Photo: Tanbir M-05 · CC BY-SA 4.0Mount Royal: 20% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 97% of Canadian towns
Recent arrivals are just over three in five immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Across Mount Royal, 38% of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, renter households are common here: 40%, more than in 74% of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood counted 5,292 residents and 2,140 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Mount Royal
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 20% of residents, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, and 9.2% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Mount Royal sits above 72% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (23%)
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
17% of residents are under 15; across Canada’s towns the figure is 16%. The median age in Mount Royal is 44.1, higher than in 63% of Canadian towns. Against that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. No age band is larger than 60–64: 7.9% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Mount Royal, 44.1. 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. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Mount Royal, 10% of households are one-parent families, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 7% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 86% of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns. The typical household size is 2.3 people.
35% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
31% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Locally, 8.5% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
Mount Royal ranks below 52% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 62%
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
47% of homes were built before 1961 and 2.9% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Median household income: $65,800 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Mount Royal’s households had a total income below $65,800, 23% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Saskatchewan’s towns the median is $86,500. COVID-19 benefits went to 31% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Mount Royal: 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 69% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Here nearly a fifth of residents are immigrants, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 17%. Across Mount Royal, nearly one in ten residents are not Canadian citizens. Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
More visible minority residents than 58% of Canadian towns: 22%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (5%). To put it in context, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Where 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns, Mount Royal has 36%.
English is the mother tongue of 74%, and 4.4% speak French as well
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
At home, 11% mostly speak another language; 1.1% speak neither English nor French. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns. Mount Royal sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.8%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 75% of Canadian towns: 17%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 16% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 50%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 23% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 50% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (5,197 to 5,386 people), the 15th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages here range from 26.6 in Chisasibi to 60 in Electoral Area L, Cariboo. The closest ages to Mount Royal’s belong to Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce (43.6), Lake Echo (43.6), Windsor (44.4) and West Meadowlark Park (44.6).
Every neighbour of Mount Royal has a younger population
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Royal | 5,292 | — | 44.1 | 23% | 19% |
| Westmount | 2,872 | 1.1 km | 34.4 | 9.6% | 18% |
| Westview | 2,670 | 1.3 km | 38.7 | 17% | 15% |
| Caswell Hill | 2,573 | 1.4 km | 39.2 | 16% | 8.1% |
| Massey Place | 6,561 | 1.5 km | 34.6 | 13% | 27% |
| Pleasant Hill | 6,088 | 1.5 km | 36.5 | 13% | 18% |
| Meadowgreen | 3,782 | 1.7 km | 38.4 | 15% | 27% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Saskatchewan’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. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past 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.
Questions about Mount Royal’s residents
What is the population of Mount Royal?
Mount Royal had 5,292 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Mount Royal?
Half the residents are older than 44.1 and half younger, older than 63% of Canadian towns; 17% are children under 15 and 23% are 65 or over.
Is Mount Royal bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4.4% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 94% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.8% grew up with French.
How diverse is Mount Royal?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 19%. A visible minority makes up 22% and Indigenous residents 20%.
What religion are people in Mount Royal?
Most often Christian (53%) or no religion (36%); other religions make up 11%.
Is Mount Royal good for families?
Children under 15 are 17% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 36% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Mount Royal are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mount Royal?
Median total household income in Mount Royal was $65,800 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).