A larger share of one-parent families than 97% of Canadian towns: 15%
With a median age of 37.1, Ormsby Place is younger than 82% of Canadian towns. Census day 2021: 4,412 residents and 1,625 households locally. Here, 7.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity. Where nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns, Ormsby Place has 12%.
21% of residents are under 15, more than in 87% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The biggest five-year age group is 35–39, with 7.7% of residents. Set beside that, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Ormsby Place, 37.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women.
Fewer one-person households than 76% of Canadian towns: 20%
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The average household has 2.7 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 27% across Canada’s towns.
9.6% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 59% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 33% of adults (typical: 27%). As a reference point, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Households in single-detached houses: 49%, a lower share than 70% of Canadian towns
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. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%. Census figures put renter households at 31% in Ormsby Place.
Median gross household income: $92,500 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Ormsby Place’s households had a total income above $92,500, 8% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $92,200 is the median household income across Alberta’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 35% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
More immigrants than 76% of Canadian towns: 33%
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 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 11%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, immigrants come to 17%. In Ormsby Place, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Above 73% of Canadian towns: 36% of residents belong to a visible minority
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (7.4%). As a reference point, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. 37% of residents said they have no religion, against 35% across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 66%, and 5.1% speak French as well
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
At home, 16% mostly speak another language; 1.1% speak neither English nor French. Ormsby Place has fewer bilingual residents than 73% of Canadian towns, at 5.1%. There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.4%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
A university degree: 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 11%, against 9.5%.
In work on census day: 55% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 55% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 12% of residents are 65 or over.
Among 41 towns of 4,326 to 4,501 people, the 9th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Glenridding Heights is the youngest of them at 31.9; Highlands East, at 58.8, the oldest. Nearest to Ormsby Place in age: De Salaberry (36.8), White City (36.8), Oxford (38.1) and Lorelei (38.2).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Ormsby Place
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ormsby Place | 4,412 | — | 37.1 | 12% | 33% |
| Lymburn | 7,231 | 0.6 km | 38.8 | 14% | 29% |
| Jamieson Place | 3,813 | 1.1 km | 44 | 16% | 29% |
| Callingwood South | 7,844 | 1.5 km | 36.2 | 13% | 34% |
| Glastonbury | 9,745 | 2.1 km | 42.5 | 17% | 31% |
| Aldergrove | 5,311 | 2.2 km | 37.8 | 14% | 38% |
| Thorncliff | 3,564 | 2.2 km | 36.4 | 12% | 46% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- 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.
- 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 Ormsby Place’s residents
What is the median income in Ormsby Place?
$92,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Ormsby Place (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Ormsby Place?
Ormsby Place had 4,412 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Ormsby Place?
37.1 is the median age, younger than 82% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 21%. 65 and over: 12%.
Is Ormsby Place bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.1% are. Another 0.2% speak only French and 94% only English, and French is the first language of 1.4%.
How diverse is Ormsby Place?
Immigrants make up 33% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 36% are members of a visible minority, and 7.7% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Ormsby Place?
Christian: 49%. No religion: 37%. Another religion: 14%.
Is Ormsby Place good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 21%. 50% of households are couple families and 15% one-parent families. Schools near Ormsby Place 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).