Casselman: 14% of households are one-parent families, above 96% of Canadian towns
The figure for visible minority residents is 34% in Casselman and 15% across Canada’s towns. The neighbourhood counted 5,795 residents and 2,250 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 28% of residents are immigrants. Half of the neighbourhood’s residents are under 39.5, younger than in 67% of Canadian towns.
In Casselman, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Set against 16% across Canada’s towns, 18% of residents are under 15 in Casselman. The largest age band is 55–59: 7.1% of residents. The highest share aged 65 or over among Alberta’s towns is Country Hills Village’s: 36%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Casselman, 39.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
Casselman ranks below 69% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 22%
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.
At 2.6 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%.
Casselman sits below 69% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (8.5%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
32% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns. The census found that 45% of residents 15 and over are married in Casselman.
A lower share of households in single-detached houses than 61% of Canadian towns, at 55%
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 74% of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 6.7% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 2.7% built before 1961. The share of renter households is 27%, against 25% across Canada’s towns.
Households here have a median income of $91,700 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Casselman’s, at $91,700, is 7% higher. The provincial yardstick is $92,200, the median across Alberta’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 30% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Above 63% of Canadian towns: 8.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens
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
Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 32% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 0.6% of residents. For residents without Canadian citizenship, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 5.8%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (38%) and in Africa (22%). A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
Indigenous residents: 8.4%, a higher share than 83% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The census found that 36% of residents said they have no religion in Casselman. To put it in context, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 69%, and 5.1% 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
14% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.4% speak neither official language. Fewer bilingual residents than in 73% of Canadian towns: 5.1%. Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 1.3%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
In Casselman, 19% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 71% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 12%, against 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
54% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 54%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 17% of residents are 65 or over.
41 towns of 5,694 to 5,895 people: this is the 14th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Electoral Area B, Peace River is the youngest of them at 30.6; Osoyoos, at 63.2, the oldest. By median age, Casselman sits among Forest Hill (39.4), Central Frederick (39.5), Buena Vista (40) and Boyle Street (40.7).
Casselman is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casselman | 5,795 | — | 39.5 | 17% | 28% |
| Hollick-Kenyon | 6,451 | 1.1 km | 35.5 | 9.8% | 35% |
| York | 4,030 | 1.1 km | 37 | 15% | 31% |
| Matt Berry | 4,093 | 1.1 km | 40.4 | 16% | 41% |
| Miller | 3,294 | 1.2 km | 39.6 | 17% | 34% |
| Brintnell | 6,658 | 1.5 km | 33.9 | 6.4% | 38% |
| Clareview Town Centre | 3,800 | 1.8 km | 32.1 | 6.6% | 45% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Casselman’s residents
What religion are people in Casselman?
52% are Christian and 36% have no religion; 12% follow another religion.
Is Casselman good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 50% of households. One-parent families: 14%. Schools near Casselman are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Casselman?
The median household in Casselman took in $91,700 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Casselman?
Casselman had 5,795 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Casselman?
A median age of 39.5, younger than 67% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 17%.
Is Casselman bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.1% are. Another 0% speak only French and 93% only English, and French is the first language of 1.3%.
How diverse is Casselman?
28% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 34% belong to a visible minority and 8.4% have an Indigenous identity.
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).