A larger share of one-person households than 90% of Canadian towns: 41%
The share of residents who moved in within the year tops 86% of Canadian towns: 17%. At the 2021 Census, 2,956 people lived in Skyrattler, in 1,420 households. Immigrants account for 33%. Compared with other places, renter households are common here: 43%, more than in 78% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Skyrattler
Many people living alone
41% of households are one person living alone, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 20% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Fewer children under 15 than 78% of Canadian towns: 13%
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.
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns, against 20% in Skyrattler. The median age in the neighbourhood is 42.3, higher than in just over half of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Skyrattler, 42.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 86% of Canadian towns: 2.1 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
7.8% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 74% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 31% of adults (typical: 27%). 45% of residents 15 and over are married. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
A smaller share of households in single-detached houses than 84% of Canadian towns: 30%
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 in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Median household income: $75,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Skyrattler: half had less than $75,000, 13% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns, half of households had more than $92,200 before tax. COVID-19 benefits went to 31% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Skyrattler ranks above 78% of Canadian towns on residents without Canadian citizenship: 13%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (62%), then in Europe (18%). Measured more widely, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Most recent wave: 40% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
Skyrattler: 39% of residents belong to a visible minority, above 77% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 41% in Skyrattler and 35% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Muslim (5.6%) and Hindu (2.5%).
68% have English as their mother tongue; 6.4% also speak French
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
16% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.4% speak neither official language. Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Skyrattler comes in at 6.4%.
43% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 76% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
6.1% 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.
A job for 53% of residents aged 15 and over
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.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 53%; 20% of residents are 65 or over.
The 19th youngest of 41 towns of 2,910 to 3,002 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The span goes from 32.3 (Carrington) up to 60.4 (Algonquin Highlands). Avonmore (42.2), Gilkson (42.3), Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (42.4) and North Shore (42.4): the towns nearest Skyrattler in median age.
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Skyrattler
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skyrattler | 2,956 | — | 42.3 | 20% | 33% |
| Blue Quill | 4,567 | 1.2 km | 33.5 | 11% | 38% |
| Twin Brooks | 5,102 | 1.3 km | 46.7 | 19% | 34% |
| Bearspaw | 5,192 | 1.6 km | 48.2 | 27% | 32% |
| Ermineskin | 7,483 | 1.6 km | 41.4 | 24% | 36% |
| Sweet Grass | 2,616 | 1.8 km | 38.7 | 17% | 33% |
| MacEwan | 6,102 | 2.1 km | 36.9 | 12% | 38% |
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. 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. 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.
Questions about Skyrattler’s residents
How diverse is Skyrattler?
Immigrants: 33% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 39%. Indigenous identity: 2.8%.
What religion are people in Skyrattler?
41% said they have no religion and 47% that they are Christian; 12% named another faith.
Is Skyrattler good for families?
13% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 42% of households and one-parent families 8.8%. Schools near Skyrattler are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Skyrattler?
Half of Skyrattler’s households had more than $75,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Skyrattler?
Skyrattler had 2,956 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Skyrattler?
The median age is 42.3, older than 51% of Canadian towns. 13% are under 15 and 20% 65 or older.
Is Skyrattler bilingual?
English and French: 6.4% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 92%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.4%.
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).