Half of Killarney is under 34.9, younger than 91% of Canadian towns
The share of one-parent families tops 96% of Canadian towns: 14%. The 2021 Census put Killarney’s population at 4,165, in 1,660 households. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 15% of the total. On households in single-detached houses, Killarney sits lower than 83% of Canadian towns: 32%.
What stands out about the people of Killarney
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 13% of residents, more than in 91% of Canadian towns, and 6.1% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Killarney’s median age is 34.9; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 21% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
61% of households rent their home, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 39% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
19% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 1.8 times the typical share; 55% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 90% of Canadian towns: 11%
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Just over a fifth of residents are under 15; across Canada’s towns the figure is 16%. Across the comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Killarney, 34.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women.
More one-person households than 66% of Canadian towns: 31%
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 9.4% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 95% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%. A household here holds 2.5 people on average.
33% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 80% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: nearly two in five adults, against a typical 27%. As a yardstick, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 10%.
In Killarney, 61% of households rent their home, more than in 91% 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. On average, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Just over a third of homes were built before 1961 and 1.9% in 2001 or later.
The midpoint household income is $70,000 a year
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
Household incomes run lower in Killarney: half had less than $70,000, 19% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 40% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Killarney ranks above 92% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 19%
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 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Of the immigrants living here, 57% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Across the comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 30% of residents are immigrants.
More Indigenous residents than 91% of Canadian towns: 13%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority; in Killarney, 36%. The wider picture: 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (12%).
English is the mother tongue of 67%, and 4% speak French as well
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
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Killarney, 4%. At home: English 78%, French 0.7%.
Only 13% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Killarney
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 24% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
51% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
51% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 11% are 65 or more.
5th lowest median age among 41 towns of 4,098 to 4,230
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages here range from 31.7 in Banff Trail to 58.4 in Lake of Bays. Fraipont (33.6), Sunalta (34.8), Balfour (36.5) and Templemead (37.5): the towns nearest Killarney in median age.
Every nearby town is older than Killarney
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
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. 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.
- 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 Killarney’s residents
What is the population of Killarney?
The 2021 Census counted 4,165 people in Killarney.
What is the average age in Killarney?
The median age is 34.9, younger than 91% of Canadian towns. 21% are under 15 and 11% 65 or older.
Is Killarney bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 93% speak only English and 0.1% only French; 1.6% grew up with French.
How diverse is Killarney?
Immigrants: 30% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 36%. Indigenous identity: 13%.
What religion are people in Killarney?
35% said they have no religion and 48% that they are Christian; 17% named another faith.
Is Killarney good for families?
21% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 36% of households and one-parent families 14%. Schools near Killarney are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Killarney?
Half of Killarney’s households had more than $70,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $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).