12% of households are one-parent families, a share 91% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Half of Alpine’s residents are under 38.2, younger than in just over three quarters of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood counted 3,055 residents and 1,335 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 27% of households live in a single-detached house in the neighbourhood. The share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 15%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns.
Residents aged 65 and over: 17%, a lower share than 60% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 30–34: 9.3% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. Children under 15: 15% of the total. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Alpine, 38.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 68% of Canadian towns: 2.3 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The figure for one-person households is 30% in Alpine and 27% across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of married residents 15 and over than 64% of Canadian towns: 42%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 30% of adults (typical: 27%). Typically, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners stands at 12%.
Above 84% of Canadian towns: 48% of households rent their home
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
Just over one in ten homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 5.4% built before 1961. On average, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are more common here than in 80% of Canadian towns.
Households here have a median income of $75,200 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
At $75,200, the middle household in Alpine earned 13% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns the median is $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 30% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Above 71% of Canadian towns: 30% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Alpine, 14%. Set beside that, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (38%) and in Europe (26%).
A higher share of visible minority residents than 68% of Canadian towns, at 31%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (5.6%) and Hindu (2.5%). As a yardstick, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. 0.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, fewer than in 83% of Canadian towns. Set against 35% across Canada’s towns, 33% of residents said they have no religion in Alpine.
1.6% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 52% of Canadian towns
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
The share of bilingual residents trails 82% of Canadian towns: 4.4%. Against that, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns. At home, 15% mostly speak another language; 1.8% speak neither English nor French.
23% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 60% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
12% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
Employment: 57% of residents 15 and over had a job
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 57% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 7th youngest of 41 towns this size
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest of these towns is Albany, at 29.9; the oldest, Sudbury, Unorganized, North Part, is at 56.8. The towns whose median age is nearest to Alpine’s: Saint-Dominique (37.2), Luxton (37.9), Crawford Plains (38.4) and Elkford (38.4).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Alpine
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine | 3,055 | — | 38.2 | 17% | 30% |
| Country Hills | 4,561 | 1.1 km | 41.6 | 21% | 29% |
| Country Hills West | 5,936 | 1.5 km | 41.8 | 19% | 28% |
| Southdale | 5,277 | 1.6 km | 36.9 | 15% | 28% |
| Laurentian Hills | 10,026 | 1.6 km | 35.8 | 13% | 30% |
| Trillium Industrial Park | 3,420 | 1.8 km | 44.9 | 25% | 32% |
| Vanier | 15,686 | 2.4 km | 36 | 16% | 33% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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. Each comparison is its own median: over Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Alpine’s residents
What is the population of Alpine?
3,055, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Alpine alone.
What is the average age in Alpine?
Half the residents are older than 38.2 and half younger, younger than 76% of Canadian towns; 15% are children under 15 and 17% are 65 or over.
Is Alpine bilingual?
English and French: 4.4% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 94%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.6%.
How diverse is Alpine?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 30%. A visible minority makes up 31% and Indigenous residents 0.9%.
What religion are people in Alpine?
Most often Christian (55%) or no religion (33%); other religions make up 12%.
Is Alpine good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 46% of households and one-parent families 12%. Schools near Alpine are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Alpine?
Median total household income in Alpine was $75,200 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).