Photo: Carlos Duarte Do Nascimento from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0Westmount: 41% of households are one person living alone, above 90% of Canadian towns
The share of Indigenous residents is 9.1%, against 2.8% across Canada’s towns. At 44%, the share of renter households is higher than in 80% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 4,961 residents in 2,390 households. Here, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
What stands out about the people of Westmount
Many people living alone
41% of households are one person living alone, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 14% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over: 14%, a lower share than 77% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
35–39 is the most common age band: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. With a median age of 40.8, Westmount is younger than 58% of Canadian towns. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Census figures put children under 15 at 16% in the neighbourhood.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Westmount, 40.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 87% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Where 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, Westmount has 5.9%.
13% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 68% 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: 30% of adults (typical: 27%). Across Westmount, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
49% of households live in a single-detached house, below 69% 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
With households in buildings of five or more storeys at 1.3%, Westmount is ahead of 62% of Canadian towns on that count. Against that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $89,200 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Westmount’s median household took in $89,200 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. In 2020, 28% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 15% in Westmount, more than in 79% of Canadian towns
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 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most recent wave: nearly a third of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (33%) and in Africa (22%). The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Westmount ranks above 90% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 53%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Westmount, 16% of residents belong to a visible minority. The usual figure: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
More bilingual residents than 60% of Canadian towns: 9.8%
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, 5.5% mostly speak another language; 0.4% speak neither English nor French. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. On residents whose mother tongue is French, 1.8% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 47% in Westmount, more than in 81% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 6.3% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
An employment rate of 65%
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 65%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 16th of 41 towns of 4,867 to 5,063 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
They run from Westdale South, at 31.1, to Northern Bruce Peninsula, at 61.6. The closest ages to Westmount’s belong to Lakewood Urban Centre (40.6), Roxton Pond (40.8), Nipawin (41.2) and Anthony Henday South East (41.5).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Westmount
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmount | 4,961 | — | 40.8 | 14% | 17% |
| Inglewood | 7,167 | 1.5 km | 38.7 | 15% | 33% |
| North Glenora | 3,693 | 1.5 km | 39.3 | 17% | 18% |
| Queen Mary Park | 7,958 | 1.6 km | 34 | 8.7% | 38% |
| Glenora | 6,197 | 1.7 km | 40.4 | 17% | 17% |
| Wîhkwêntôwin | 19,050 | 1.7 km | 38.6 | 20% | 25% |
| Woodcroft | 2,770 | 2.0 km | 43.9 | 27% | 24% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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 Westmount’s residents
What is the population of Westmount?
The 2021 Census counted 4,961 people in Westmount.
What is the average age in Westmount?
Half the residents are older than 40.8 and half younger, younger than 58% of Canadian towns; 16% are children under 15 and 14% are 65 or over.
Is Westmount bilingual?
9.8% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 90% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.8%.
How diverse is Westmount?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 17%. A visible minority makes up 16% and Indigenous residents 9.1%.
What religion are people in Westmount?
Most often Christian (42%) or no religion (53%); other religions make up 5.4%.
Is Westmount good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 44% of households and one-parent families 5.9%. Schools near Westmount are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Westmount?
Median total household income in Westmount was $89,200 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).