Photo: Johntwrl · CC BY-SA 3.015% of households are one-parent families, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
The share of Indigenous residents tops 86% of Canadian towns: 9.3%. Residents aged 65 and over: 16% of the total. The median age in Ekota is 37.1, lower than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns. Census day 2021: 2,509 residents and 915 households here.
A larger share of children under 15 than 86% of Canadian towns: 21%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Here 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. The largest age band is 35–39: 8% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Ekota, 37.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Only 20% of households are one person living alone in Ekota
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The average household has 2.7 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
9% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 65% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
31% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). The census found that 45% of residents 15 and over are married in Ekota. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
A larger share of renter households than 63% of Canadian towns: 32%
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 Canada’s towns, renter households come to 25%. 57% of households live in a single-detached house.
Median gross household income: $94,700 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Ekota’s households had a total income above $94,700, 10% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Alberta’s towns, the typical figure is $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 35% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Ekota ranks above 82% of Canadian towns on residents without Canadian citizenship: 15%
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 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
In Ekota, 30% of residents are immigrants, beside 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (56%), then in Africa (18%). A year before the census, 12% lived somewhere else: more than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns.
More visible minority residents than 75% of Canadian towns: 37%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (6%) and Hindu (2.7%). For visible minority residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 15%. Nothing unusual on residents with no religion: 35%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
69% have English as their mother tongue; 6.2% 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
16% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1% speak neither official language. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns. At 1.8%, residents whose mother tongue is French sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
23% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 58% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 10% (typical 9.5%). Elsewhere, 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
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 54%; 16% of residents are 65 or over.
The 9th youngest of 41 towns of 2,500 to 2,588 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages here range from 32.7 in City Commercial Core to 61.6 in North Frontenac. Next to Ekota on this scale come Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague (36), Magrath (36), Elmwood (37.5) and Munroe West (38.2).
Ekota is younger than every town around it
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Ekota’s residents
What is the population of Ekota?
The 2021 Census counted 2,509 people in Ekota.
What is the average age in Ekota?
The median age is 37.1, younger than 82% of Canadian towns. 21% are under 15 and 16% 65 or older.
Is Ekota bilingual?
English and French: 6.2% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 93%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.8%.
How diverse is Ekota?
Immigrants: 30% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 37%. Indigenous identity: 9.3%.
What religion are people in Ekota?
35% said they have no religion and 54% that they are Christian; 12% named another faith.
Is Ekota good for families?
21% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 50% of households and one-parent families 15%. Schools near Ekota are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ekota?
Half of Ekota’s households had more than $94,700 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).