Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0More one-person households than 92% of Canadian towns: 43%
The median age in Kirkendall North is 38, lower than in 77% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 5,864 residents in 2,875 households. 17% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. By its share of households in buildings of five or more storeys (18%), Kirkendall North is above 85% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Kirkendall North
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 43%, more than in 92% of Canadian towns, and 16% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
51% of households rent their home, more than in 86% of Canadian towns; 52% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Only 16% of residents are 65 or over in Kirkendall North
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 here. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Kirkendall North, 38. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women.
Kirkendall North households average 2 people, smaller than in 92% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
7.8% of households are one-parent families.
Kirkendall North sits above 81% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (17%)
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
A third of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). For comparison, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
More renter households than 86% of Canadian towns: 51%
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
Older homes outnumber new: 72% predate 1961, 3.6% date from 2001 or later. For comparison, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, households in single-detached houses are scarce here: 43%, fewer than in just over three quarters of Canadian towns.
Households here have a median income of $78,600 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Kirkendall North’s, at $78,600, is 9% lower. Across Ontario’s towns, half of households had more than $91,600 before tax. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 29% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
13% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most recent wave: nearly a quarter of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (40%) and in the Americas (19%).
More residents with no religion than 89% of Canadian towns: 52%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 1.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 2.8%. Residents with no religion: 35% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Visible minority residents account for 13%.
More bilingual residents than 69% of Canadian towns: 14%
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
At home: English 94%, French 0.5%. Across the comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. On residents whose mother tongue is French, 1.5% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 87% of Canadian towns: 52%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 5.2% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
62% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 62%.
In its size band (5,753 to 5,976), the 9th youngest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Electoral Area B, Peace River (30.6) and the oldest Nutana Urban Centre (62). By median age, Kirkendall North sits among Elsinore (37.7), Confederation Park (37.9), Sherwood/McCarthy (38.1) and Forest Hill (39.4).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Kirkendall North
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkendall North | 5,864 | — | 38 | 16% | 13% |
| Kirkendall South | 3,033 | 0.8 km | 42.9 | 18% | 14% |
| Durand | 13,338 | 1.0 km | 39 | 20% | 27% |
| Strathcona | 9,348 | 1.1 km | 40.2 | 20% | 30% |
| Westdale South | 4,931 | 1.5 km | 31.1 | 13% | 29% |
| Central | 3,698 | 1.7 km | 39.3 | 18% | 27% |
| Corktown | 8,952 | 1.9 km | 34.6 | 12% | 33% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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 Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Ontario’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.
Questions about Kirkendall North’s residents
What is the median income in Kirkendall North?
The median household in Kirkendall North took in $78,600 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Kirkendall North?
The 2021 Census counted 5,864 people in Kirkendall North.
What is the average age in Kirkendall North?
A median age of 38, younger than 77% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 14%, and people 65 and over 16%.
Is Kirkendall North bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 14% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 86% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.5% grew up with French.
How diverse is Kirkendall North?
13% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 13% belong to a visible minority and 1.4% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Kirkendall North?
41% are Christian and 52% have no religion; 6.7% follow another religion.
Is Kirkendall North good for families?
Under 15: 14% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 41% of households. One-parent families: 7.8%. Schools near Kirkendall North are on its Schools page.
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).