Bow Island
Small town · Alberta · Population 2,036
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
- 30.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 34.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 31.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 · 2011: 3 · 2016: 2.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 46.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44.2% · 2016: 48.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%28.3%2016: 27.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.8%2016: 14.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.6%2016: 20.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%20.4%2016: 21.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%14.3%2016: 16.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%35.6%2011: 39.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.7%2011: 29.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.4%2011: 7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.2%2016: 21.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.2%2011: 5.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%49.4%2016: 44.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%25.3%2016: 21.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.4%2016: 7.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%15.2%2016: 17.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%7.3%2016: 9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%94.7%2016: 93.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1%2016: 1.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%4%2016: 5.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%51.6%2016: 53.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.5%2016: 0.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%47.9%2016: 45.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%70.1%2016: 72.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%30.6%2016: 26.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%83%2016: 82.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.4%2016: 5.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3%2016: 3.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.9%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 3.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.7%2016: 4.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%23.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%34.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.5%2016: 87.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.6%2016: 1.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.9%2016: 8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 2.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021