6.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 95% of Canadian towns
8.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity; across Canada’s towns the figure is 2.8%. Few places have as many one-parent families: 12% here, more than in 90% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 3,020 residents in 1,150 households. The census found that 18% of residents are under 15 in Kernohan.
A median age of 40.8: Kernohan is younger than 58% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The biggest five-year age group is 35–39, with nearly one in ten residents. Among Alberta’s towns, Country Hills Village has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 36%. Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 11%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Kernohan, 40.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
One-person households make up 21% in Kernohan, less than in 72% of Canadian towns
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Kernohan the average household is 2.6 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. One-person households make up 27% across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of common-law partners than 70% of Canadian towns, at 8.3%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 31% of adults (typical: 27%). As a yardstick, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Fewer renter households than 73% of Canadian towns: 16%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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. Renter households make up 25% across Canada’s towns. In Kernohan, 62% of households live in a single-detached house.
Half above, half below $98,200 a year in household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Kernohan’s households had a total income above $98,200, 14% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $92,200, the median across Alberta’s towns. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 29% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Immigrants: 21%, a higher share than 57% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (37%), then in Europe (27%). Typically, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. 5.4% of residents are not Canadian citizens, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
In Kernohan, 23% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 59% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (3.4%). Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority. Residents with no religion make up 36%, against 35% across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 75%, and 5.3% speak French as well
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Kernohan, 5.3%. At 2.2%, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is higher than in 64% of Canadian towns.
Kernohan ranks below 93% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 11%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 15%, against 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
52% 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. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 52% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Among 41 towns of 2,978 to 3,062 people, the 12th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Electoral Area C, Strathcona is the oldest at 58.4, Albany the youngest at 29.9. Closest in median age to Kernohan are Wallace-Woodworth (40.4), Buchanan (40.5), Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu (41.6) and Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard (42.4).
Every neighbour of Kernohan has a younger population
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kernohan | 3,020 | — | 40.8 | 18% | 21% |
| Belmont | 5,299 | 0.8 km | 38.8 | 15% | 31% |
| Bannerman | 5,187 | 1.1 km | 37 | 14% | 24% |
| Overlanders | 2,879 | 1.4 km | 35 | 11% | 27% |
| Fraser | 3,973 | 1.8 km | 37.8 | 13% | 27% |
| Clareview Town Centre | 3,800 | 1.9 km | 32.1 | 6.6% | 45% |
| Homesteader | 6,059 | 2.1 km | 34.1 | 12% | 34% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Kernohan’s residents
Is Kernohan bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.3% are. Another 0% speak only French and 94% only English, and French is the first language of 2.2%.
How diverse is Kernohan?
21% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 23% belong to a visible minority and 8.1% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Kernohan?
55% are Christian and 36% have no religion; 9.3% follow another religion.
Is Kernohan good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 52% of households. One-parent families: 12%. Schools near Kernohan are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kernohan?
The median household in Kernohan took in $98,200 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Kernohan?
The 2021 Census counted 3,020 people in Kernohan.
What is the average age in Kernohan?
A median age of 40.8, younger than 58% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 18%.
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).