Photo: Kaz Andrew from Edmonton,Alberta, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher share of Indigenous residents than 90% of Canadian towns, at 12%
35% of residents are immigrants, against 17% across Canada’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 4,029 people lived in Parkdale, in 1,905 households. Residents who moved in within the year: 18% of the total. Renter households are more common here than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Parkdale
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
12% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 4.2% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Many people living alone
41% of households are one person living alone, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 13% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over: 13%, a lower share than 81% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Children under 15: 14% here and 16% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Half of Parkdale’s residents are under 40.6, younger than in 59% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Parkdale, 40.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women.
One-person households make up 41% in Parkdale, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 12% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 98% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. The average household has 2.1 people. Where nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, Parkdale has 11%.
Married residents 15 and over make up 28% in Parkdale, less than in 92% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. Just over two in five adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%).
Above 71% of Canadian towns: 4% of households live in a building of five or more storeys
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
44% of homes were built before 1961 and 27% in 2001 or later. Compared with other places, households in single-detached houses are scarce here: 49%, fewer than in 69% of Canadian towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $64,300 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $64,300, the middle household in Parkdale earned 25% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $92,200, the median across Alberta’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 41% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Parkdale ranks above 79% of Canadian towns on residents without Canadian citizenship: 14%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
38% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (52%) and in Europe (19%).
38% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Buddhist (3.7%) and Muslim (2.3%). For visible minority residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 15%. Parkdale has more residents with no religion than 73% of Canadian towns, at 42%.
66% have English as their mother tongue; 6.6% 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
17% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 3.6% speak neither official language. At 1.9%, residents whose mother tongue is French sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Below 55% of Canadian towns: 24% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 18% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 50% of residents 15 and over had a job
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 50%; 13% of residents are 65 or over.
Of 41 towns its size (3,957 to 4,103 people), the 18th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The span goes from 29 (Mistissini) up to 59.2 (Okanagan Falls). Nearest to Parkdale in age: Mission Gardens (40.3), Matt Berry (40.4), Haddow (41) and Inch Park (42).
Of the 6 towns nearest Parkdale, 4 are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkdale | 4,029 | — | 40.6 | 13% | 35% |
| Alberta Avenue | 6,097 | 1.0 km | 39.6 | 13% | 30% |
| Virginia Park | 3,431 | 1.0 km | 43.8 | 19% | 22% |
| Eastwood | 4,681 | 1.1 km | 41.8 | 15% | 27% |
| Delton | 2,657 | 1.5 km | 40.3 | 15% | 30% |
| McCauley | 4,060 | 1.6 km | 47.5 | 20% | 39% |
| Boyle Street | 5,862 | 1.8 km | 40.7 | 19% | 35% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so 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.
Questions about Parkdale’s residents
What is the median income in Parkdale?
$64,300 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Parkdale (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Parkdale?
The 2021 Census counted 4,029 people in Parkdale.
What is the average age in Parkdale?
40.6 is the median age, younger than 59% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 13%.
Is Parkdale bilingual?
6.6% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 90% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.9%.
How diverse is Parkdale?
Immigrants make up 35% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 38% are members of a visible minority, and 12% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Parkdale?
Christian: 48%. No religion: 42%. Another religion: 9.2%.
Is Parkdale good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 29% of households are couple families and 11% one-parent families. Schools near Parkdale 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).