Blue Quill
Neighbourhood in Edmonton · Alberta · Population 4,567
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 34.3 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 32.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 33.9 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 56.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 59.6% (estimated) · 2016: 57.7% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.4%2016: 19.1% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.8%2016: 13.5% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%35.1%2016: 37.3% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%21.1%2016: 21.6% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%10.6%2016: 8% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.3%2011: 28.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%19.7%2011: 19.2% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10%2011: 11.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.3%2016: 23.7% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%14.7%2011: 13.7% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.4%2016: 8.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.3%2016: 17% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.3%2016: 7.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23%2016: 23.3% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%46.6%2016: 44.8% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91%2016: 90.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.8%2016: 7.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.3%2016: 2.2% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%55.2%2016: 52.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%43.8%2016: 45.6% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 33.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 31% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%41.6%2016: 37.7% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%58.4%2016: 62.3% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%25.3%2016: 26.7% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.9%2016: 3.1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%12.7%2016: 12.3% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%54.9%2016: 57.9% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%3.2%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%1.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%55.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%69%2016: 70.5% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%23.3%2016: 26.9% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.7%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.2%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.2%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021