Photo: Tracklan2 · CC0Younger than 84% of Canadian towns: half of Griesbach is under 36.6
Set against 64% across Canada’s towns, 43% of households live in a single-detached house in Griesbach. The neighbourhood counted 6,640 residents and 2,370 households at the 2021 Census. In Griesbach, 6.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity. 14% of residents are 65 or over, a lower share than in 76% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Griesbach
A neighbourhood of families
22% of residents are under 15, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 9.9% of households are one-parent families and households average 2.7 people. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Children under 15: 22%, a higher share than 92% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
35–39 is the most common age band: 10% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Griesbach, 36.6. 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.
Griesbach households average 2.7 people, larger than in 72% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone; across Canada’s towns the figure is 27%. Locally, one in ten households are one-parent families.
Married residents 15 and over: 48%, a higher share than 55% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 26% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Elsewhere, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 11% in Griesbach.
Griesbach: 38% of households rent their home, above 72% of Canadian towns
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
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%.
$108,000 a year is the median household income here
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Griesbach had $108,000 before tax, 26% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns the median is $92,200. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 28% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Griesbach sits above 84% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (16%)
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 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (60%) or in Europe (21%). Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, immigrants are common here: 25%, more than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns. On top of that, 30% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Griesbach sits above 73% of Canadian towns for visible minority residents (35%)
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 41% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 35%. The benchmark for visible minority residents across Canada’s towns: 15%. Other faiths: Muslim (7.3%) and Buddhist (2.9%).
1.6% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 52% of Canadian towns
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
At home: English 80%, French 0.8%. Against that, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns. Bilingual residents are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 7.3%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 39%, a higher share than 70% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 7.1% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 65% of residents 15 and over had a job
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.
The employment rate of 65% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 9th of 41 towns of 6,517 to 6,773 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
West Broadway is the youngest of them at 33.7; Southern Gulf Islands, at 61.6, the oldest. In age, Griesbach keeps company with Stipeley (35.7), Fairhaven (36), Klarvatten (36.9) and Renfrew (37.2).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Griesbach
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griesbach | 6,640 | — | 36.6 | 14% | 25% |
| Beaumaris | 4,125 | 0.7 km | 47.5 | 29% | 36% |
| Lorelei | 4,380 | 1.4 km | 38.2 | 18% | 35% |
| Caernarvon | 5,972 | 1.6 km | 36.4 | 16% | 36% |
| Eaux Claires | 3,334 | 1.7 km | 42.6 | 20% | 46% |
| Carlisle | 4,609 | 1.8 km | 36.3 | 14% | 35% |
| Evansdale | 5,602 | 1.8 km | 35.9 | 15% | 37% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Griesbach’s residents
What religion are people in Griesbach?
Christian: 47%. No religion: 41%. Another religion: 12%.
Is Griesbach good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 22%. 54% of households are couple families and 9.9% one-parent families. Schools near Griesbach are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Griesbach?
$108,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Griesbach (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Griesbach?
6,640, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Griesbach alone.
What is the average age in Griesbach?
36.6 is the median age, younger than 84% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 22%. 65 and over: 14%.
Is Griesbach bilingual?
7.3% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 91% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.6%.
How diverse is Griesbach?
Immigrants make up 25% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 35% are members of a visible minority, and 6.7% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).