Cy Becker is younger than 99% of Canadian towns: a median age of 31.2
By its share of renter households (7.6%), Cy Becker is below 95% of Canadian towns. At the 2021 Census, 2,683 people lived locally, in 840 households. In Cy Becker, 14% of households are one person living alone. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 9.3% here, fewer than in 76% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Cy Becker
Younger than most towns
Half of Cy Becker’s residents are under 31.2 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 29% are under 15 and 3.2% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 44% 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 (51%) and in Africa (21%), and 59% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
59% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 44% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Cy Becker sits below 99% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (3.2%)
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Compared with 16% across Canada’s towns, 29% of residents are under 15 here. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Cy Becker, 31.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Cy Becker households average 3.2 people, larger than in 94% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, couple families are 53% of households and one-parent families 8.2%; here, 62% and 6%.
Married residents 15 and over make up 59% in Cy Becker, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: just over a quarter of adults (typical: 27%). Elsewhere, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 9.6% in Cy Becker.
Above 54% of Canadian towns: 67% of households live in a single-detached house
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 74% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $129,700 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $129,700, the middle household in Cy Becker out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 51%. For Alberta’s towns, the median household income is $92,200. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 33% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
44% of residents are immigrants, a share 88% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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 55%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Nearly three in five immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Higher than in 87% of Canadian towns: 17% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 15% of the total.
Above 90% of Canadian towns: 59% of residents belong to a visible minority
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (10%), Sikh (6.2%) and Hindu (2.2%). 25% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 76% of Canadian towns. Against that, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Cy Becker sits close to the norm on Indigenous residents: 2.9%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
56% have English as their mother tongue; 5.8% 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
At home: English 69%, French 1.3%. Cy Becker has fewer bilingual residents than 66% of Canadian towns, at 5.8%. On residents whose mother tongue is French, 1.9% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
38% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 68% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
5% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
76% of residents 15 and over were in work
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.
At 76%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest of 41 towns this size
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
At one end is La Ronge (31), at the other Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay (60). The towns whose median age is nearest to Cy Becker’s: La Ronge (31), Trinity (33.4) and Saint-Bernard (35.6).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Cy Becker are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cy Becker | 2,683 | — | 31.2 | 3.2% | 44% |
| Brintnell | 6,658 | 1.4 km | 33.9 | 6.4% | 38% |
| Hollick-Kenyon | 6,451 | 1.7 km | 35.5 | 9.8% | 35% |
| McConachie | 10,450 | 1.7 km | 30.9 | 4.4% | 42% |
| Edmonton Energy And Technology Park | 5,225 | 2.1 km | 39.2 | 14% | 17% |
| Matt Berry | 4,093 | 2.3 km | 40.4 | 16% | 41% |
| Miller | 3,294 | 2.5 km | 39.6 | 17% | 34% |
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. 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. For each measure we take the median of Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about Cy Becker’s residents
What religion are people in Cy Becker?
Most often Christian (55%) or no religion (25%); other religions make up 19%.
Is Cy Becker good for families?
Children under 15 are 29% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 62% of households and one-parent families 6%. Schools near Cy Becker are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cy Becker?
Median total household income in Cy Becker was $129,700 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Cy Becker?
2,683, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Cy Becker alone.
What is the average age in Cy Becker?
Half the residents are older than 31.2 and half younger, younger than 99% of Canadian towns; 29% are children under 15 and 3.2% are 65 or over.
Is Cy Becker bilingual?
English and French: 5.8% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 92%. French only: 0.2%. French mother tongue: 1.9%.
How diverse is Cy Becker?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 44%. A visible minority makes up 59% and Indigenous residents 2.9%.
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).