A median age of 33.6: Silver Berry is younger than 94% of Canadian towns
Compared with 27% across Canada’s towns, 16% of households are one person living alone here. 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a higher share than in 89% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put Silver Berry’s population at 9,439, in 2,810 households. Here, 18% of residents said they have no religion.
What stands out about the people of Silver Berry
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 49% of residents; the medians are 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (84%), then in the Americas (6.7%), and 40% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Silver Berry’s residents are under 33.6 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 21% are under 15 and 7.9% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 71%, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 49%. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Silver Berry, 7.9% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 96% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, against 21% in Silver Berry. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Silver Berry, 33.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Silver Berry households average 3.4 people, larger than in 97% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
8% of households are one-parent families.
6.2% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 85% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 30% of adults, against a typical 27%. Here, 54% of residents 15 and over are married. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Below 56% of Canadian towns: 23% of households rent their home
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Across Silver Berry, 61% of households live in a single-detached house.
Median household income: $108,200 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Silver Berry’s median household took in $108,200 before tax, 26% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns the median is $92,200. 40% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
In Silver Berry, 49% of residents are immigrants, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 60%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (84%), then in the Americas (6.7%). More residents without Canadian citizenship than in 96% of Canadian towns: 25%. The usual figure: 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. 40% of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 5.4% of residents.
A larger share of visible minority residents than 94% of Canadian towns: 71%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Sikh (31%), Hindu (8.3%) and Muslim (6.5%). Against that, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 3.1%.
58% have a mother tongue other than English or 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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%; Silver Berry has 4.6%. At home, 39% mostly speak another language; 5.4% speak neither English nor French. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than in 62% of Canadian towns: 1.2%.
Silver Berry sits above 63% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (35%)
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
11% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
66% of adults were employed in May 2021
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.
More people work here than in the typical town: 66%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest of 41 towns this size
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 31.8 in Oromocto to 67.5 in Qualicum Beach. The towns whose median age is nearest to Silver Berry’s: Oromocto (31.8), Amber Trails (33.7) and Burnaby Mountain (34).
Silver Berry sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
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
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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.
Questions about Silver Berry’s residents
Is Silver Berry good for families?
Children under 15 are 21% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 51% of households and one-parent families 8%. Schools near Silver Berry are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Silver Berry?
Median total household income in Silver Berry was $108,200 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Silver Berry?
Silver Berry had 9,439 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Silver Berry?
Half the residents are older than 33.6 and half younger, younger than 94% of Canadian towns; 21% are children under 15 and 7.9% are 65 or over.
Is Silver Berry bilingual?
English and French: 4.6% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 90%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 1.2%.
How diverse is Silver Berry?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 49%. A visible minority makes up 71% and Indigenous residents 3.1%.
What religion are people in Silver Berry?
Most often Christian (35%) or no religion (18%); other religions make up 47%.
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).