Photo: Joli Rumi · CC BY-SA 4.0Younger than 94% of Canadian towns: half of Windermere is under 33.9
Of the immigrants living here, 41% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. At the 2021 Census, 14,922 people lived in Windermere, in 5,285 households. A fifth of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, households in buildings of five or more storeys are common here: 2.5%, more than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Windermere
Younger than most towns
Half of Windermere’s residents are under 33.9 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 23% are under 15 and 7% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 58%, more than in 89% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 40%. Identity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
19% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 1.7 times the typical share; 58% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 97% of Canadian towns: 7%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Here nearly a quarter of residents are under 15, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 16%. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Windermere, 33.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Windermere households average 2.8 people, larger than in 84% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Set against 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 6.1% of households are one-parent families in Windermere.
More married residents 15 and over than 90% of Canadian towns: 58%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: a quarter of adults (typical: 27%). On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 9.2% in Windermere.
Windermere sits below 62% of Canadian towns for renter households (20%)
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
96% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 0.2% built before 1961. For comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in single-detached houses: 57% here and 64% across Canada’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $125,700 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
The middle household in Windermere had $125,700 before tax, 46% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. Pandemic benefits reached 32% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
More immigrants than 84% of Canadian towns: 40%
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 15%, above just over four fifths of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, immigrants come to 17%. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 19% in Windermere.
Windermere: 58% of residents belong to a visible minority, above 89% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (11%), Hindu (4.9%) and Sikh (3.5%). Across the comparison, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. On Indigenous residents, Windermere sits lower than 63% of Canadian towns: 1.9%. Compared with 35% across Canada’s towns, 36% of residents said they have no religion here.
English is the mother tongue of 56%, and 7.1% speak French as well
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
At home, 23% mostly speak another language; 2.5% speak neither English nor French. There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.4%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 87% of Canadian towns, at 52%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
A job for 70% of residents aged 15 and over
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 70% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (14,652 to 15,216), the 4th youngest of 41 towns
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages here range from 31.7 in Chappelle to 55.2 in Campbellford. The towns whose median age is nearest to Windermere’s: Saint-Louis (32.6), Doon South (33.9), Hyde Park (34.4) and Springbrook (35.5).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Windermere
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windermere | 14,922 | — | 33.9 | 7% | 40% |
| Ambleside | 7,733 | 1.2 km | 34.4 | 8.7% | 38% |
| Keswick | 3,957 | 2.0 km | 32.1 | 4.4% | 41% |
| Glenridding Heights | 4,388 | 2.2 km | 31.9 | 2.9% | 46% |
| Haddow | 4,026 | 2.4 km | 41 | 13% | 37% |
| South Terwillegar | 8,183 | 2.7 km | 34.9 | 7.9% | 39% |
| Terwillegar Towne | 6,478 | 3.0 km | 38.4 | 11% | 30% |
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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Alberta’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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 Windermere’s residents
How diverse is Windermere?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 40%. A visible minority makes up 58% and Indigenous residents 1.9%.
What religion are people in Windermere?
Most often Christian (42%) or no religion (36%); other religions make up 22%.
Is Windermere good for families?
Children under 15 are 23% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 62% of households and one-parent families 6.1%. Schools near Windermere are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Windermere?
Median total household income in Windermere was $125,700 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Windermere?
14,922, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Windermere alone.
What is the average age in Windermere?
Half the residents are older than 33.9 and half younger, younger than 94% of Canadian towns; 23% are children under 15 and 7% are 65 or over.
Is Windermere bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 7.1% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 90% speak only English and 0.1% only French; 1.4% 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).