Sylvan Lake
Town · Alberta · Population 15,995
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
- 36 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 33.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 33.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 51.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 61.8% (estimated) · 2016: 53.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%21.4%2016: 22.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.4%2016: 12.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%30.9%2016: 33.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.2%2016: 22.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%11%2016: 8.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.9%2011: 34% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.3%2011: 24.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.9%2011: 9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.5%2016: 21%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.4%2011: 11.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.6%2016: 11.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.7%2016: 30.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13.7%2016: 17%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28%2016: 28.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%15.2%2016: 12%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.7%2016: 93.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.2%2016: 6.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.6%2016: 94%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.2%2016: 1.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.1%2016: 4.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 14.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 12.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%67.8%2016: 71.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%32.1%2016: 28.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%65.8%2016: 68.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.8%2016: 4.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%12.1%2016: 11.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.7%2016: 3.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%8.4%2016: 8.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%2.1%2016: 0.3%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3%2016: 3.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%11.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%47.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%11.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.6%2016: 93.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.6%2016: 0.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.3%2016: 3.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.1%2016: 1.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021