Bowness
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 10,152
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
- 40.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 39.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.1 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.1 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 49.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 49.5% (estimated) · 2016: 50.7% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.9%2016: 13.7% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.5%2016: 10.8% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%32.8%2016: 33.5% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.9%2016: 28.1% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.1%2016: 13.9% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.5%2011: 16.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23.2%2011: 22.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10%2011: 10.4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36%2016: 34.2% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13.2%2011: 16% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.4%2016: 13.7% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%26.2%2016: 27.1% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.8%2016: 10.4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.9%2016: 25.8% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%28.9%2016: 23.5% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91.3%2016: 91.3% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8.1%2016: 7.9% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%83.3%2016: 83.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.6%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%15.1%2016: 14% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 12.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 12.2% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%51.1%2016: 50.5% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%49%2016: 49.6% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%41.3%2016: 41.1% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%13.1%2016: 12.4% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%10.7%2016: 10.9% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.2%2016: 6.6% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%27%2016: 27.3% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.7%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%26.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%48.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%13.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%5.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%83.3%2016: 77.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%7.9%2016: 14% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.5%2016: 3.6% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.1%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.2%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021