Photo: A Disappearing Act · CC BY-SA 4.0A larger share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 97% of Canadian towns: 60%
By its share of one-person households (36%), Mount Royale is above 79% of Canadian towns. On the census count, 12% of residents are under 15. Nearly a fifth of residents are not Canadian citizens, a higher share than in 90% of Canadian towns. There were 4,410 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 9,340 people.
What stands out about the people of Mount Royale
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 72% of households, more than in 96% of Canadian towns, and 77% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 60% of households, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, and 16% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
A year before the census, 18% of residents lived elsewhere, 1.7 times the typical share; over five years, 58% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A median age of 39: Mount Royale is younger than 70% of Canadian towns
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.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 19%; Mount Royale has 21%. 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Mount Royale, 39. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women.
Mount Royale households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 86% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Nova Scotia’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 95% of Canadian towns. Here, 7.4% of households are one-parent families.
Mount Royale sits below 67% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (40%)
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns, Mount Royale has 12%. 32% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%.
Mount Royale ranks above 96% of Canadian towns on renter households: 72%
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
In Mount Royale, 12% of households live in a single-detached house, beside 64% across Canada’s towns. Against that, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 57% date from 2001 or later, 7.8% from before 1961.
Household income at the median: $73,100 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Mount Royale’s households had a total income below $73,100, 15% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Nova Scotia’s towns, the median household income is $69,100. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 27% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
18% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 91% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (57%) and in Africa (17%). For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. 62% of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 8.7% of residents.
A higher share of visible minority residents than 68% of Canadian towns, at 31%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, just over a third of residents said they have no religion; in Mount Royale, 32%. By way of comparison, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (7.8%) and Hindu (3.4%). The neighbourhood has fewer Indigenous residents than 61% of Canadian towns, at 2%.
Bilingual residents: 9.9%, a higher share than 61% of Canadian towns
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
15% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.6% speak neither official language. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%. Residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.8%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
Above 79% of Canadian towns: 45% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 6% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
57% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, much like this 57%.
Of 41 towns its size (9,167 to 9,526 people), the 15th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The group spans Oromocto, youngest at 31.8, to Vankleek Hill, oldest at 52.4. The towns whose median age is nearest to Mount Royale’s: Elms-Old Rexdale (38.9), Avalon (38.9), La Salle (39.6) and Braemar Park-Belair Heights-Copeland Park (39.9).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Mount Royale
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Royale | 9,340 | — | 39 | 21% | 20% |
| Fairview | 16,296 | 1.5 km | 36.1 | 14% | 22% |
| Clayton Park West | 34,404 | 2.9 km | 39.3 | 20% | 25% |
| Westmount | 23,207 | 3.0 km | 40.4 | 20% | 14% |
| Windsor Park | 13,044 | 3.4 km | 35.4 | 14% | 14% |
| North End | 19,733 | 4.7 km | 33.3 | 14% | 14% |
| South End | 22,012 | 5.3 km | 34.3 | 14% | 16% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Nova Scotia’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. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Mount Royale’s residents
What religion are people in Mount Royale?
Most often Christian (53%) or no religion (32%); other religions make up 15%.
Is Mount Royale good for families?
Children under 15 are 12% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 43% of households and one-parent families 7.4%. Schools near Mount Royale are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mount Royale?
Median total household income in Mount Royale was $73,100 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Mount Royale?
The 2021 Census counted 9,340 people in Mount Royale.
What is the average age in Mount Royale?
Half the residents are older than 39 and half younger, younger than 70% of Canadian towns; 12% are children under 15 and 21% are 65 or over.
Is Mount Royale bilingual?
9.9% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 89% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.8%.
How diverse is Mount Royale?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 20%. A visible minority makes up 31% and Indigenous residents 2%.
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).