Renter households make up 4.6% in Cameron Heights, less than in 99% of Canadian towns
One-person households: 11%, below 96% of Canadian towns. There were 1,220 households in Cameron Heights at the 2021 Census, home to 3,710 people. Immigrants: 29% of the total. Compared with other places, visible minority residents are common here: 39%, more than in 77% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Cameron Heights
A neighbourhood of families
Children under 15 are 21% of residents, more than in 88% of Canadian towns. Households average 3 people, and 4.9% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Cameron Heights: 21% of residents are under 15, above 88% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
In Cameron Heights, 14% of residents are 65 or over, beside 19% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents are under 15. The median age locally is 41.7, lower than in 52% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Cameron Heights, 41.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 91% of Canadian towns: 3 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Against a figure of 8.2% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families in Cameron Heights comes in at 4.9%.
Cameron Heights ranks above 99% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 66%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners in Cameron Heights comes in at 5.8%. As a reference point, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
In Cameron Heights, 93% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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. Against that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Median household income: $168,600 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Cameron Heights: half had more than $168,600, 96% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns the median is $92,200. COVID-19 benefits went to 28% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 65% of Canadian towns: 9.5%
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Recent arrivals are nearly a quarter of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 5.9% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
Above 62% of Canadian towns: 4% of residents have an Indigenous identity
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (9.7%), Sikh (4.7%), Hindu (3.6%) and Jewish (2.8%). At 35%, the share of residents with no religion is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
69% have English as their mother tongue; 6.1% also speak French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 12% mostly speak another language; 2% speak neither English nor French. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 62% of Canadian towns. Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.3%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 51%, a higher share than 86% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 3.7% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 63%
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 63% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 16th of 41 towns of 3,653 to 3,767 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Between West Kildonan Industrial (31.5) and Piedmont (58) lies the rest of the group. By median age, Cameron Heights sits among Magrath Heights (41.3), Country Hills (41.4), Deer Lodge (43) and Eau Claire (44.1).
Cameron Heights and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Heights | 3,710 | — | 41.7 | 14% | 29% |
| Rhatigan Ridge | 7,066 | 2.2 km | 50.9 | 28% | 32% |
| Haddow | 4,026 | 2.5 km | 41 | 13% | 37% |
| Jamieson Place | 3,813 | 2.5 km | 44 | 16% | 29% |
| River Valley Oleskiw | 9,922 | 2.9 km | 46.2 | 24% | 26% |
| Edgemont | 5,059 | 3.1 km | 31.9 | 4.4% | 42% |
| Ormsby Place | 4,412 | 3.3 km | 37.1 | 12% | 33% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. Provincial and national yardsticks: Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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.
Questions about Cameron Heights’s residents
Is Cameron Heights bilingual?
6.1% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 92% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.3%.
How diverse is Cameron Heights?
29% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 39% belong to a visible minority and 4% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Cameron Heights?
42% are Christian and 35% have no religion; 23% follow another religion.
Is Cameron Heights good for families?
Under 15: 21% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 74% of households. One-parent families: 4.9%. Schools near Cameron Heights are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cameron Heights?
The median household in Cameron Heights took in $168,600 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Cameron Heights?
Cameron Heights had 3,710 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Cameron Heights?
A median age of 41.7, younger than 52% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 21%, and people 65 and over 14%.
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).