Younger than 89% of Canadian towns: half of Tipaskan is under 35.5
One-parent families: 14%, above 95% of Canadian towns. 47% of households rent their home, a higher share than in 83% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 2,875 residents in 1,065 households. Locally, nearly a fifth of residents are not Canadian citizens.
What stands out about the people of Tipaskan
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 43% of residents; the medians are 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (74%), then in Africa (10%), and 50% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Tipaskan is 35.5; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 21% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A mix of backgrounds
57% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 43% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Tipaskan sits above 89% of Canadian towns for children under 15 (21%)
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 19%; Tipaskan has 13%. Elsewhere, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Tipaskan, 35.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 74% of Canadian towns: 2.7 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.
Compared with 27% across Canada’s towns, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone here.
Tipaskan ranks below 71% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 8.2%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 32% of adults (typical: 27%). On average, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Tipaskan ranks below 76% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 42%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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. Set beside that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 1.5% date from 2001 or later, 1% from before 1961.
A median household income of $75,700 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Tipaskan’s, at $75,700, is 12% lower. The middle household across Alberta’s towns has $92,200 before tax. In 2020, 40% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
More immigrants than 87% of Canadian towns: 43%
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (74%), then in Africa (10%). The wider picture: 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are half of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 2% of residents.
Tipaskan ranks above 89% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 57%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for Indigenous residents is 7.6% in Tipaskan and 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Visible minority residents: 15% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Residents with no religion account for 24%.
54% have English as their mother tongue; 5.9% also speak French
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Tipaskan comes in at 5.9%. At home: English 64%, French 1%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 29% in Tipaskan, more than in 53% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 13% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
A job for 56% of residents aged 15 and over
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 56%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 5th of 41 towns of 2,838 to 2,910 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is McKernan (30) and the oldest Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part (61.2). Nearest to Tipaskan in age: Westmount (34.4), Overlanders (35), Saint-Elzéar (36.4) and Regent Park (37).
Tipaskan and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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.
Questions about Tipaskan’s residents
What religion are people in Tipaskan?
Christian: 45%. No religion: 24%. Another religion: 30%.
Is Tipaskan good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 21%. 47% of households are couple families and 14% one-parent families. Schools near Tipaskan are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Tipaskan?
$75,700 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Tipaskan (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Tipaskan?
Tipaskan had 2,875 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Tipaskan?
35.5 is the median age, younger than 89% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 21%. 65 and over: 13%.
Is Tipaskan bilingual?
5.9% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.2% speak French only and 91% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.9%.
How diverse is Tipaskan?
Immigrants make up 43% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 57% are members of a visible minority, and 7.6% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).