A median age of 35.2: Minchau is younger than 90% of Canadian towns
By its share of Indigenous residents (7.1%), Minchau is above nearly four fifths of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood has more residents without Canadian citizenship than just over four fifths of Canadian towns, at 15%. The 2021 Census counted 2,576 residents in 915 households. The share of immigrants stands at 28%.
What stands out about the people of Minchau
Younger than most towns
Minchau’s median age is 35.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 20% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Minchau ranks below 84% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 13%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
By its share of children under 15 (20%), Minchau is above 85% of Canadian towns. Against that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Minchau, 35.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 83% of Canadian towns: 2.8 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.
Shared houses stand out: nearly one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 93% of Canadian towns. On the census count, a fifth of households are one person living alone. Against a figure of 8.2% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families in Minchau comes in at 10%.
8.5% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 69% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 34% of adults, beside a typical 27%. In Minchau, 46% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Minchau sits above 67% of Canadian towns for renter households (35%)
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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Renter households: 25% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Locally, 69% of households live in a single-detached house.
Median gross household income: $95,700 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Minchau had $95,700 before tax, 11% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. In 2020, 35% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 88% of Canadian towns: 17%
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 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most recent wave: 40% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). As a reference point, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
More visible minority residents than 72% of Canadian towns: 35%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Minchau, 37% of residents said they have no religion, beside 35% across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Sikh (6.3%).
1.9% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 59% of Canadian towns
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
19% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.6% speak neither official language. Lower than in 68% of Canadian towns: 5.6% of residents speak English and French. The comparison figure for residents whose mother tongue is French is 1.5% across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 60% of Canadian towns, at 23%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 11%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
59% of residents 15 and over were in work
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.
Employment here, 59%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
4th lowest median age among 41 towns of 2,522 to 2,632
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages climb from 32.7 (City Commercial Core) to 67.7 (Brockville) across the group. The towns whose median age is nearest to Minchau’s: Sexsmith (33.2), Dufferin (34.8), Magrath (36) and Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague (36).
No nearby town is as young as Minchau
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minchau | 2,576 | — | 35.2 | 13% | 28% |
| Weinlos | 3,243 | 0.5 km | 38.4 | 16% | 39% |
| Hillview | 5,473 | 0.9 km | 42.7 | 21% | 33% |
| Bisset | 3,049 | 1.2 km | 35.8 | 13% | 37% |
| Kiniski Gardens | 6,864 | 1.3 km | 39.3 | 13% | 33% |
| Greenview | 2,822 | 1.4 km | 40.2 | 17% | 22% |
| Pollard Meadows | 4,361 | 1.5 km | 35.9 | 13% | 40% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- 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.
Questions about Minchau’s residents
What is the median income in Minchau?
Median total household income in Minchau was $95,700 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Minchau?
2,576, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Minchau alone.
What is the average age in Minchau?
Half the residents are older than 35.2 and half younger, younger than 90% of Canadian towns; 20% are children under 15 and 13% are 65 or over.
Is Minchau bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 5.6% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 92% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.9% grew up with French.
How diverse is Minchau?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 28%. A visible minority makes up 35% and Indigenous residents 7.1%.
What religion are people in Minchau?
Most often Christian (47%) or no religion (37%); other religions make up 16%.
Is Minchau good for families?
Children under 15 are 20% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 50% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Minchau are on its Schools page.
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).