Photo: Darren Kirby · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Queen Alexandra is under 34.1, younger than 93% of Canadian towns
Set against 5.8% across Canada’s towns, just over a fifth of residents are not Canadian citizens in Queen Alexandra. There were 2,920 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 5,106 people. The census found that 17% of households live in a single-detached house in the neighbourhood. Indigenous residents are more common here than in 82% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Queen Alexandra
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 75% of households, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, and 80% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Queen Alexandra is 34.1; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 8.1% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
54% of households are one person living alone, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 14% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
A year before the census, 24% of residents lived elsewhere, 2.2 times the typical share; over five years, 64% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
8.1% of residents are under 15, below 98% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 25–29: 17% of residents, 2.8 times the share across Canada’s towns. On average, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Here, 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Queen Alexandra, 34.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Queen Alexandra ranks above 98% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 54%
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: just over one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 99% of Canadian towns. Average household size: 1.7 people. Set beside that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. The share of one-parent families trails 96% of Canadian towns: 4.3%.
A lower share of married residents 15 and over than 97% of Canadian towns, at 24%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 47% of adults (typical: 27%). For comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 14% of the total.
Renter households: 75%, a higher share than 97% of Canadian towns
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
Just over a fifth of homes were built before 1961 and 21% in 2001 or later. Queen Alexandra has more households in buildings of five or more storeys than just over three quarters of Canadian towns, at 6.8%. For renter households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 25%.
Households here have a median income of $57,300 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Queen Alexandra’s, at $57,300, is 33% lower. Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 34% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Queen Alexandra: 24% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 97% 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 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most recent wave: 44% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Typically, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Census figures put immigrants at 21% in Queen Alexandra.
More residents with no religion than 91% of Canadian towns: 54%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (6.9%) and Hindu (3.7%). Queen Alexandra has more visible minority residents than 70% of Canadian towns, at 33%. For residents with no religion, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 35%.
In Queen Alexandra, 9.8% of residents speak English and French, more than in 60% of Canadian towns
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
15% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1% speak neither official language. Elsewhere, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 1.6%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 57%, a higher share than 92% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 4.2% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 59% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 59% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 5th of 41 towns of 5,029 to 5,187 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Saint-Donat is the oldest at 60.4, River-Osborne the youngest at 31.6. The closest ages to Queen Alexandra’s belong to Rundle Heights (32.9), Bridgwater Forest (33.7), Webber Greens (34.9) and Mt. Hope Huron Park (35.7).
Older than Queen Alexandra: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
Questions about Queen Alexandra’s residents
What is the median income in Queen Alexandra?
Median total household income in Queen Alexandra was $57,300 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Queen Alexandra?
Queen Alexandra had 5,106 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Queen Alexandra?
Half the residents are older than 34.1 and half younger, younger than 93% of Canadian towns; 8.1% are children under 15 and 14% are 65 or over.
Is Queen Alexandra bilingual?
9.8% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 89% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.6%.
How diverse is Queen Alexandra?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 21%. A visible minority makes up 33% and Indigenous residents 7.8%.
What religion are people in Queen Alexandra?
Most often Christian (31%) or no religion (54%); other religions make up 15%.
Is Queen Alexandra good for families?
Children under 15 are 8.1% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 27% of households and one-parent families 4.3%. Schools near Queen Alexandra 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).