A higher share of visible minority residents than 90% of Canadian towns, at 59%
Compared with 25% across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten households rent their home here. By contrast, on residents aged 15 to 24, Ozerna sits higher than 96% of Canadian towns: 16%. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 4,216, in 1,350 households. The census found that 14% of households are one person living alone here.
What stands out about the people of Ozerna
A mix of backgrounds
59% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 39% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over: 15%, a lower share than 71% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Set against 16% across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents are under 15 in Ozerna. With a median age of 42.5, Ozerna is older than 53% of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Ozerna, 42.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 93% of Canadian towns: 3.1 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Nothing unusual on one-parent families: 8.9%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
5.4% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 89% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married; in Ozerna, 52%. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Above 73% of Canadian towns: 80% of households live in a single-detached house
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
A third of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 0.7% built before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $112,800 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
Ozerna’s median household took in $112,800 before tax, 31% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns the median is $92,200. 36% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Immigrants make up 39% in Ozerna, more than in 83% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
11% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 81% of Canadian towns: 8.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants is 17%. Most immigrants were born in Asia (61%) or in Europe (14%).
Ozerna ranks below 72% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 27%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (16%), Buddhist (7.8%) and Sikh (5%). As a yardstick, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. 2.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 52%, and 3.8% speak French as well
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
The share of bilingual residents trails 89% of Canadian towns: 3.8%. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than in 67% of Canadian towns: 1.1%. At home: English 68%, French 0.5%.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 62% of Canadian towns, at 22%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 15% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 51%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
51% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 15% are 65 or more.
15th lowest median age among 41 towns of 4,151 to 4,282
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 31.7 (Banff Trail) up to 58.4 (Barry's Bay). The closest ages to Ozerna’s belong to Vermilion (40.8), Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine (41.2), Port Hardy (42.8) and East Angus (43.6).
Older than Ozerna: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ozerna | 4,216 | — | 42.5 | 15% | 39% |
| Mayliewan | 4,259 | 0.9 km | 43.7 | 18% | 42% |
| Matt Berry | 4,093 | 1.1 km | 40.4 | 16% | 41% |
| Kilkenny | 5,481 | 1.4 km | 36.4 | 15% | 32% |
| Belle Rive | 3,946 | 1.4 km | 40.4 | 14% | 38% |
| Crystallina Nera East | 5,566 | 1.5 km | 32.5 | 5.7% | 38% |
| McConachie | 10,450 | 1.6 km | 30.9 | 4.4% | 42% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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. For each measure we take the median of Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about Ozerna’s residents
What religion are people in Ozerna?
Most often Christian (41%) or no religion (27%); other religions make up 32%.
Is Ozerna good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 62% of households and one-parent families 8.9%. Schools near Ozerna are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ozerna?
Median total household income in Ozerna was $112,800 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Ozerna?
Ozerna had 4,216 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Ozerna?
Half the residents are older than 42.5 and half younger, older than 53% of Canadian towns; 15% are children under 15 and 15% are 65 or over.
Is Ozerna bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 3.8% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 92% speak only English and 0.1% only French; 1.1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Ozerna?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 39%. A visible minority makes up 59% and Indigenous residents 2.6%.
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).