Younger than 90% of Canadian towns: half of Royal Gardens is under 35.2
16% of residents are not Canadian citizens; across Canada’s towns the figure is 5.8%. Royal Gardens has more visible minority residents than 81% of Canadian towns, at 45%. There were 1,330 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 3,392 people. For Royal Gardens, the census puts households in single-detached houses at 44%.
What stands out about the people of Royal Gardens
Younger than most towns
Half of Royal Gardens’s residents are under 35.2 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 20% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Children under 15: 20%, a higher share than 85% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with 8.5% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Locally, 13% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Royal Gardens, 35.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women.
In Royal Gardens, 13% of households are one-parent families, more than in 93% 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.
29% of households are one person living alone; across Canada’s towns the figure is 27%. On average, 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns. There are 2.6 people in the average household.
8.3% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 70% of Canadian towns
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: 34% of adults (typical: 27%). Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%. In Royal Gardens, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Renter households make up 45% in Royal Gardens, more than in 81% 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
Older homes outnumber new: 7.5% predate 1961, 3% date from 2001 or later. The wider picture: a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. On households in buildings of five or more storeys, Royal Gardens sits higher than 79% of Canadian towns: 10%.
Median household income: $82,400 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $82,400, the middle household in Royal Gardens earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Alberta’s towns is $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 34% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
A larger share of immigrants than 76% of Canadian towns: 33%
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 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Residents who moved in within the year make up 12%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are immigrants.
In Royal Gardens, 37% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 55% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Royal Gardens sits close to the norm on Indigenous residents: 3.7%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (19%).
In Royal Gardens, 8.7% of residents speak English and French, more than in 56% 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
At home, 19% mostly speak another language; 2.4% speak neither English nor French. For bilingual residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 7.5%. Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.3%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 48%, a higher share than 83% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 8.6% 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.
An employment rate of 55%
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.
With 13% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 55% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (3,334 to 3,453 people), the 4th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
North Kawartha is the oldest at 59.2, Rankin Inlet the youngest at 26.8. Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier (32.8), Inuvik (34.8), North St. Boniface (37.4) and Gibbons (37.6): the towns nearest Royal Gardens in median age.
Royal Gardens and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Gardens | 3,392 | — | 35.2 | 13% | 33% |
| Westbrook Estates | 2,838 | 0.8 km | 43.2 | 21% | 22% |
| Greenfield | 3,710 | 1.1 km | 44.3 | 21% | 21% |
| Malmo Plains | 4,150 | 1.4 km | 40.8 | 21% | 27% |
| Sweet Grass | 2,616 | 1.5 km | 38.7 | 17% | 33% |
| Duggan | 6,247 | 1.8 km | 39.4 | 20% | 32% |
| Empire Park | 4,817 | 1.8 km | 30.9 | 8.2% | 30% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- 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.
Questions about Royal Gardens’s residents
Is Royal Gardens good for families?
20% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 45% of households and one-parent families 13%. Schools near Royal Gardens are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Royal Gardens?
Half of Royal Gardens’s households had more than $82,400 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Royal Gardens?
Royal Gardens had 3,392 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Royal Gardens?
The median age is 35.2, younger than 90% of Canadian towns. 20% are under 15 and 13% 65 or older.
Is Royal Gardens bilingual?
8.7% 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 1.3%.
How diverse is Royal Gardens?
Immigrants: 33% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 45%. Indigenous identity: 3.7%.
What religion are people in Royal Gardens?
37% said they have no religion and 40% that they are Christian; 24% named another faith.
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).