Residents aged 15 to 24: 15%, a higher share than 94% of Canadian towns
The share of visible minority residents tops 84% of Canadian towns: 49%. The 2021 Census put Elsinore’s population at 5,796, in 1,915 households. In Elsinore, 16% of households are one person living alone. The median age here is 37.7, lower than in 78% of Canadian towns.
Above 83% of Canadian towns: 20% of residents are under 15
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 10–14, with 8.1% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. 13% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 81% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Elsinore, 37.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women.
3 people per household, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
7.9% of households are one-parent families.
6.4% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 84% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 29% of adults, against a typical 27%. In Elsinore, 55% of residents 15 and over are married. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Below 57% of Canadian towns: 22% of households rent their home
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 buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Here, 69% of households live in a single-detached house.
Median gross household income: $119,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Elsinore: half had more than $119,000, 38% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Alberta’s towns: $92,200. COVID-19 benefits went to 34% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Elsinore: 30% of residents are immigrants, above 73% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
16% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (56%), then in Europe (18%). A year before the census, 10% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, immigrants come to 17%.
Fewer residents with no religion than 72% of Canadian towns: 27%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents: 3.9% here and 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (20%), Buddhist (2.6%) and Sikh (2%). The usual figure: just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 62%, and 5.3% 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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%; Elsinore has 5.3%. 16% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2.1% speak neither official language. Lower than in 71% of Canadian towns: 1% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 54% of Canadian towns, at 29%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 12%; in the typical town the share is 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: 58% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, much like this 58%.
In its size band (5,694 to 5,895), the 7th youngest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Electoral Area B, Peace River is the youngest of them at 30.6; Osoyoos, at 63.2, the oldest. The towns whose median age is nearest to Elsinore’s: Emerald Woods - Sawmill Creek (36.4), Minto (36.9), Confederation Park (37.9) and Kirkendall North (38).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Elsinore
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elsinore | 5,796 | — | 37.7 | 13% | 30% |
| Lago Lindo | 2,963 | 1.2 km | 42 | 17% | 27% |
| Baturyn | 4,796 | 1.2 km | 38.7 | 17% | 23% |
| Klarvatten | 6,773 | 1.4 km | 36.9 | 9.4% | 32% |
| Canossa | 3,246 | 1.6 km | 35.5 | 7.3% | 37% |
| Lorelei | 4,380 | 1.9 km | 38.2 | 18% | 35% |
| Eaux Claires | 3,334 | 2.1 km | 42.6 | 20% | 46% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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 Elsinore’s residents
What is the population of Elsinore?
Elsinore had 5,796 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Elsinore?
Half the residents are older than 37.7 and half younger, younger than 78% of Canadian towns; 20% are children under 15 and 13% are 65 or over.
Is Elsinore bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 5.3% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 93% speak only English and 0% only French; 1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Elsinore?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 30%. A visible minority makes up 49% and Indigenous residents 3.9%.
What religion are people in Elsinore?
Most often Christian (44%) or no religion (27%); other religions make up 28%.
Is Elsinore good for families?
Children under 15 are 20% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 64% of households and one-parent families 7.9%. Schools near Elsinore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Elsinore?
Median total household income in Elsinore was $119,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).