Visible minority residents: 67%, a higher share than 93% of Canadian towns
Against a figure of 5.8% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship in Wild Rose comes in at 18%. The neighbourhood has fewer one-person households than 92% of Canadian towns, at 14%. Census day 2021: 8,534 residents and 2,465 households in the neighbourhood. For Wild Rose, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 8%.
What stands out about the people of Wild Rose
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 67%, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 44%. Identity & religion ↓
More immigrants than most towns
44% of residents are immigrants, against 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (84%) or in Europe (6.7%); 29% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
Line Wild Rose’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 36.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 17% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 17%, a higher share than 97% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 12%, against 19% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. Half of Wild Rose’s residents are under 36.4, younger than in 85% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Wild Rose, 36.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
3.5 people per household, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
With one-parent families at 6.5%, Wild Rose is behind 77% of Canadian towns on that count.
4.2% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 94% 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
33% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
Renter households make up 16% in Wild Rose, less than in 73% of Canadian towns
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. Against that, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. In Wild Rose, 77% of households live in a single-detached house.
Household income, middle of the range: $119,700 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Wild Rose’s median household took in $119,700 before tax, 39% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Alberta’s towns: $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 38% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Wild Rose: 44% of residents are immigrants, above 88% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 55%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (84%) or in Europe (6.7%). Set beside that, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals are 29% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
Fewer residents with no religion than 89% of Canadian towns: 18%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
On the census count, 3.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity. Set beside that, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
57% have a mother tongue other than English or 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
4.1% of residents speak English and French, against 7.5% across Canada’s towns. For Wild Rose, the census puts residents whose mother tongue is French at 1.1%.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 60% of Canadian towns, at 33%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 10% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 59%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, much like this 59%.
9th lowest median age among 41 towns of 8,387 to 8,680
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages climb from 30.2 (Garneau) to 60.8 (Electoral Area G, Nanaimo) across the group. By median age, Wild Rose sits among Wildfield (35.2), St. John's (35.6), West Centretown (36.6) and Norton Park (37.5).
Older than Wild Rose: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Rose | 8,534 | — | 36.4 | 12% | 44% |
| Tamarack | 6,860 | 0.7 km | 31.6 | 5.1% | 49% |
| Silver Berry | 9,439 | 1.0 km | 33.6 | 7.9% | 49% |
| Larkspur | 5,472 | 1.2 km | 37.3 | 13% | 38% |
| Maple | 3,920 | 1.8 km | 30.9 | 3.8% | 45% |
| Kiniski Gardens | 6,864 | 2.0 km | 39.3 | 13% | 33% |
| Bisset | 3,049 | 2.1 km | 35.8 | 13% | 37% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Alberta’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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.
Questions about Wild Rose’s residents
How diverse is Wild Rose?
44% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 67% belong to a visible minority and 3.1% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Wild Rose?
33% are Christian and 18% have no religion; 49% follow another religion.
Is Wild Rose good for families?
Under 15: 17% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 53% of households. One-parent families: 6.5%. Schools near Wild Rose are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Wild Rose?
The median household in Wild Rose took in $119,700 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Wild Rose?
Wild Rose had 8,534 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Wild Rose?
A median age of 36.4, younger than 85% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 17%, and people 65 and over 12%.
Is Wild Rose bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4.1% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 90% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.1% grew up with French.
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).