder had 4,221 residents at the 2021 Census.
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).