Photo: Drm310 · CC BY-SA 3.010% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 87% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Of the immigrants living here, 60% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. At the 2021 Census, 9,488 people lived in Avalon, in 4,200 households. On the census count, 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. The median age here is 38.9, lower than in 71% of Canadian towns.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 64% of Canadian towns: 16%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (12%), Avalon is above 62% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Avalon, 38.9. 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.
Avalon households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 70% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Avalon, 31% of households are one person living alone, beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Census figures put one-parent families at 9.1% here. Shared houses stand out: 7% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 86% of Canadian towns.
In Avalon, 14% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
32% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Lower than in 66% of Canadian towns: 41% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
In Avalon, 35% of households rent their home, more than in 67% 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
Older homes outnumber new: 48% predate 1961, 12% date from 2001 or later. Across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households is 25%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Nearly two thirds of households live in a single-detached house, against 64% across Canada’s towns.
The median household brings in $86,900 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Avalon’s, at $86,900, is close to it. Within Saskatchewan’s towns, the household in the middle had $86,500. In 2020, 29% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
7% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 56% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
11% of residents are immigrants, against 17% across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 5.8% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (46%), then in Europe (18%).
Avalon sits above 83% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (47%)
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Census figures put visible minority residents at 13% in Avalon. The share of residents with no religion across Canada’s towns is 35%.
87% have English as their mother tongue; 6.3% also speak 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
Here, 1.3% of residents have French as their mother tongue. Set against 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 6.3% of residents speak English and French in Avalon.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 35% in Avalon, more than in 63% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 6.3% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
64% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 64%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (9,259 to 9,721 people), the 14th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The group spans Oromocto, youngest at 31.8, to Qualicum Beach, oldest at 67.5. Nearest to Avalon in age: Northeast (38.6), Elms-Old Rexdale (38.9), Mount Royale (39) and Saint-Rémi (40).
Of the 6 towns nearest Avalon, 3 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon | 9,488 | — | 38.9 | 16% | 11% |
| Adelaide/Churchill | 2,652 | 1.4 km | 43.1 | 21% | 7.9% |
| Buena Vista | 5,777 | 1.6 km | 40 | 20% | 9.3% |
| Haultain | 6,126 | 1.9 km | 35.5 | 13% | 15% |
| Nutana Park | 3,045 | 2.3 km | 39.4 | 17% | 11% |
| Holliston | 2,963 | 2.4 km | 37.7 | 16% | 16% |
| Grosvenor Park | 6,240 | 3.1 km | 32.9 | 16% | 23% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Saskatchewan’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about Avalon’s residents
What religion are people in Avalon?
Christian: 48%. No religion: 47%. Another religion: 4.8%.
Is Avalon good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 47% of households are couple families and 9.1% one-parent families. Schools near Avalon are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Avalon?
$86,900 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Avalon (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Avalon?
The 2021 Census counted 9,488 people in Avalon.
What is the average age in Avalon?
38.9 is the median age, younger than 71% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 16%.
Is Avalon bilingual?
6.3% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 93% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.3%.
How diverse is Avalon?
Immigrants make up 11% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 13% are members of a visible minority, and 10% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).