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. The total population of the Calgary census metropolitan area was 1,214,839. Calgary is the largest city in Alberta, and the third-largest municipality and fourth-largest metropolitan area in Canada, as of 2016.

Civic census

Section 57 of Alberta's Municipal Government Act enables municipalities to conduct censuses. The City of Calgary first conducted a municipal census, or civic census, in 1931. It has conducted a civic census annually since 1958.
Calgary's 2016 civic census counted a population of 1,381,345. From 2011 to 2012, there was a 2.7% increase over its 2011 municipal census population of 1,090,936. 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. The 2012 civic census also recorded a total 459,339 dwellings in the city.

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.

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. During the same period, the growth rates were 10.8% for Alberta and 5.9% for Canada. With land areas of and for the city and CMA respectively, the population density was for the city and for the CMA in 2011.

Age and gender

In the 2011 census, the median age was 36.4 years for both the City of Calgary and its CMA. Comparatively, the median ages were 36.5 years in Alberta and 40.6 years in Canada. The largest age group was 25 to 29 years for both the city and the CMA.
The 2011 census also indicated that 50.09% of the population was female and 49.91% was male in the city and 50.05% and 49.95% in the CMA.

Ethnicity

Religion

Religion 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, Punjabi, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Spanish.

2016 population by Mother tongue

City of Calgary