Photo: LaserToaster5 · CC BY-SA 4.0Kirkness is younger than 89% of Canadian towns: a median age of 35.5
Compared with 15% across Canada’s towns, 54% of residents belong to a visible minority here. Kirkness counted 5,279 residents and 1,980 households at the 2021 Census. Across Kirkness, 38% of residents are immigrants. On residents without Canadian citizenship, Kirkness sits higher than 86% of Canadian towns: 17%.
What stands out about the people of Kirkness
Younger than most towns
Half of Kirkness’s residents are under 35.5 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 20% are under 15 and 10% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Only 10% of residents are 65 or over in Kirkness
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops 70% of Canadian towns: 12%. Set beside that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Kirkness, 35.5. 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.
Larger households than 73% of Canadian towns: 2.7 people on average
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.
Here one in ten households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%. Across Kirkness, 28% of households are one person living alone.
A lower share of common-law partners than 55% of Canadian towns, at 10%
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 31% of adults, beside a typical 27%. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%. Across Kirkness, 46% of residents 15 and over are married.
Households in single-detached houses make up 49% in Kirkness, less than in 69% 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 44% date from 2001 or later, 1.8% from before 1961. For comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Kirkness has more renter households than 62% of Canadian towns, at 32%.
The midpoint household income is $88,700 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Kirkness had $88,700 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Alberta’s towns has $92,200 before tax. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 38% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Above 78% of Canadian towns: 15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most recent wave: 48% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). The wider picture: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (51%) and in Africa (23%).
More Indigenous residents than 74% of Canadian towns: 5.9%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 26% here and 35% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of Indigenous residents is 2.8%. Other faiths: Muslim (9.3%), Sikh (5.8%) and Hindu (3.1%).
2.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 66% 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 71%, French 0.9%. Residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.5% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Kirkness comes in at 6.3%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 25% in Kirkness, less than in 54% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 14% 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 62% of residents aged 15 and over
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.
At 62%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 3rd of 41 towns of 5,192 to 5,368 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The youngest is Trumpeter Area (33) and the oldest Electoral Area L, Cariboo (60). The closest ages to Kirkness’s belong to Trumpeter Area (33), St. Boniface Industrial Park (35.5), Ritchie (35.8) and Waverley Heights (35.9).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Kirkness are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkness | 5,279 | — | 35.5 | 10% | 38% |
| Fraser | 3,973 | 0.9 km | 37.8 | 13% | 27% |
| Bannerman | 5,187 | 1.0 km | 37 | 14% | 24% |
| Edmonton Energy And Technology Park | 5,225 | 1.1 km | 39.2 | 14% | 17% |
| Miller | 3,294 | 1.3 km | 39.6 | 17% | 34% |
| Brintnell | 6,658 | 1.7 km | 33.9 | 6.4% | 38% |
| Clareview Town Centre | 3,800 | 1.7 km | 32.1 | 6.6% | 45% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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. 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 Kirkness’s residents
Is Kirkness bilingual?
6.3% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.3% speak French only and 91% English only. French is the mother tongue of 2.5%.
How diverse is Kirkness?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 38%. A visible minority makes up 54% and Indigenous residents 5.9%.
What religion are people in Kirkness?
Most often Christian (53%) or no religion (26%); other religions make up 21%.
Is Kirkness good for families?
Children under 15 are 20% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 47% of households and one-parent families 9.8%. Schools near Kirkness are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kirkness?
Median total household income in Kirkness was $88,700 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Kirkness?
The 2021 Census counted 5,279 people in Kirkness.
What is the average age in Kirkness?
Half the residents are older than 35.5 and half younger, younger than 89% of Canadian towns; 20% are children under 15 and 10% are 65 or over.
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).