Immigration · Census Insights
Where recent immigration is most visible in Calgary
The Calgary neighbourhoods where immigrants admitted from 2016 to 2021 make up the largest share of residents.
Recent arrivals are one part of a city’s changing population. Where in Calgary did immigrants admitted from 2016 to 2021 make up the largest local share?
How to read this result
This is a Census category for immigrants admitted during that period. It is not a live measure of arrivals after the 2021 Census, and it does not identify people or households.
The highest result in this analysis is in Carrington, where 22.5% of the relevant Census population is represented by immigrants admitted from 2016 to 2021. Across Calgary as a whole, the corresponding Census figure is 5.8%.
The top 10 neighbourhoods
To keep percentage comparisons useful, the ranking excludes areas with fewer than 500 residents or no reported value.
| # | Neighbourhood | recent immigrants (2016-2021) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carrington | 22.5% |
| 2 | Skyview Ranch | 19.4% |
| 3 | Cornerstone (north) | 19.0% |
| 4 | StoneGate Landing | 18.5% |
| 5 | Downtown West End | 16.3% |
| 6 | Scarboro/Sunalta West | 16.0% |
| 7 | Saddle Ridge (east-northeast 2) | 15.1% |
| 8 | Meridian | 15.1% |
| 9 | Silverton | 14.5% |
| 10 | Saddle Ridge (west-southwest) | 14.4% |
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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