Younger than 97% of Canadian towns: half of Keswick is under 32.1
The typical household size is 2.7 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. At 19%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is higher than in 90% of Canadian towns. There were 1,480 households in Keswick at the 2021 Census, home to 3,957 people. Census figures put residents with no religion at 38% in the neighbourhood.
What stands out about the people of Keswick
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Keswick is 32.1; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 24% are under 15 and 4.4% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
33% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 3 times the typical share; 86% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
58% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 41% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 41% of residents; the medians are 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (60%) and in Africa (17%), and 55% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of Canadian towns, at 4.4%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.7%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Keswick, 32.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women.
Keswick ranks below 77% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 20%
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The figure for one-parent families is 6.4% in Keswick and 8.2% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 58% in Keswick, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
12% of residents 15 and over live common-law (Canada’s towns: 11%). Singles who have never married make up 23% of adults, beside a typical 27%.
Keswick: 1.3% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, above 62% 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
Compared with 64% across Canada’s towns, 68% of households live in a single-detached house here. The census found that 26% of households rent their home in Keswick.
The midpoint household income is $120,100 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Keswick’s, at $120,100, is 40% higher. Across Alberta’s towns, half of households had more than $92,200 before tax. In 2020, 33% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of Canadian towns: 33%
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
The figure for immigrants is 41% in Keswick and 17% across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Keswick sits above 89% of Canadian towns for visible minority residents (58%)
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (11%), Hindu (2.9%), Buddhist (2.6%) and Sikh (2.3%). On average, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. There is little gap on Indigenous residents: 2.2%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 56%, and 6.4% 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 71%, French 0.6%. 1.3% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 91% of Canadian towns: 56%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 3.2% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
75% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 75% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (3,881 to 4,032), the 6th youngest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Maple (30.9) and the oldest Okanagan Falls (59.2). Nearest to Keswick in age: Livingston (32.1), University Heights (32.1), Ainslie Wood West (36.2) and York (37).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Keswick
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keswick | 3,957 | — | 32.1 | 4.4% | 41% |
| Glenridding Heights | 4,388 | 1.7 km | 31.9 | 2.9% | 46% |
| Ambleside | 7,733 | 1.8 km | 34.4 | 8.7% | 38% |
| Windermere | 14,922 | 2.0 km | 33.9 | 7% | 40% |
| South Terwillegar | 8,183 | 3.6 km | 34.9 | 7.9% | 39% |
| Chappelle | 14,815 | 3.9 km | 31.7 | 3.6% | 42% |
| Haddow | 4,026 | 4.3 km | 41 | 13% | 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. 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.
- 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 Keswick’s residents
Is Keswick bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 6.4% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 91% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.3% grew up with French.
How diverse is Keswick?
Immigrants make up 41% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 58% are members of a visible minority, and 2.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Keswick?
Christian: 44%. No religion: 38%. Another religion: 18%.
Is Keswick good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 24%. 62% of households are couple families and 6.4% one-parent families. Schools near Keswick are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Keswick?
$120,100 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Keswick (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Keswick?
Keswick had 3,957 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Keswick?
32.1 is the median age, younger than 97% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 24%. 65 and over: 4.4%.
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).