A higher share of children under 15 than 89% of Canadian towns, at 21%
Visible minority residents: 48%, above 84% of Canadian towns. By contrast, half of Lorelei’s residents are under 38.2, younger than in just over three quarters of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood counted 4,380 residents and 1,555 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 35% of residents are immigrants.
What stands out about the people of Lorelei
A neighbourhood of families
Children under 15 are 21% of residents, more than in 89% of Canadian towns. Households average 2.8 people, and 13% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Lorelei, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 62% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
10–14 is the most common age band: 7.4% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Among Alberta’s towns, Country Hills Village has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 36%. Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lorelei, 38.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Lorelei ranks above 93% of Canadian towns on one-parent families: 13%
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Lorelei the average household is 2.8 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%. The census found that 22% of households are one person living alone locally.
Fewer common-law partners than 83% of Canadian towns: 6.5%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 32% of adults (typical: 27%). Married residents 15 and over account for 48%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Renter households make up 34% in Lorelei, more than in 66% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. For Lorelei, the census puts households in single-detached houses at 56%. Measured more widely, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
A median household income of $86,800 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Lorelei’s households had a total income above $86,800 and half below, close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. The pandemic’s benefits: 33% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
In Lorelei, 8.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 78% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
12% of residents are not Canadian citizens (Canada’s towns: 5.8%). Most immigrants were born in Asia (57%) or in Europe (17%). Across the comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of Indigenous residents than 74% of Canadian towns, at 5.9%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 25%, Lorelei is behind 77% of Canadian towns on that count. Among other religions: Muslim (30%) and Buddhist (2%). Typically, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
58% have English as their mother tongue; 4.6% also speak French
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%; Lorelei has 4.6%. At home, 20% mostly speak another language; 3.3% speak neither English nor French. Lower than in 71% of Canadian towns: 1% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 18%, a lower share than 74% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Lorelei, 18%, and 31% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%).
A job for 47% of residents aged 15 and over
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 47%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 18% are 65 or over.
Youngest by rank: 10th of 41 towns of 4,305 to 4,461 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Glenridding Heights (31.9) and the oldest Highlands East (58.8). Next to Lorelei on this scale come Ormsby Place (37.1), Oxford (38.1), Inglewood (38.3) and Central Park (38.8).
Lorelei and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorelei | 4,380 | — | 38.2 | 18% | 35% |
| Eaux Claires | 3,334 | 0.7 km | 42.6 | 20% | 46% |
| Beaumaris | 4,125 | 0.8 km | 47.5 | 29% | 36% |
| Baturyn | 4,796 | 1.0 km | 38.7 | 17% | 23% |
| Lago Lindo | 2,963 | 1.4 km | 42 | 17% | 27% |
| Griesbach | 6,640 | 1.4 km | 36.6 | 14% | 25% |
| Belle Rive | 3,946 | 1.9 km | 40.4 | 14% | 38% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Lorelei’s residents
What is the average age in Lorelei?
The median age is 38.2, younger than 76% of Canadian towns. 21% are under 15 and 18% 65 or older.
Is Lorelei bilingual?
4.6% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 92% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1%.
How diverse is Lorelei?
Immigrants: 35% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 48%. Indigenous identity: 5.9%.
What religion are people in Lorelei?
25% said they have no religion and 40% that they are Christian; 35% named another faith.
Is Lorelei good for families?
21% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 51% of households and one-parent families 13%. Schools near Lorelei are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lorelei?
Half of Lorelei’s households had more than $86,800 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Lorelei?
Lorelei had 4,380 residents at the 2021 Census.
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).