Garrison Woods
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 3,138
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
- 44.7 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 41.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.1 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 (estimated) · 2011: 2.1 (estimated) · 2016: 2.2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 84.4% (estimated) · 2016: 39.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.1%2016: 19.2% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.9%2016: 6.8% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.3%2016: 29.3% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29%2016: 26.7% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.9%2016: 17.9% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.5%2011: 23% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.4%2011: 22.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.9%2011: 7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36.3%2016: 35.2% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5%2011: 6% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%0%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%8.8%2016: 8.1% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%2.6%2016: 3.6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%13.7%2016: 14.8% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%74.3%2016: 72.7% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%79.4%2016: 80.9% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%19.5%2016: 18.5% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%82.7%2016: 83% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%3.8%2016: 3.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%13.5%2016: 13.5% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 46.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 45.3% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%77.3%2016: 81.9% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%22.7%2016: 18.1% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%30.5%2016: 30.3% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%16.8%2016: 16.3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%22.1%2016: 23.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.5%2016: 3% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%26.7%2016: 26.5% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.1%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%11.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%7.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%52.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%82.7%2016: 76.8% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.7%2016: 12.9% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6%2016: 2.3% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.3%2016: 6.3% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.7%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021