Calgary
Major city · Alberta · Population 1,306,784
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
- 38 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 37.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 36.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 41.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 52.3% · 2016: 46.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18%2016: 18.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.6%2016: 12%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%31%2016: 32.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.7%2016: 26%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.6%2016: 11.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.4%2011: 29.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22.9%2011: 22.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.8%2011: 7.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.4%2016: 24.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13.4%2011: 14.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.6%2016: 8.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%21.4%2016: 21.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.3%2016: 7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.8%2016: 23.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%42.9%2016: 39.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.8%2016: 90.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.6%2016: 7.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.5%2016: 2.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%64.1%2016: 65.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.2%2016: 1.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%34.7%2016: 32.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 24.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 22.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%68.8%2016: 71.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%31.2%2016: 28.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%55%2016: 56.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.3%2016: 6.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%9.7%2016: 9.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.2%2016: 4.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%16.3%2016: 15.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%8.1%2016: 7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%8.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%28.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%9.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%83.2%2016: 76.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%8.8%2016: 15.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.2%2016: 5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 1.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.9%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021