Photo: Originally uploaded by Johntwrl (Transferred by Cloudbound ) · Public domain8.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 83% of Canadian towns
Recent arrivals are three in five immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 89% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 2,522 residents in 925 households. 17% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Younger than 80% of Canadian towns: half of Elmwood is under 37.5
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The share of children under 15 is 18%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Meanwhile, 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+
■ Elmwood, 37.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
12% of households are one-parent families, more than in 89% 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, 27% of households are one person living alone; in Elmwood, 24%. Shared houses stand out: 7% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 86% of Canadian towns. For one-parent families, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 8.2%. Households here average 2.7 people each.
Below 66% of Canadian towns: 41% of residents 15 and over are married
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 36% of adults (typical: 27%). On common-law partners, Elmwood sits lower than 63% of Canadian towns: 9.2%. Against that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Elmwood: 36% of households rent their home, above 69% of Canadian towns
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
Where 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns, Elmwood has 73%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Median gross household income: $90,800 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $90,800, the middle household in Elmwood out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 6%. Household incomes across Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. In 2020, 35% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
12% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are immigrants; in Elmwood, 25%. Typically, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns.
In Elmwood, 43% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Elmwood, 28% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Canada’s towns: 35%. Among other religions: Muslim (5.2%).
74% have English as their mother tongue; 5.3% also speak French
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
13% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1% speak neither official language. Lower than in 71% of Canadian towns: 5.3% of residents speak English and French. At 0.6%, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
24% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 55% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
14% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
An employment rate of 50%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
50% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 16% are 65 or more.
The 10th youngest of 41 towns of 2,500 to 2,588 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is City Commercial Core, at 32.7; the oldest, North Frontenac, is at 61.6. Closest in median age to Elmwood are Magrath (36), Ekota (37.1), Munroe West (38.2) and Saint-Polycarpe (38.4).
Of the 6 towns nearest Elmwood, 4 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmwood | 2,522 | — | 37.5 | 16% | 25% |
| Patricia Heights | 4,355 | 0.9 km | 41.8 | 18% | 17% |
| West Meadowlark Park | 5,386 | 1.1 km | 44.6 | 24% | 37% |
| Lynnwood | 3,452 | 1.1 km | 39 | 16% | 21% |
| Meadowlark Park | 2,671 | 1.3 km | 47.1 | 24% | 24% |
| Thorncliff | 3,564 | 1.3 km | 36.4 | 12% | 46% |
| Callingwood South | 7,844 | 1.8 km | 36.2 | 13% | 34% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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.
Questions about Elmwood’s residents
What is the median income in Elmwood?
The median household in Elmwood took in $90,800 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Elmwood?
2,522, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Elmwood alone.
What is the average age in Elmwood?
A median age of 37.5, younger than 80% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 16%.
Is Elmwood bilingual?
English and French: 5.3% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 93%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.6%.
How diverse is Elmwood?
25% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 28% belong to a visible minority and 8.3% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Elmwood?
50% are Christian and 43% have no religion; 6.8% follow another religion.
Is Elmwood good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 46% of households. One-parent families: 12%. Schools near Elmwood are on its Schools page.
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).