Canyon Meadows
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 6,751
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
- 42.3 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 40.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.8 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 36.6% (estimated) · 2016: 36.6% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.2%2016: 14.2% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.5%2016: 13% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.5%2016: 29.3% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28%2016: 29.1% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.7%2016: 14.8% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.7%2011: 29.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.4%2011: 27.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.4%2011: 9.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23%2016: 21.1% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.6%2011: 12.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.8%2016: 6.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.6%2016: 24.4% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.1%2016: 7.6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.8%2016: 26.1% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%35.3%2016: 36% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91.7%2016: 91.8% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.7%2016: 7.2% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%77.3%2016: 76.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.3%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%21.4%2016: 22% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 27.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 27.4% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%79.7%2016: 80.2% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%20.4%2016: 20% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%62.6%2016: 63.1% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.1%2016: 3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%18.7%2016: 18.2% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.5%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%14%2016: 14.1% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%78.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%0.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%83%2016: 78.2% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%9.5%2016: 17% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.1%2016: 3% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.3%2016: 2.6% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021