Families & age · Census Insights
Where are Calgary's seniors?
The Calgary neighbourhoods where older residents make up the largest share of the population.
Every city ages differently. The Census shows where older residents make up the largest share of the local population in Calgary.
How to read this result
The ranking compares the share of residents aged 65 and over. It does not indicate people’s health, care needs, or whether they are retired.
The highest result in this analysis is in Pump Hill, where 43.4% of the relevant Census population is represented by older residents. Across Calgary as a whole, the corresponding Census figure is 13.5%.
The top 10 neighbourhoods
To keep percentage comparisons useful, the ranking excludes areas with fewer than 500 residents or no reported value.
| # | Neighbourhood | residents aged 65 and over |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pump Hill | 43.4% |
| 2 | Country Hills Village | 36.4% |
| 3 | Palliser | 32.6% |
| 4 | Hawkwood (southwest) | 31.8% |
| 5 | Varsity (west-northwest) | 31.7% |
| 6 | Christie Park | 31.0% |
| 7 | Shawnee Slopes | 30.3% |
| 8 | Glenmore Park | 29.1% |
| 9 | Bayview | 28.7% |
| 10 | Kelvin Grove | 28.0% |
About the data
This article uses Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census of Population at the neighbourhood or census-tract level as presented on Calgary Census Atlas. Values are subject to Statistics Canada’s disclosure controls and random rounding. This is a descriptive ranking, not a measure of individual households or a prediction.
Source. 2021 Census of Canada, Census Profile 98-401-X2021007, at census tract level for CMA 825, published by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Canada Open Licence. Boundaries from the 2021 census tract and census subdivision cartographic boundary files. Area labels use nearby OpenStreetMap place names (ODbL). Figures cover population in private households; Statistics Canada randomly rounds counts to a multiple of 5, so components may not sum exactly to totals.
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