Photo: Rowanswiki · CC049% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
The share of households in buildings of five or more storeys tops three quarters of Canadian towns: 6.3%. Ottewell had 8,040 residents in 3,410 households at the 2021 Census. In Ottewell, 33% of households are one person living alone. At 21%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 62% of Canadian towns.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 70% of Canadian towns: 9.7%
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The largest age band is 35–39: 7.9% of residents. With a median age of 42.9, Ottewell is older than 55% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Ottewell, 42.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 68% of Canadian towns: 2.3 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.
Census figures put one-parent families at 8.6% in Ottewell.
Fewer married residents 15 and over than 64% of Canadian towns: 42%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
29% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Common-law partners account for 10%. Measured more widely, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Ottewell sits above 62% of Canadian towns for renter households (32%)
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
Compared with 64% across Canada’s towns, 71% of households live in a single-detached house here. The usual figure: a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $91,700 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $91,700, the middle household in Ottewell out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 7%. Within Alberta’s towns, the household in the middle had $92,200. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 27% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
More residents who moved in within the year than 59% of Canadian towns: 12%
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
Recent arrivals are just over a third of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants account for 15%. Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Indigenous residents: 7.4%, a higher share than 80% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Ottewell, 16% of residents belong to a visible minority. For comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
Above 69% of Canadian towns: 3.4% of residents have French as their mother tongue
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%; Ottewell has 9.2%. Mother tongue: English 79%, French 3.4%.
A larger share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 62% of Canadian towns: 34%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
A job for 59% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 59%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (7,910 to 8,168), the 16th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Haliburton Village is the oldest at 59.2, Taber the youngest at 27.4. Closest in median age to Ottewell are Harvest Hills (42.4), Dufferin Hill (42.8), Woodbine (43.5) and Elmvale - Canterbury (43.6).
Ottewell sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottewell | 8,040 | — | 42.9 | 21% | 15% |
| Holyrood | 3,305 | 1.1 km | 40.8 | 18% | 15% |
| Gold Bar | 2,685 | 1.9 km | 39.2 | 16% | 12% |
| Forest Heights | 4,118 | 1.9 km | 41.3 | 21% | 16% |
| King Edward Park | 8,399 | 1.9 km | 41.4 | 16% | 14% |
| Capilano | 5,046 | 2.2 km | 45.9 | 21% | 10% |
| Bonnie Doon | 6,697 | 2.6 km | 40.5 | 20% | 16% |
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. 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.
Questions about Ottewell’s residents
Is Ottewell good for families?
Under 15: 15% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 46% of households. One-parent families: 8.6%. Schools near Ottewell are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ottewell?
The median household in Ottewell took in $91,700 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Ottewell?
Ottewell had 8,040 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Ottewell?
A median age of 42.9, older than 55% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 15%, and people 65 and over 21%.
Is Ottewell bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 9.2% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 90% speak only English and 0.1% only French; 3.4% grew up with French.
How diverse is Ottewell?
15% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 16% belong to a visible minority and 7.4% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Ottewell?
46% are Christian and 49% have no religion; 4.4% follow another religion.
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).