Half of Maple is under 30.9, younger than 99% of Canadian towns
Compared with 5.8% across Canada’s towns, 26% of residents are not Canadian citizens here. The share of residents with no religion stands at 19%. At 14%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 93% of Canadian towns. Maple had 3,920 residents in 1,235 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Maple
Younger than most towns
Maple’s median age is 30.9; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 24% are under 15 and 3.8% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A mix of backgrounds
70% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 93% of Canadian towns; 45% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
More immigrants than most towns
45% of residents are immigrants, against 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (74%), then in Africa (12%); 57% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
24% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 2.2 times the typical share; 70% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Maple ranks below 99% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 3.8%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
With children under 15 at 24%, Maple is ahead of 96% of Canadian towns on that count. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Maple, 30.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 94% of Canadian towns: 3.2 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families make up 4.5%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Above 94% of Canadian towns: 60% of residents 15 and over are married
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns, against 9.1% in Maple.
A lower share of renter households than 67% of Canadian towns, at 18%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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. For comparison, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Locally, nearly two thirds of households live in a single-detached house.
The middle household earns $113,600 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
Half of Maple’s households had a total income above $113,600, 32% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Alberta’s towns is $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 40% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Maple ranks above 89% of Canadian towns on immigrants: 45%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 55%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (74%), then in Africa (12%). For comparison, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in 97% of Canadian towns. 57% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
More visible minority residents than 93% of Canadian towns: 70%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Sikh (34%), Hindu (8.9%) and Muslim (6.1%). Typically, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Little separates the share of Indigenous residents here, 3.2%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Beyond English and French: 59% grew up with another language
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
On residents whose mother tongue is French, 1% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns. Bilingual residents account for 4.9%.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 79% of Canadian towns, at 45%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Maple, 45%, and 24% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 4.2%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
In work on census day: 72% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 72%.
1st lowest median age among 41 towns of 3,827 to 4,009
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
They run from Maple, at 30.9, to Okanagan Falls, at 59.2. The closest ages to Maple’s belong to Forty Mile County No. 8 (31.8) and Livingston (32.1).
The towns around Maple are all older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple | 3,920 | — | 30.9 | 3.8% | 45% |
| Tamarack | 6,860 | 1.1 km | 31.6 | 5.1% | 49% |
| Wild Rose | 8,534 | 1.8 km | 36.4 | 12% | 44% |
| Larkspur | 5,472 | 2.1 km | 37.3 | 13% | 38% |
| Silver Berry | 9,439 | 2.7 km | 33.6 | 7.9% | 49% |
| Kiniski Gardens | 6,864 | 3.3 km | 39.3 | 13% | 33% |
| Jackson Heights | 4,195 | 3.8 km | 40.5 | 18% | 40% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Maple’s residents
What is the population of Maple?
The 2021 Census counted 3,920 people in Maple.
What is the average age in Maple?
Half the residents are older than 30.9 and half younger, younger than 99% of Canadian towns; 24% are children under 15 and 3.8% are 65 or over.
Is Maple bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4.9% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 90% speak only English and 0.1% only French; 1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Maple?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 45%. A visible minority makes up 70% and Indigenous residents 3.2%.
What religion are people in Maple?
Most often Christian (31%) or no religion (19%); other religions make up 50%.
Is Maple good for families?
Children under 15 are 24% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 60% of households and one-parent families 4.5%. Schools near Maple are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Maple?
Median total household income in Maple was $113,600 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).