In MacEwan, 52% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
Compared with 17% across Canada’s towns, 38% of residents are immigrants here. MacEwan had 6,102 residents in 2,475 households at the 2021 Census. Renter households account for 42%. The median age in the neighbourhood is 36.9, lower than in 83% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of MacEwan
A neighbourhood people move to
18% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 1.7 times the typical share; 49% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Below 87% of Canadian towns: 12% of residents are 65 or over
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with 9.3% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. The census found that 18% of residents are under 15 in MacEwan. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ MacEwan, 36.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
30% of households are one person living alone, a share 61% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In MacEwan, 6.8% of households are one-parent families, beside 8.2% across Canada’s towns. There are 2.5 people in the average household. The benchmark for one-person households across Canada’s towns: 27%.
In MacEwan, 8.5% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 69% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 46% across Canada’s towns, 51% of residents 15 and over are married in MacEwan. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
More households in buildings of five or more storeys than 74% of Canadian towns: 6.1%
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 93% date from 2001 or later, 0.4% from before 1961. Households in single-detached houses are rarer here than in 77% of Canadian towns.
A median household income of $93,800 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
MacEwan’s median household took in $93,800 before tax, 9% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns, half of households had more than $92,200 before tax. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 33% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
MacEwan ranks above 90% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 18%
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (68%), then in the Americas (12%). At 14%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is higher than in 79% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Just over a third of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of Indigenous residents than 62% of Canadian towns, at 4%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (7.1%) and Hindu (4.5%). Measured more widely, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. There is little gap on residents with no religion: 35%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 57%, and 6.9% 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, 23% mostly speak another language; 2.4% speak neither English nor French. Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 1.3%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
MacEwan ranks above 82% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 48%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 4.8% here, 9.5% in the typical town. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 65%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 65% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 6,011 to 6,186 people, the 8th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 33.4 in Inkster Gardens to 57.2 in Tay Valley. Nearest to MacEwan in age: Capitol Hill (36.7), Worthington (36.9), Crown Point West (37.5) and Sioux Lookout (38).
MacEwan and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacEwan | 6,102 | — | 36.9 | 12% | 38% |
| Twin Brooks | 5,102 | 0.9 km | 46.7 | 19% | 34% |
| Cavanagh | 7,300 | 1.5 km | 38.5 | 15% | 41% |
| Rutherford | 12,808 | 1.8 km | 35.6 | 11% | 40% |
| Mactaggart | 3,603 | 2.0 km | 38.4 | 15% | 38% |
| Skyrattler | 2,956 | 2.1 km | 42.3 | 20% | 33% |
| Bearspaw | 5,192 | 2.4 km | 48.2 | 27% | 32% |
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. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Alberta’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
Questions about MacEwan’s residents
Is MacEwan good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 18%. 52% of households are couple families and 6.8% one-parent families. Schools near MacEwan are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in MacEwan?
$93,800 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in MacEwan (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of MacEwan?
The 2021 Census counted 6,102 people in MacEwan.
What is the average age in MacEwan?
36.9 is the median age, younger than 83% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 18%. 65 and over: 12%.
Is MacEwan bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6.9% are. Another 0% speak only French and 91% only English, and French is the first language of 1.3%.
How diverse is MacEwan?
Immigrants make up 38% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 52% are members of a visible minority, and 4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in MacEwan?
Christian: 49%. No religion: 35%. Another religion: 16%.
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).