Sherbrooke
Neighbourhood in Edmonton · Alberta · Population 2,314
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
- 38.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 38 years (estimated) · 2016: 38 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 45.8% (estimated) · 2016: 42.2% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.7%2016: 17.1% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.7%2016: 12.5% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%30.3%2016: 31.2% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.9%2016: 29.2% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%12.6%2016: 9.8% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.1%2011: 24.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22%2011: 19.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.4%2011: 8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28%2016: 25.8% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%16.5%2011: 20.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14.5%2016: 19.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27%2016: 26.1% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.8%2016: 9.4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25%2016: 27.5% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%25%2016: 18.5% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.9%2016: 93.3% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5%2016: 5.4% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.3%2016: 1% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%78.1%2016: 76.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.5%2016: 2.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%20.3%2016: 20.9% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.8% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%67.4%2016: 60.2% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%32.6%2016: 40.9% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%70.3%2016: 71% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.5%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%14.1%2016: 14% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.5%2016: 7.5% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%8.6%2016: 7.5% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%72.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%18.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%5.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%0%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%83.8%2016: 80.8% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%7.3%2016: 14% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.4%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.8%2016: 2.6% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.1%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021