Above 92% of Canadian towns: 22% of residents are under 15
By its share of visible minority residents (47%), Lee Ridge is above 82% of Canadian towns. Census figures put immigrants at 38% locally. Half of the neighbourhood’s residents are under 36.7, younger than in 84% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 2,722 residents in 1,010 households.
What stands out about the people of Lee Ridge
A neighbourhood of families
Children under 15 are 22% of residents, more than in 92% of Canadian towns. Households average 2.7 people, and 14% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 65% of Canadian towns: 16%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
No age band is larger than 5–9: 7.9% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 11%. Against that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lee Ridge, 36.7. 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.
Lee Ridge sits above 97% of Canadian towns for one-parent families (14%)
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households in Lee Ridge hold 2.7 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4). Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%. On the census count, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone.
Lee Ridge ranks below 77% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 7.5%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
A third of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law.
36% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 80% of Canadian towns
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
4.5% of homes were built before 1961 and 1.5% in 2001 or later. As a yardstick, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Lee Ridge has more renter households than 68% of Canadian towns, at 35%.
A median household income of $78,200 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Lee Ridge’s households had a total income below $78,200, 9% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns the median is $92,200. 37% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
A larger share of residents without Canadian citizenship than 83% of Canadian towns: 15%
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 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Of the immigrants living here, 45% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 71% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (70%) or in Africa (12%).
Lee Ridge: 9.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 86% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (11%), Hindu (5.3%) and Buddhist (2.3%). As a yardstick, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 35%; Lee Ridge has 37%.
61% have English as their mother tongue; 5.7% also speak French
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
At home, 23% mostly speak another language; 2.2% speak neither English nor French. 2.4% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 65% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%; Lee Ridge has 5.7%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 26%, a lower share than 52% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 17% 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.
Employment: 52% of residents 15 and over had a job
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 52%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 16% are 65 or over.
Youngest by rank: 5th of 41 towns of 2,685 to 2,761 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Waskaganish is the youngest of them at 25; Eastman, at 56.8, the oldest. Closest in median age to Lee Ridge are Tuxedo Industrial (34.3), Talbot-Grey (36.5), Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse (36.8) and Waterridge Village (37).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Lee Ridge
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- 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. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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 Lee Ridge’s residents
What is the median income in Lee Ridge?
The median household in Lee Ridge took in $78,200 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Lee Ridge?
Lee Ridge had 2,722 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Lee Ridge?
A median age of 36.7, younger than 84% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 22%, and people 65 and over 16%.
Is Lee Ridge bilingual?
5.7% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 92% English only. French is the mother tongue of 2.4%.
How diverse is Lee Ridge?
38% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 47% belong to a visible minority and 9.3% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Lee Ridge?
42% are Christian and 37% have no religion; 21% follow another religion.
Is Lee Ridge good for families?
Under 15: 22% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 46% of households. One-parent families: 14%. Schools near Lee Ridge are on its Schools page.
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).