Demographics of Calgary

In the 2011 Census, the City of Calgary had a population of 1,096,833 residents, representing 30% of the 3,645,257 residents in all of Alberta, and 3% compared to a population of 33,476,688 in all of Canada.[22] The total population of the Calgary census metropolitan area (CMA) was 1,214,839.[23] Calgary is the largest city in Alberta,[22] and the third-largest municipality and fourth-largest metropolitan area in Canada, as of 2016.[23][24]

Downtown Calgary
Federal census
population history
YearPop.±%
18913,876—    
19014,091+5.5%
190611,967+192.5%
191143,704+265.2%
191656,514+29.3%
192163,305+12.0%
192665,291+3.1%
193183,761+28.3%
193683,407−0.4%
194188,904+6.6%
1946100,044+12.5%
1951129,060+29.0%
1956181,780+40.8%
1961249,641+37.3%
1966330,575+32.4%
1971403,319+22.0%
1976469,917+16.5%
1981592,743+26.1%
1986636,107+7.3%
1991710,795+11.7%
1996768,082+8.1%
2001878,866+14.4%
2006988,193+12.4%
20111,096,833+11.0%
20161,239,220+13.0%
Source: Statistics Canada
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Civic census

Section 57 of Alberta's Municipal Government Act (MGA) enables municipalities to conduct censuses.[25] The City of Calgary first conducted a municipal census, or civic census, in 1931.[26] It has conducted a civic census annually since 1958.[26]

Calgary's 2016 civic census counted a population of 1,381,345.[27] From 2011 to 2012, there was a 2.7% increase over its 2011 municipal census population of 1,090,936.[28][29] The city attributed the 29,289 increase in residents to a natural increase of 9,631 and a net migration of 19,658 since the 2011 civic census.[30] The 2012 civic census also recorded a total 459,339 dwellings in the city.[30]

2012 population breakdown

The following is a breakdown of the City of Calgary's 2012 civic census results by community, including residential communities, industrial areas, major parks and residual areas by electoral ward.[30]

Growth and density

Between 2006 and 2011, the population of the City of Calgary grew by 10.9%, compared with an increase of 12.6% for the Calgary CMA.[35] During the same period, the growth rates were 10.8% for Alberta and 5.9% for Canada.[36] With land areas of 825.29 km2 (318.65 sq mi) and 5,107.55 km2 (1,972.04 sq mi) for the city and CMA respectively, the population density was 1,329.027/km2 (3,442.165/sq mi) for the city and 237.8516/km2 (616.0328/sq mi) for the CMA in 2011.[35]

Age and gender

In the 2011 census, the median age was 36.4 years for both the City of Calgary and its CMA.[35] Comparatively, the median ages were 36.5 years in Alberta and 40.6 years in Canada.[36] The largest age group was 25 to 29 years for both the city (93,360) and the CMA (100,290).[35]

The 2011 census also indicated that 50.09% of the population was female and 49.91% was male in the city (549,360 females and 547,475 males) and 50.05% and 49.95% in the CMA (607,970 females and 606,870 males).[35]

Ethnicity
Population by ethnicity, 2016
Ethnic origin[37] Population Percent
English 298,865 21.74%
Canadian 275,950 20.07%
Scottish 240,775 17.52%
German 201,650 14.67%
Irish 197,185 14.34%
French 118,080 8.59%
Chinese 104,620 7.61%
Ukrainian 90,740 6.60%
East Indian 90,620 6.59%
Filipino 75,020 5.46%

Pie chart showing the ethnic breakdown of Calgary (2016)

  European (57.6%)
  South Asian (9.5%)
  Chinese (8.3%)
  Filipino (5.9%)
  Black (4.6%)
  Southeast Asian (1.8%)
  Latin American (2.7%)
  Arab (2.1%)
  Other (3.7%)
  Indigenous (3.8%)
Visible minority and Aboriginal population[38][39][40][41]
Population groupPopulation (2016)% of total population (2016)Population (2011)% of total population (2011)Population (2006)% of total population (2006)
European744,62560.9%727,94067.3%722,59573.8%
Visible minority groupSouth Asian115,7959.5%81,1807.5%56,2105.7%
Chinese102,0708.3%74,0706.8%65,3656.7%
Black55,7304.6%31,8702.9%20,5402.1%
Filipino71,7805.9%47,3504.4%24,9152.5%
Latin American33,5402.7%19,8701.8%13,1201.3%
Arab25,1902.1%16,7451.5%11,2451.1%
Southeast Asian21,6101.8%20,5301.9%15,4101.6%
West Asian12,6101%8,4700.8%5,9300.6%
Korean11,2350.9%8,1600.8%6,7100.7%
Japanese7,0800.6%5,1600.5%4,4900.5%
Visible minority, n.i.e.1,4450.1%2,8600.3%1,9200.2%
Multiple visible minorities13,8951.1%9,1300.8%6,6050.7%
Total visible minority population471,980 38.6%325,39030.1%232,46523.7%
Aboriginal groupFirst Nations27,9152.3%12,8551.2%10,0901%
Métis19,7051.6%14,6501.4%13,5051.4%
Inuit5500%2350%2300%
Aboriginal, n.i.e.4950%1,0100.1%4200%
Multiple Aboriginal identities3650%1550%1700%
Total Aboriginal population46,3853.8%28,9052.7%24,4252.5%
Total population 1,222,405 100%1,082,235100%979,485100%

Religion

Religion in Calgary (2011)

  No Religion (32.3%)
  Christian (54.9%)
  Muslim (5.2%)
  Sikh (2.6%)
  Buddhist (2.1%)
  Hindu (1.6%)
  Jewish (0.6%)
  Other (0.7%)
Religion (2011)[42] PopulationPercent
Christian594,27054.9%
No religion349,83032.3%
Islam56,7855.2%
Sikh28,5652.6%
Buddhist22,3752.1%
Hindu17,4101.6%
Jewish5,9950.6%
Other7,0000.7%

Languages

Based on Calgary's 2016 metropolitan census reporting a population of 1,381,345, English is the mother tongue for 67.8 per cent of inhabitants. French-speakers make up 1.5 per cent with 20,715 people. Other languages make up 30.7 per cent or 383,320. The top five languages outside English and French in Calgary are Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino), Punjabi (Panjabi), Cantonese, Mandarin, and Spanish (at 8,685 or 2.1 per cent of Calgary's population).[43]

City of Calgary
Top 25 languages Calgary, 2016[44]Population%
English806,81567.8
Tagalog (Filipino)39,2853.3
Panjabi (Punjabi)38,8403.3
Cantonese33,7002.8
Mandarin28,3552.4
Spanish27,0552.3
Arabic18,3901.5
French18,1501.5
Urdu16,3201.4
Vietnamese12,5501.1
German9,8950.8
Persian9,5250.8
Russian9,2550.8
Korean 8,8800.7
Polish7,6800.6
Hindi7,0500.6
Gujarati5,3900.5
Yoruba5,3060.5
Italian5,0000.4
Romanian4,4950.4
Bengali4,0700.3
Amharic4,0500.3
Dutch3,4350.3
Hungarian3,3950.3
Portuguese3,3600.3
Ukrainian3,3450.3

See also

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