Photo: Kurayba · CC BY-SA 2.015% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a share 92% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 18%, above 85% of Canadian towns. Census day 2021: 4,150 residents and 1,755 households in Malmo Plains. Across Malmo Plains, 46% of residents said they have no religion. Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in 89% of Canadian towns.
Malmo Plains ranks below 88% of Canadian towns on children under 15: 12%
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 median age in Malmo Plains is 40.8, lower than in 58% of Canadian towns. Typically, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: just over a fifth of the total. More residents are 20–24 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Malmo Plains, 40.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Malmo Plains households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 60% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: just over one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 97% of Canadian towns. Locally, 7.7% of households are one-parent families. At 27%, one-person households sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
44% of residents 15 and over are married, below 58% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 32% of adults, against a typical 27%. As a yardstick, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 10% in Malmo Plains.
Malmo Plains ranks above 68% of Canadian towns on renter households: 35%
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
12% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 9.9% built before 1961. The comparison figure for renter households is 25% across Canada’s towns. Households in single-detached houses: 69% here and 64% across Canada’s towns.
The middle household earns $104,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Malmo Plains: half had more than $104,000, 21% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $92,200 is the median household income across Alberta’s towns. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 26% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 13% in Malmo Plains, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (52%), then in Europe (25%). Across the comparison, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. More immigrants than in two thirds of Canadian towns: 27%.
Malmo Plains ranks above 64% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 27%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (6.6%) and Hindu (2.2%). The wider picture: 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents: 3.2%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
10% of residents speak English and French, a share 62% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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, 11% mostly speak another language; 0.7% speak neither English nor French. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 89% of Canadian towns: 54%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
55% of adults were employed in May 2021
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.
At 55%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 21% are 65 or over.
In its size band (4,089 to 4,216), the 15th youngest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Banff Trail (31.7) and the oldest Lake of Bays (58.4). Next to Malmo Plains on this scale come Jackson Heights (40.5), Vermilion (40.8), Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine (41.2) and Forest Heights (41.3).
2 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Malmo Plains
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malmo Plains | 4,150 | — | 40.8 | 21% | 27% |
| Pleasantview | 3,746 | 1.2 km | 38.2 | 15% | 32% |
| Royal Gardens | 3,392 | 1.4 km | 35.2 | 13% | 33% |
| Empire Park | 4,817 | 1.5 km | 30.9 | 8.2% | 30% |
| Allendale | 2,951 | 1.8 km | 33.7 | 10% | 17% |
| Westbrook Estates | 2,838 | 1.9 km | 43.2 | 21% | 22% |
| Belgravia | 5,478 | 2.1 km | 41 | 19% | 20% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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.
Questions about Malmo Plains’s residents
What religion are people in Malmo Plains?
46% said they have no religion and 41% that they are Christian; 13% named another faith.
Is Malmo Plains good for families?
12% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 50% of households and one-parent families 7.7%. Schools near Malmo Plains are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Malmo Plains?
Half of Malmo Plains’s households had more than $104,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Malmo Plains?
The 2021 Census counted 4,150 people in Malmo Plains.
What is the average age in Malmo Plains?
The median age is 40.8, younger than 58% of Canadian towns. 12% are under 15 and 21% 65 or older.
Is Malmo Plains bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 10% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 89% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.5% grew up with French.
How diverse is Malmo Plains?
Immigrants: 27% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 27%. Indigenous identity: 3.2%.
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).