Carlton is younger than 94% of Canadian towns: a median age of 34
The average household has 3.2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Census day 2021: 5,502 residents and 1,740 households in Carlton. Residents who moved in within the year: 7.7% of the total. More residents aged 15 to 24 than in 85% of Canadian towns: 14%.
What stands out about the people of Carlton
Younger than most towns
Half of Carlton’s residents are under 34 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 25% are under 15 and 8.2% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 58%, more than in 89% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 39%. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
8.2% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 96% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Compared with 16% across Canada’s towns, a quarter of residents are under 15 here. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Carlton, 34. 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.
Below 85% of Canadian towns: 17% of households are one person living alone
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.
Locally, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families. For comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Carlton sits below 80% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (7%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of married residents 15 and over is 55%, against 46% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Renter households make up 16% in Carlton, less than in 73% 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. The usual figure: a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Set against 64% across Canada’s towns, 73% of households live in a single-detached house in Carlton.
Households here have a median income of $120,100 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Carlton: half had more than $120,100, 40% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns, half of households had more than $92,200 before tax. COVID-19 benefits went to 34% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Carlton sits above 84% of Canadian towns for immigrants (39%)
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 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
One in ten residents are not Canadian citizens, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. For immigrants, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 17%. Most immigrants were born in Asia (62%) or in Africa (21%).
In Carlton, 58% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (20%), Buddhist (3.8%), Hindu (2.6%) and Sikh (2.4%). Set beside that, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. 25% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns. At 3.7%, the share of Indigenous residents is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
58% have English as their mother tongue; 4.6% 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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%; Carlton has 4.6%. 1.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue, fewer than in 67% of Canadian towns. At home, 20% mostly speak another language; 2.5% speak neither English nor French.
35% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 64% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
8.7% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 64% of residents 15 and over had a job
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 64%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 5th youngest of 41 towns of 5,391 to 5,616 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
They run from Countryside, at 32, to Saint-Jean-de-Matha, at 55.6. The closest ages to Carlton’s belong to Creditview (32.5), Huron South (33.6), Bankview (34.2) and Evansdale (35.9).
5 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Carlton
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton | 5,502 | — | 34 | 8.2% | 39% |
| Oxford | 4,460 | 0.8 km | 38.1 | 13% | 37% |
| Cumberland | 6,493 | 1.1 km | 37 | 8.6% | 37% |
| Albany | 3,015 | 1.4 km | 29.9 | 4.7% | 32% |
| Hudson | 3,634 | 1.8 km | 36.8 | 11% | 45% |
| Dunluce | 6,079 | 2.1 km | 38.1 | 15% | 25% |
| Caernarvon | 5,972 | 2.1 km | 36.4 | 16% | 36% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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.
Questions about Carlton’s residents
What is the average age in Carlton?
Half the residents are older than 34 and half younger, younger than 94% of Canadian towns; 25% are children under 15 and 8.2% are 65 or over.
Is Carlton bilingual?
English and French: 4.6% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 93%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.1%.
How diverse is Carlton?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 39%. A visible minority makes up 58% and Indigenous residents 3.7%.
What religion are people in Carlton?
Most often Christian (45%) or no religion (25%); other religions make up 30%.
Is Carlton good for families?
Children under 15 are 25% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 62% of households and one-parent families 8.3%. Schools near Carlton are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Carlton?
Median total household income in Carlton was $120,100 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Carlton?
5,502, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Carlton alone.
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).