Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Riley Park sits above 95% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (58%)
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%; Riley Park has 17%. Census day 2021: 23,682 residents and 9,695 households locally. The share of renter households stands at 43%. The neighbourhood has more immigrants than 77% of Canadian towns, at 34%.
What stands out about the people of Riley Park
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 59% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 15%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Riley Park is younger than 66% of Canadian towns: a median age of 39.6
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Here one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 16% here, fewer than in 64% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Riley Park, 39.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women.
In Riley Park, 29% of households are one person living alone, more than in 56% of Canadian towns
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: nearly one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 93% of Canadian towns. One-person households: 27% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. The share of one-parent families stands at 6.6%. Households in Riley Park hold 2.4 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4).
Married residents 15 and over make up 44% in Riley Park, less than in 57% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up just over a third of adults, beside a typical 27%. The share of common-law partners stands at 11%. The wider picture: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Households in single-detached houses: 26%, a lower share than 87% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
The share of households in buildings of five or more storeys tops 68% of Canadian towns: 3%. Households in single-detached houses make up 64% across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 35% predate 1961, 27% date from 2001 or later.
Half above, half below $106,600 a year in household income
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Riley Park’s, at $106,600, is 24% higher. The figure for British Columbia’s towns: $87,000. Pandemic benefits reached 27% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Riley Park: 11% of residents are not Canadian citizens, above 70% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Of the immigrants living here, 19% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Still, a year before the census, 17% lived somewhere else: more than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
Above 82% of Canadian towns: 47% of residents belong to a visible minority
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
With Indigenous residents at 1.7%, Riley Park is behind 68% of Canadian towns on that count. As a yardstick, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Jewish (2.8%) and Buddhist (2.7%).
Above 66% of Canadian towns: 12% of residents speak English and French
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
17% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 3.9% speak neither official language. Across the comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 1.4%.
A larger share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 93% of Canadian towns: 59%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Riley Park, 59%, and 18% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 3%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
A job for 65% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
65% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
14th lowest median age among 41 towns of 22,755 to 24,681
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Fort St. John (32.4) and the oldest Brockville (51.6). Nearest to Riley Park in age: Cartierville (39.4), Embrun (39.6), Eglinton East (39.7) and Westmount (40.4).
Older than Riley Park: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Park | 23,682 | — | 39.6 | 16% | 34% |
| South Cambie | 9,846 | 1.0 km | 38.6 | 17% | 37% |
| Little Saigon | 11,086 | 1.7 km | 37.9 | 13% | 36% |
| Mount Pleasant | 37,091 | 1.9 km | 36.3 | 9.9% | 30% |
| Shaughnessy | 8,034 | 2.3 km | 45.1 | 22% | 46% |
| Kensington-Cedar Cottage | 39,668 | 2.5 km | 39.6 | 17% | 46% |
| Oakridge | 14,071 | 2.6 km | 43 | 23% | 54% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for British Columbia’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. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently 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. 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.
Questions about Riley Park’s residents
What is the average age in Riley Park?
39.6 is the median age, younger than 66% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 16%.
Is Riley Park bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 12% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 84% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.4% grew up with French.
How diverse is Riley Park?
Immigrants make up 34% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 47% are members of a visible minority, and 1.7% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Riley Park?
Christian: 30%. No religion: 58%. Another religion: 12%.
Is Riley Park good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 48% of households are couple families and 6.6% one-parent families. Schools near Riley Park are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Riley Park?
$106,600 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Riley Park (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Riley Park?
Riley Park had 23,682 residents at the 2021 Census.
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).