Photo: Khoshhat · CC BY-SA 4.0Immigrants: 41%, a higher share than 86% of Canadian towns
Here 55% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. Still, at 18%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 82% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put Cavanagh’s population at 7,300, in 2,620 households. The census found that just over one in ten households rent their home in the neighbourhood.
What stands out about the people of Cavanagh
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 41% of residents; the medians are 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (70%) and in Europe (11%), and 45% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Half of Cavanagh is under 38.5, younger than 73% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Against a figure of 19% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Cavanagh comes in at 15%. No age band is larger than 30–34: 8% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Cavanagh, 38.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Cavanagh households average 2.8 people, larger than in 80% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Compared with 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 5% of households are one-parent families here.
Married residents 15 and over: 61%, a higher share than 96% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
24% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Across the comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Cavanagh, the census puts common-law partners at 6.9%.
Cavanagh sits above 72% of Canadian towns for households in buildings of five or more storeys (4.6%)
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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 single-detached houses make up 68%, against 64% across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 75% date from 2001 or later, 0.6% from before 1961.
Households here have a median income of $117,900 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Cavanagh had $117,900 before tax, 37% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Alberta’s towns, the household in the middle had $92,200. The pandemic’s benefits: 32% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 14%, a higher share than 81% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (70%) and in Europe (11%). For comparison, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. 15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a higher share than in 80% of Canadian towns. Most recent wave: 45% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
In Cavanagh, 28% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 71% 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: Hindu (9.1%), Muslim (6.8%), Sikh (6.7%) and Buddhist (2.1%). On Indigenous residents, Cavanagh sits lower than just over three fifths of Canadian towns: 2%. The wider picture: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 55%, and 5.6% speak French as well
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Cavanagh comes in at 5.6%. At home, 23% mostly speak another language; 2.4% speak neither English nor French.
More degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 78% of Canadian towns: 45%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 4.3%, against 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 60% of adults
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 60% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 7,167 to 7,437 people, the 16th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The group spans Blairmore Suburban Centre, youngest at 31.8, to Trent Lakes, oldest at 58. Nearest to Cavanagh in age: Ranchlands (38), Saint-Paul (38), Twin Lakes (38.7) and Saint-Jude (38.7).
Cavanagh sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavanagh | 7,300 | — | 38.5 | 15% | 41% |
| Rutherford | 12,808 | 1.3 km | 35.6 | 11% | 40% |
| MacEwan | 6,102 | 1.5 km | 36.9 | 12% | 38% |
| Callaghan | 4,180 | 2.0 km | 33.3 | 7.1% | 38% |
| Twin Brooks | 5,102 | 2.2 km | 46.7 | 19% | 34% |
| Bearspaw | 5,192 | 2.5 km | 48.2 | 27% | 32% |
| Allard | 8,148 | 2.9 km | 32.4 | 4.9% | 49% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Cavanagh’s residents
Is Cavanagh good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 19%. 65% of households are couple families and 5% one-parent families. Schools near Cavanagh are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cavanagh?
$117,900 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Cavanagh (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Cavanagh?
The 2021 Census counted 7,300 people in Cavanagh.
What is the average age in Cavanagh?
38.5 is the median age, younger than 73% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 19%. 65 and over: 15%.
Is Cavanagh bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.6% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 92% only English, and French is the first language of 1.4%.
How diverse is Cavanagh?
Immigrants make up 41% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 55% are members of a visible minority, and 2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Cavanagh?
Christian: 46%. No religion: 28%. Another religion: 26%.
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).