McConachie is younger than 99% of Canadian towns: a median age of 30.9
The typical household size is 3.2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Census day 2021: 10,450 residents and 3,270 households in McConachie. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 16% of the total. Compared with other places, households in single-detached houses are scarce here: 56%, fewer than in three fifths of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of McConachie
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of McConachie is 30.9; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 29% are under 15 and 4.4% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A mix of backgrounds
65% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 42% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 42% of residents; the medians are 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (52%), then in Africa (27%), and 49% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
A year before the census, 19% of residents lived elsewhere, 1.8 times the typical share; over five years, 63% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Below 99% of Canadian towns: 4.4% 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 largest age band is 30–34: 12% of residents, 1.9 times the share across Canada’s towns. Census figures put children under 15 at 29% in McConachie. For comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ McConachie, 30.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
17% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 87% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
9.3% of households are one-parent families, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for one-person households across Canada’s towns: 27%.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 78% of Canadian towns, at 55%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Common-law partners: 9.3% here and 11% across Canada’s towns. Typically, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Renter households make up 21% in McConachie, less than in 59% 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 comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
The middle household earns $113,800 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
McConachie’s median household took in $113,800 before tax, 32% 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 37% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Above 87% of Canadian towns: 42% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (52%), then in Africa (27%). McConachie has more residents who moved in within the year than 92% of Canadian towns, at 19%. Across Canada’s towns, immigrants come to 17%.
Visible minority residents: 65%, a higher share than 92% 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 (14%), Sikh (9.9%) and Hindu (2.2%). Typically, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 25% here, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns. Indigenous residents: 3.8% here and 2.8% across Canada’s towns.
53% have English as their mother tongue; 6.4% 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
25% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 3.7% speak neither official language. Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in McConachie, 6.4%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 32% in McConachie, more than in 59% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 9.1% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
In work on census day: 71% of adults
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.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 71%.
Of 41 towns its size (10,204 to 10,708 people), the 1st youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
McConachie is the youngest of them at 30.9; Markland Wood, at 51.3, the oldest. The towns whose median age is nearest to McConachie’s: Stittsville East (33.8) and Falconridge (34.4).
The towns around McConachie are all older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McConachie | 10,450 | — | 30.9 | 4.4% | 42% |
| Matt Berry | 4,093 | 1.1 km | 40.4 | 16% | 41% |
| Hollick-Kenyon | 6,451 | 1.4 km | 35.5 | 9.8% | 35% |
| Crystallina Nera East | 5,566 | 1.5 km | 32.5 | 5.7% | 38% |
| Ozerna | 4,216 | 1.6 km | 42.5 | 15% | 39% |
| Cy Becker | 2,683 | 1.7 km | 31.2 | 3.2% | 44% |
| Brintnell | 6,658 | 1.9 km | 33.9 | 6.4% | 38% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- 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. 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. The middle of Alberta’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
Questions about McConachie’s residents
What religion are people in McConachie?
Most often Christian (46%) or no religion (25%); other religions make up 29%.
Is McConachie good for families?
Children under 15 are 29% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 56% of households and one-parent families 9.3%. Schools near McConachie are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in McConachie?
Median total household income in McConachie was $113,800 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of McConachie?
10,450, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for McConachie alone.
What is the average age in McConachie?
Half the residents are older than 30.9 and half younger, younger than 99% of Canadian towns; 29% are children under 15 and 4.4% are 65 or over.
Is McConachie bilingual?
6.4% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.3% speak French only and 90% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.6%.
How diverse is McConachie?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 42%. A visible minority makes up 65% and Indigenous residents 3.8%.
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).