Mactaggart sits above 89% of Canadian towns for visible minority residents (58%)
By its share of residents without Canadian citizenship (13%), Mactaggart is above 79% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 3,603, in 1,310 households. On the census count, a fifth of residents are under 15. Half of the neighbourhood’s residents are under 38.4, younger than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Mactaggart
A mix of backgrounds
58% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 38% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 61% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 12%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 74% of Canadian towns, at 15%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Where just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, Mactaggart has 12%. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Mactaggart, 38.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 77% of Canadian towns: 2.7 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%; Mactaggart has 22%. Census figures put one-parent families at 8% in the neighbourhood.
In Mactaggart, 6.5% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 83% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here 57% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 46%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
43% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 75% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. The share of renter households stands at 28%.
The middle household earns $121,700 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Mactaggart’s, at $121,700, is 42% higher. The provincial yardstick is $92,200, the median across Alberta’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 30% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
A higher share of immigrants than 82% of Canadian towns, at 38%
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, 36% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. To put it in context, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Here, 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
35% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 50% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (11%), Hindu (8.4%) and Sikh (3.1%). Indigenous residents are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 2.2%.
English is the mother tongue of 58%, and 6.4% speak French as well
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: English 74%, French 0.3%. 1% of residents have French as their mother tongue, fewer than in 71% of Canadian towns. Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 6.4% of residents speak English and French here.
A larger share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 94% of Canadian towns: 61%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 1.1%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 62% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 62%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (3,550 to 3,653), the 14th youngest of 41 towns
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Between Opportunity No. 17 (31.2) and South Tuxedo (57.7) lies the rest of the group. Closest in median age to Mactaggart are Quinndale (37.5), Two Hills County No. 21 (37.6), Guybourg (38.5) and WestLake-Gladstone (39.2).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Mactaggart
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mactaggart | 3,603 | — | 38.4 | 15% | 38% |
| Magrath Heights | 3,728 | 1.2 km | 41.3 | 13% | 39% |
| South Terwillegar | 8,183 | 1.4 km | 34.9 | 7.9% | 39% |
| Twin Brooks | 5,102 | 1.8 km | 46.7 | 19% | 34% |
| Terwillegar Towne | 6,478 | 1.9 km | 38.4 | 11% | 30% |
| Ogilvie Ridge | 5,218 | 2.0 km | 45.3 | 22% | 38% |
| MacEwan | 6,102 | 2.0 km | 36.9 | 12% | 38% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- 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.
Questions about Mactaggart’s residents
What is the average age in Mactaggart?
A median age of 38.4, younger than 74% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 20%, and people 65 and over 15%.
Is Mactaggart bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 6.4% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 91% speak only English and 0.1% only French; 1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Mactaggart?
38% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 58% belong to a visible minority and 2.2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Mactaggart?
41% are Christian and 35% have no religion; 24% follow another religion.
Is Mactaggart good for families?
Under 15: 20% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 60% of households. One-parent families: 8%. Schools near Mactaggart are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mactaggart?
The median household in Mactaggart took in $121,700 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Mactaggart?
3,603, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Mactaggart alone.
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).