Dover
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 9,603
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
- 43.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 40.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.7 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.4 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 45% (estimated) · 2016: 41.1% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.1%2016: 15.6% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.7%2016: 11.3% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.4%2016: 27.6% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.4%2016: 30.3% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.2%2016: 15.1% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16.1%2011: 17.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%20.3%2011: 20.1% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.2%2011: 10.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.7%2016: 32.9% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%17.7%2011: 19.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%19.7%2016: 23.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%34.5%2016: 32.5% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.3%2016: 11.7% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21%2016: 21.9% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.9%2016: 10.4% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.9%2016: 93.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.1%2016: 4.4% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2%2016: 2.2% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%72.3%2016: 73.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.5%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%26.2%2016: 25% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 17.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 16.1% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%61.8%2016: 64.2% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%37.8%2016: 35.9% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%41.9%2016: 41.8% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%13.7%2016: 13.5% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%11.8%2016: 11.8% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.9%2016: 6.7% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%26.9%2016: 26.7% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%5.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%67.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%14.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%84.5%2016: 83.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%10.5%2016: 14.5% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0.6%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021