Upper Mount Royal
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 2,758
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
- 46 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 41.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.1 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 53% (estimated) · 2016: 43.7% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.3%2016: 12.6% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.9%2016: 14% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.6%2016: 28.3% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.2%2016: 31.6% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.1%2016: 14% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.5%2011: 25.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.7%2011: 24.8% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5%2011: 3.3% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.7%2016: 34.5% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.1%2011: 10.9% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%1.9%2016: 5% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%8.7%2016: 14.1% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.2%2016: 3.5% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%11.3%2016: 13% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%72.7%2016: 65.2% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%84%2016: 82.7% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%15.6%2016: 17.1% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%84%2016: 82.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%14%2016: 15.3% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 15.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 18.9% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%73.4%2016: 62.1% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%26.1%2016: 37.9% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%64.7%2016: 55% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.8%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.5%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.2%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%17.8%2016: 30.2% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%11.6%2016: 10.7% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.2%2006: 0.7% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%47.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%14.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%76.9%2016: 65.6% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 11.9% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%14.2%2016: 17% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.4%2016: 4.6% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.2%2016: 2.8% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021