Edmonton
Major city · Alberta · Population 1,010,899
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
- 36.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 37.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 35.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 44.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 50.4% · 2016: 48.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.2%2016: 17.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12%2016: 12.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%32.2%2016: 32.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.9%2016: 24.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.7%2016: 12.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.5%2011: 25.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%21.1%2011: 21.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.7%2011: 8.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.1%2016: 27.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%14.5%2011: 14.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.8%2016: 10.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.6%2016: 23.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8%2016: 9.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.9%2016: 24.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%35.6%2016: 32.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91%2016: 90.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.6%2016: 7.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.3%2016: 2.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%62.6%2016: 63.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.6%2016: 1.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%35.8%2016: 34.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 23.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 23.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%63.6%2016: 64.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%36.4%2016: 35.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%49.6%2016: 49.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.1%2016: 6.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%9.8%2016: 10%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.6%2016: 2.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%23%2016: 23.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%7.4%2016: 7.1%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.5%2016: 0.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%12.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%27.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%10.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85.1%2016: 78.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%8.1%2016: 14.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.5%2016: 4.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 1.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.4%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021