Photo: WinterE229 WinterforceMedia · CC0Montrose ranks above 92% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 13%
The median age in Montrose is 38.9, lower than in 71% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 3,378, in 1,430 households. For Montrose, the census puts one-person households at 34%. Recent arrivals are 41% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
What stands out about the people of Montrose
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
13% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 5.1% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
13% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 83% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Montrose, 38.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
A higher share of one-parent families than 83% of Canadian towns, at 11%
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.
Households average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, one-parent families come to 8.2%. Shared houses stand out: 9.8% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 96% of Canadian towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 30% in Montrose, less than in 89% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Never married and not common-law: two in five adults (typical: 27%).
Montrose: 43% of households rent their home, above 78% 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
Older homes outnumber new: 49% predate 1961, 8.5% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Where 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns, Montrose has 66%.
Median gross household income: $72,600 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Montrose’s median household took in $72,600 before tax, 16% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Alberta’s towns is $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 38% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 82% of Canadian towns, at 16%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Compared with 17% across Canada’s towns, nearly a quarter of residents are immigrants here. Measured more widely, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Locally, 9.3% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
A higher share of visible minority residents than 68% of Canadian towns, at 31%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 41%, Montrose is ahead of 69% of Canadian towns on that count. Visible minority residents make up 15% across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Muslim (6.5%) and Buddhist (2.1%).
71% have English as their mother tongue; 6% 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
At home, 14% mostly speak another language; 1.6% speak neither English nor French. Compared with other places, residents whose mother tongue is French are common here: 2.1%, more than in 62% of Canadian towns. Set against 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 6% of residents speak English and French in Montrose.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 19% in Montrose, less than in 70% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 20% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
50% of adults were employed in May 2021
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 50% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 13% of residents are 65 or over.
Youngest by rank: 8th of 41 towns of 3,322 to 3,435 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
North Kawartha is the oldest at 59.2, Arviat the youngest at 21.8. Closest in median age to Montrose are North St. Boniface (37.4), Gibbons (37.6), West Jasper Place (40) and Compton (41.2).
Montrose sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
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. 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. 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.
Questions about Montrose’s residents
What is the population of Montrose?
3,378, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Montrose alone.
What is the average age in Montrose?
A median age of 38.9, younger than 71% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 13%.
Is Montrose bilingual?
6% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 93% English only. French is the mother tongue of 2.1%.
How diverse is Montrose?
23% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 31% belong to a visible minority and 13% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Montrose?
46% are Christian and 41% have no religion; 13% follow another religion.
Is Montrose good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 33% of households. One-parent families: 11%. Schools near Montrose are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Montrose?
The median household in Montrose took in $72,600 in 2020, against $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).