High Level
Small town · Alberta · Population 3,922
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
- 34.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 28.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 30.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 · 2011: 2.9 · 2016: 2.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 54.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 59.5% · 2016: 59.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%23.6%2016: 26.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.2%2016: 13.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%30%2016: 33.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%21.2%2016: 22.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%12.9%2016: 4.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.8%2011: 33.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%20.2%2011: 19.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.1%2011: 10.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.3%2016: 20%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.6%2011: 15.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.5%2016: 19.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31%2016: 26%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.1%2016: 12.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.6%2016: 21.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%25.1%2016: 21.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.1%2016: 97%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.6%2016: 2.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%76.7%2016: 79.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%22.4%2016: 19.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 10%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%64.3%2016: 61.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%35.7%2016: 38.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%47.9%2016: 55.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.4%2016: 3.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%9.5%2016: 6.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3%2016: 3.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%13.3%2016: 11.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%22.8%2016: 19.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%2.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%46.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%25.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.1%2016: 87.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.8%2016: 5.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 5.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 1.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021