Glastonbury: 31% of residents are immigrants, above 73% of Canadian towns
On the census count, 5% of households live in a building of five or more storeys. A third of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 71% of Canadian towns. At the 2021 Census, 9,745 people lived in Glastonbury, in 3,695 households. In Glastonbury the average household is 2.6 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns.
Glastonbury ranks below 59% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 17%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (12%), Glastonbury is above 68% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. With a median age of 42.5, Glastonbury is older than 53% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Glastonbury, 42.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
Below 63% of Canadian towns: 24% of households are one person living alone
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families are rarer here than in 67% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, one-person households come to 27%.
Common-law partners make up 6.9% in Glastonbury, less than in 80% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
With married residents 15 and over at 54%, Glastonbury is ahead of 74% of Canadian towns on that count. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
A smaller share of renter households than 70% of Canadian towns: 17%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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: 71% date from 2001 or later, 0.3% from before 1961. Single-detached houses hold 62% of households, less than in 53% of Canadian towns, and buildings of five or more storeys 5%. Renter households make up 25% across Canada’s towns.
$111,500 a year: the median household income
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Glastonbury: half had more than $111,500, 30% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Alberta’s towns has $92,200 before tax. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 30% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 73% of Canadian towns: 8.9%
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, against 8.3% in Glastonbury. The share of residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns is 11%. Most immigrants were born in Asia (63%) or in Europe (21%).
A lower share of residents with no religion than 60% of Canadian towns, at 32%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (6.9%). The wider picture: just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 3.3%.
68% have English as their mother tongue; 6.3% also speak French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
For Glastonbury, the census puts residents whose mother tongue is French at 1.3%. Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Glastonbury comes in at 6.3%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 35% in Glastonbury, more than in 64% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 7.1% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
59% 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. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, much like this 59%.
The 20th oldest of 41 towns of 9,548 to 9,950 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
They run from Stanley, at 25.6, to Qualicum Beach, at 67.5. By median age, Glastonbury sits among Acadia (42.4), Shawnessy (42.5), Olds (43.6) and Mineola (44.4).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Glastonbury
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glastonbury | 9,745 | — | 42.5 | 17% | 31% |
| Granville | 2,994 | 0.9 km | 34.9 | 7.2% | 43% |
| Lymburn | 7,231 | 1.6 km | 38.8 | 14% | 29% |
| Ormsby Place | 4,412 | 2.1 km | 37.1 | 12% | 33% |
| Aldergrove | 5,311 | 2.1 km | 37.8 | 14% | 38% |
| Suder Greens | 2,928 | 2.1 km | 37.6 | 11% | 34% |
| Jamieson Place | 3,813 | 2.5 km | 44 | 16% | 29% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Alberta’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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.
Questions about Glastonbury’s residents
What is the average age in Glastonbury?
A median age of 42.5, older than 53% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 17%.
Is Glastonbury bilingual?
6.3% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 92% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.3%.
How diverse is Glastonbury?
31% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 33% belong to a visible minority and 3.3% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Glastonbury?
57% are Christian and 32% have no religion; 12% follow another religion.
Is Glastonbury good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 58% of households. One-parent families: 7.2%. Schools near Glastonbury are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Glastonbury?
The median household in Glastonbury took in $111,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Glastonbury?
9,745, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Glastonbury alone.
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).