Children under 15: 24%, a higher share than 96% of Canadian towns
One-parent families are more common here than in 97% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put Carlisle’s population at 4,609, in 1,655 households. For Carlisle, the census puts immigrants at 35%. The share of visible minority residents tops 87% of Canadian towns: 54%.
What stands out about the people of Carlisle
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Carlisle is 36.3; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 24% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Younger than 86% of Canadian towns: half of Carlisle is under 36.3
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Here one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. Locally, 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Carlisle, 36.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women.
Carlisle households average 2.8 people, larger than in 81% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Just over a fifth of households are one person living alone (Canada’s towns: 27%).
8% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 72% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
48% of residents 15 and over are married, against 46% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
42% of households rent their home, a share 78% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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. On average, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Census figures put households in single-detached houses at 44% in Carlisle.
Households here have a median income of $82,500 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Carlisle’s median household took in $82,500 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Alberta’s towns, the typical figure is $92,200. 36% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Carlisle ranks above 76% of Canadian towns on residents without Canadian citizenship: 13%
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Recent arrivals are 37% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Add to that, on residents who moved in within the year, Carlisle sits higher than 68% of Canadian towns: 13%. Typically, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (51%) and in Africa (32%).
Indigenous residents make up 8% in Carlisle, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (26%) and Buddhist (2.4%). On average, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 68% of Canadian towns: 29% of residents said they have no religion.
58% have English as their mother tongue; 5.6% also speak French
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%; Carlisle has 5.6%. 21% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2.7% speak neither official language.
20% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 67% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
14% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
In work on census day: 52% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 52%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 6th youngest of 41 towns this size
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Fairfield Park is the youngest of them at 31.6; Cumberland County, Subdivision D, at 58.4, the oldest. Next to Carlisle on this scale come Felker (34.3), Raymond (35.2), Albion (36.9) and Kingsland (37.5).
Every neighbour of Carlisle has an older population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle | 4,609 | — | 36.3 | 14% | 35% |
| Kensington | 3,697 | 1.0 km | 47 | 26% | 23% |
| Caernarvon | 5,972 | 1.1 km | 36.4 | 16% | 36% |
| Calder | 4,221 | 1.6 km | 39.1 | 14% | 27% |
| Hudson | 3,634 | 1.6 km | 36.8 | 11% | 45% |
| Griesbach | 6,640 | 1.8 km | 36.6 | 14% | 25% |
| Rosslyn | 3,242 | 1.8 km | 43.9 | 26% | 28% |
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. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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.
Questions about Carlisle’s residents
What is the population of Carlisle?
Carlisle had 4,609 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Carlisle?
The median age is 36.3, younger than 86% of Canadian towns. 24% are under 15 and 14% 65 or older.
Is Carlisle bilingual?
English and French: 5.6% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 91%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.5%.
How diverse is Carlisle?
Immigrants: 35% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 54%. Indigenous identity: 8%.
What religion are people in Carlisle?
29% said they have no religion and 41% that they are Christian; 31% named another faith.
Is Carlisle good for families?
24% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 50% of households and one-parent families 15%. Schools near Carlisle are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Carlisle?
Half of Carlisle’s households had more than $82,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).