Above 70% of Canadian towns: 29% of residents are immigrants
By its share of renter households (37%), Ramsay Heights is above 71% of Canadian towns. At the 2021 Census, 3,434 people lived here, in 1,465 households. The share of visible minority residents stands at 31%. Higher than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns: 9.5% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
Residents aged 65 and over: 21%, a higher share than 66% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Half of Ramsay Heights’s residents are over 42.6, older than in 53% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. For Ramsay Heights, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Ramsay Heights, 42.6. 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.
Households here average 2.3 people, below 59% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here 29% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 27%. Compared with other places, one-parent families are scarce here: 7.1%, fewer than in 68% of Canadian towns.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 72% of Canadian towns: 53%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 46% of adults are married and 11% live common-law; here, 53% and 8.4%. A quarter of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%.
A smaller share of households in single-detached houses than 74% of Canadian towns: 44%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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 here have a median income of $98,300 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Ramsay Heights’s households had a total income above $98,300, 14% 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 26% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
29% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (45%) and in Africa (23%). A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: more than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 38% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 1.3% of residents.
More residents with no religion than 59% of Canadian towns: 38%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (5.1%). The share of residents with no religion across Canada’s towns is 35%. 3.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
More bilingual residents than 61% of Canadian towns: 10%
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
11% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.9% speak neither official language. Against that, 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: 1.9%.
Above 82% of Canadian towns: 48% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 3.8% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
54% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 54%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Youngest by rank: 12th of 41 towns of 3,374 to 3,498 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest is Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier (32.8) and the oldest Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap (61.2). In age, Ramsay Heights keeps company with Thurso (41.6), Saint-Thomas (42), Saint-Côme--Linière (42.8) and Sainte-Mélanie (43.2).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Ramsay Heights
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsay Heights | 3,434 | — | 42.6 | 21% | 29% |
| Brookside | 3,173 | 1.0 km | 40.9 | 20% | 15% |
| Bulyea Heights | 3,264 | 1.6 km | 47.2 | 23% | 34% |
| Rhatigan Ridge | 7,066 | 1.9 km | 50.9 | 28% | 32% |
| River Valley Oleskiw | 9,922 | 2.1 km | 46.2 | 24% | 26% |
| Westbrook Estates | 2,838 | 2.5 km | 43.2 | 21% | 22% |
| Patricia Heights | 4,355 | 2.7 km | 41.8 | 18% | 17% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- 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 Ramsay Heights’s residents
What is the population of Ramsay Heights?
The 2021 Census counted 3,434 people in Ramsay Heights.
What is the average age in Ramsay Heights?
42.6 is the median age, older than 53% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 21%.
Is Ramsay Heights bilingual?
10% 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 1.9%.
How diverse is Ramsay Heights?
Immigrants make up 29% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 31% are members of a visible minority, and 3.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Ramsay Heights?
Christian: 53%. No religion: 38%. Another religion: 8.7%.
Is Ramsay Heights good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 54% of households are couple families and 7.1% one-parent families. Schools near Ramsay Heights are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ramsay Heights?
$98,300 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Ramsay Heights (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).