Photo: Cherry2207 · CC BY 4.0Half of Chappelle is under 31.7, younger than 98% of Canadian towns
In Chappelle, 16% of households are one person living alone, beside 27% across Canada’s towns. On the census count, a fifth of residents are not Canadian citizens. Renter households are rarer here than in 63% of Canadian towns. At the 2021 Census, 14,815 people lived here, in 5,095 households.
What stands out about the people of Chappelle
Younger than most towns
Line Chappelle’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 31.7; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are under 15 and 3.6% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 42% of residents; the medians are 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (64%) or in Africa (17%), and 60% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 58%, more than in 89% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 42%. Identity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
22% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 2 times the typical share; 74% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of Canadian towns: 3.6%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Children under 15 make up 26%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Chappelle, 31.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 88% of Canadian towns: 2.9 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.
By its share of one-parent families (6.9%), Chappelle is below 71% of Canadian towns.
Married residents 15 and over: 57%, a higher share than 85% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up nearly a quarter of adults, beside a typical 27%. Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married. For Chappelle, the census puts common-law partners at 12%.
Households in single-detached houses make up 52% in Chappelle, less than in 66% of Canadian towns
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 95% date from 2001 or later, 1.4% from before 1961. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 0.2%.
Households here have a median income of $117,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Chappelle’s households had a total income above $117,000, 36% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Alberta’s towns: $92,200. 36% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Chappelle: 42% of residents are immigrants, above 86% of Canadian towns
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 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The share of residents who moved in within the year tops 95% of Canadian towns: 22%. Across Canada’s towns, immigrants come to 17%.
Visible minority residents: 58%, a higher share than 89% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Chappelle, 32% of residents said they have no religion, beside 35% across Canada’s towns. The share of visible minority residents across Canada’s towns is 15%. Among other religions: Muslim (8%), Hindu (6.6%) and Sikh (3.9%).
English is the mother tongue of 57%, and 5.7% speak French as well
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
7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 5.7% in Chappelle. At home, 22% mostly speak another language; 2.3% speak neither English nor French. Compared with other places, residents whose mother tongue is French are scarce here: 1.2%, fewer than in 62% of Canadian towns.
In Chappelle, 44% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 4.8% here, 9.5% in the typical town. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
73% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 73%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 14,571 to 15,050 people, the 1st youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages here range from 31.7 in Chappelle to 53.6 in Gravenhurst. The towns whose median age is nearest to Chappelle’s: Saint-Louis (32.6) and Windermere (33.9).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Chappelle are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chappelle | 14,815 | — | 31.7 | 3.6% | 42% |
| Paisley | 2,897 | 2.0 km | 31.7 | 2.8% | 35% |
| Allard | 8,148 | 2.5 km | 32.4 | 4.9% | 49% |
| Glenridding Heights | 4,388 | 2.8 km | 31.9 | 2.9% | 46% |
| Callaghan | 4,180 | 3.1 km | 33.3 | 7.1% | 38% |
| Rutherford | 12,808 | 3.4 km | 35.6 | 11% | 40% |
| Ambleside | 7,733 | 3.9 km | 34.4 | 8.7% | 38% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
Questions about Chappelle’s residents
Is Chappelle good for families?
Children under 15 are 26% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 62% of households and one-parent families 6.9%. Schools near Chappelle are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Chappelle?
Median total household income in Chappelle was $117,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Chappelle?
The 2021 Census counted 14,815 people in Chappelle.
What is the average age in Chappelle?
Half the residents are older than 31.7 and half younger, younger than 98% of Canadian towns; 26% are children under 15 and 3.6% are 65 or over.
Is Chappelle bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.7% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 92% only English, and French is the first language of 1.2%.
How diverse is Chappelle?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 42%. A visible minority makes up 58% and Indigenous residents 2.9%.
What religion are people in Chappelle?
Most often Christian (48%) or no religion (32%); other religions make up 20%.
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).