Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.036% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Strathcona has 30%. 13% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 77% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 9,348 residents in 4,335 households. On the census count, 32% of residents belong to a visible minority.
What stands out about the people of Strathcona
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 36% of households, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, and 7.2% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 56% of households, more than in 89% of Canadian towns, and 55% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
43% of households are one person living alone, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 20% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
14% of residents are under 15, below 75% of Canadian towns
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).
The biggest five-year age group is 25–29, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 20%. The median age in Strathcona is 40.2, lower than in 62% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Strathcona, 40.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women.
Strathcona: 43% of households are one person living alone, above 92% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
On one-parent families, 9.1% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Households average 2.1 people. Shared houses stand out: 7.1% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 87% of Canadian towns.
Only 33% of residents 15 and over are married in Strathcona
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Common-law partners make up 12%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Above 89% of Canadian towns: 56% of households rent their home
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
Older homes outnumber new: 57% predate 1961, 7.8% date from 2001 or later. Few places have so few households in single-detached houses: 35% here, fewer than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 10% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
A median household income of $62,800 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Strathcona’s households had a total income below $62,800, 27% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Ontario’s towns, the household in the middle had $91,600. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 30% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
More residents who moved in within the year than 71% of Canadian towns: 14%
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 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (38%) and in Europe (28%). As a yardstick, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most recent wave: 35% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
Strathcona sits above 74% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (43%)
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (7.4%). The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 35% across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 2.4%.
Strathcona sits above 58% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (9.1%)
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
17% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 4.2% speak neither official language. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 1.3%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
38% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 69% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
14% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
In work on census day: 51% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
51% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 20% are 65 or more.
Ranked by age, 18th youngest of 41 towns this size
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages climb from 31.8 (Oromocto) to 52.4 (Vankleek Hill) across the group. The closest ages to Strathcona’s belong to La Salle (39.6), Braemar Park-Belair Heights-Copeland Park (39.9), Steeles Corners (40.7) and Boischatel (40.8).
1 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Strathcona
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strathcona | 9,348 | — | 40.2 | 20% | 30% |
| Central | 3,698 | 1.0 km | 39.3 | 18% | 27% |
| Kirkendall North | 5,864 | 1.1 km | 38 | 16% | 13% |
| Durand | 13,338 | 1.3 km | 39 | 20% | 27% |
| Westdale South | 4,931 | 1.6 km | 31.1 | 13% | 29% |
| Kirkendall South | 3,033 | 1.8 km | 42.9 | 18% | 14% |
| Corktown | 8,952 | 2.1 km | 34.6 | 12% | 33% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Ontario’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.
Questions about Strathcona’s residents
What is the population of Strathcona?
9,348, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Strathcona alone.
What is the average age in Strathcona?
Half the residents are older than 40.2 and half younger, younger than 62% of Canadian towns; 14% are children under 15 and 20% are 65 or over.
Is Strathcona bilingual?
English and French: 9.1% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 87%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 1.3%.
How diverse is Strathcona?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 30%. A visible minority makes up 32% and Indigenous residents 2.4%.
What religion are people in Strathcona?
Most often Christian (44%) or no religion (43%); other religions make up 13%.
Is Strathcona good for families?
Children under 15 are 14% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 37% of households and one-parent families 9.1%. Schools near Strathcona are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Strathcona?
Median total household income in Strathcona was $62,800 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).