River Valley Whitemud
Neighbourhood in Edmonton · Alberta · Population 1,308
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
- 40.3 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 42.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.6 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.9 (estimated) · 2016: 2.9 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 44.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 41.6% (estimated) · 2016: 47.9% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%22.1%2016: 22.3% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13%2016: 12.1% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.5%2016: 22.7% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%20.6%2016: 23% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.4%2016: 19.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%38.5%2011: 32.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%20.5%2011: 24.4% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.3%2011: 9.3% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%16.7%2016: 19.5% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%14.1%2011: 15.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.5%2016: 9.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%14.7%2016: 16% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.4%2016: 6.9% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%13.8%2016: 20.6% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%58.6%2016: 48.9% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%87.8%2016: 87.4% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%10.5%2016: 12.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.3%2016: 0% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%73%2016: 72% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.1%2016: 2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%24.9%2016: 26% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 13.4% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%57%2016: 52.4% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%43%2016: 48.8% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%66.2%2016: 56.3% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%19.5%2016: 17.2% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%15.6%2016: 25.3% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%7.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%78.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%7.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%0%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%81.8%2016: 82.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%10.4%2016: 11.3% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0%2016: 1.9% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.6%2016: 5.7% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.6%2016: 0% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021