Lake Bonavista
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 10,186
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
- 47.3 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 45.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.3 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.6% (estimated) · 2016: 28% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.1%2016: 15.8% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.4%2016: 11.9% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.6%2016: 20.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.1%2016: 29.2% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.6%2016: 22.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%33.8%2011: 34.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.2%2011: 32% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.7%2011: 6.1% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.2%2016: 21.2% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.2%2011: 5.9% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%1.7%2016: 3.9% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.3%2016: 17.2% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.3%2016: 6.7% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.3%2016: 25.2% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%51.4%2016: 46.7% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90%2016: 90.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%10%2016: 9.4% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%87.9%2016: 87% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.5%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%10.5%2016: 11.5% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 19.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 19.5% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%88.4%2016: 88.7% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%11.4%2016: 10.8% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%80.3%2016: 80.7% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.3%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2%2016: 1.9% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.4%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%16.9%2016: 16.7% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%76.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%5.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.2%2016: 80.9% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.5%2016: 13.3% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.8%2016: 3.8% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 1.9% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.4%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021