More visible minority residents than 90% of Canadian towns: 59%
14% of households are one person living alone, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 4,195 residents in 1,400 households. Residents who moved in within the year account for 7.7%. Jackson Heights has more households in single-detached houses than 69% of Canadian towns, at 77%.
What stands out about the people of Jackson Heights
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 59%, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 40%. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Jackson Heights, 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 87% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The median age in Jackson Heights is 40.5, lower than in 60% of Canadian towns. No age band is larger than 55–59: 8% of residents. The usual figure: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in the neighbourhood, 18%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Jackson Heights, 40.5. 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.
Jackson Heights households average 3 people, larger 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, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%; Jackson Heights has 9.2%.
Only 5.6% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Jackson Heights
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
53% of residents 15 and over are married, against 46% across Canada’s towns. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Jackson Heights sits below 65% of Canadian towns for renter households (19%)
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. To put it in context, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Half above, half below $110,900 a year in household income
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Jackson Heights’s households had a total income above $110,900, 29% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Alberta’s towns, the household in the middle had $92,200. COVID-19 benefits went to 35% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Jackson Heights: 40% of residents are immigrants, above 84% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (77%) or in Europe (8.4%). Jackson Heights has more residents without Canadian citizenship than 68% of Canadian towns, at 10%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants is 17%. Nearly a fifth of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Below 70% of Canadian towns: 28% of residents said they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Sikh (14%), Muslim (11%), Hindu (6.1%) and Buddhist (2.1%). At 4.9%, the share of Indigenous residents is higher than in 69% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, residents with no religion come to 35%.
52% have English as their mother tongue; 4.8% 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
Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Jackson Heights has 4.8%. At home, 28% mostly speak another language; 3.6% speak neither English nor French.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 32% in Jackson Heights, more than in 59% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 7.4% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 60% of residents aged 15 and over
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 60% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 14th of 41 towns of 4,144 to 4,262 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Banff Trail (31.7) and the oldest Barry's Bay (58.4). Nearest to Jackson Heights in age: Napierville (40.4), Crabtree (40.4), Vermilion (40.8) and Malmo Plains (40.8).
Of the 6 towns nearest Jackson Heights, 1 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- 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.
- 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 Jackson Heights’s residents
What is the population of Jackson Heights?
Jackson Heights had 4,195 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Jackson Heights?
40.5 is the median age, younger than 60% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 18%.
Is Jackson Heights bilingual?
4.8% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 91% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.7%.
How diverse is Jackson Heights?
Immigrants make up 40% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 59% are members of a visible minority, and 4.9% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Jackson Heights?
Christian: 38%. No religion: 28%. Another religion: 34%.
Is Jackson Heights good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 55% of households are couple families and 9.2% one-parent families. Schools near Jackson Heights are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Jackson Heights?
$110,900 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Jackson Heights (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).