Photo: Johntwrl · CC BY-SA 3.0One-person households make up 42% in Glenwood, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
Most recent wave: 57% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Nearly one in ten residents have an Indigenous identity. Glenwood has more residents who moved in within the year than 88% of Canadian towns, at 17%. The 2021 Census counted 4,842 residents in 2,165 households.
What stands out about the people of Glenwood
A neighbourhood of renters
56% of households rent their home, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 53% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 42%, more than in 91% of Canadian towns, and 23% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
13% of residents are under 15, below 80% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Residents aged 65 and over: 23%, above 70% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. 55–59 is the most common age band: 7.3% of residents. The median age in Glenwood is 44.4, higher than in 64% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Glenwood, 44.4. 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.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 80% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Glenwood, 10% of households are one-parent families, beside 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
In Glenwood, 34% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 80% 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: just over a third of adults, against a typical 27%. For comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners stands at 10%.
56% of households rent their home, more than in 89% 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
Households in single-detached houses: 41%, below 77% of Canadian towns. At the same time, more households in buildings of five or more storeys than in just over two thirds of Canadian towns: 3%. On average, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 19% predate 1961, 19% date from 2001 or later.
$66,600 a year: the median household income
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Glenwood’s median household took in $66,600 before tax, 23% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Alberta’s towns, the median household income is $92,200. 35% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
More residents without Canadian citizenship than 91% of Canadian towns: 20%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (61%) and in Europe (14%). By way of comparison, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Higher than in 80% of Canadian towns: 36% of residents are immigrants.
Visible minority residents make up 40% in Glenwood, more than in 77% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Glenwood, 35% of residents said they have no religion. Visible minority residents: 15% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
English is the mother tongue of 67%, and 4.3% 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
At home: English 78%, French 0.1%. Glenwood has fewer bilingual residents than 83% of Canadian towns, at 4.3%. 2% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
In Glenwood, 25% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 53% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 13%, against 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
51% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 51%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 23% are 65 or over.
In its size band (4,732 to 4,939), the 13th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Sutton is the oldest at 60.4, Empire Park the youngest at 30.9. Closest in median age to Glenwood are Hampton (44.4), Warwick (44.4), Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George (45.6) and York Road (45.9).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Glenwood are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenwood | 4,842 | — | 44.4 | 23% | 36% |
| Britannia Youngstown | 4,616 | 1.0 km | 39.6 | 14% | 31% |
| West Jasper Place | 3,427 | 1.2 km | 40 | 14% | 33% |
| Meadowlark Park | 2,671 | 1.3 km | 47.1 | 24% | 24% |
| West Meadowlark Park | 5,386 | 1.5 km | 44.6 | 24% | 37% |
| Jasper Park | 3,219 | 1.8 km | 39.5 | 14% | 29% |
| Canora | 4,799 | 1.9 km | 40.4 | 16% | 25% |
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. “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. 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. 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.
Questions about Glenwood’s residents
What religion are people in Glenwood?
58% are Christian and 35% have no religion; 6.8% follow another religion.
Is Glenwood good for families?
Under 15: 13% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 36% of households. One-parent families: 10%. Schools near Glenwood are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Glenwood?
The median household in Glenwood took in $66,600 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Glenwood?
The 2021 Census counted 4,842 people in Glenwood.
What is the average age in Glenwood?
A median age of 44.4, older than 64% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 13%, and people 65 and over 23%.
Is Glenwood bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 4.3% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 94% only English, and French is the first language of 2%.
How diverse is Glenwood?
36% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 40% belong to a visible minority and 8.4% have an Indigenous identity.
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).