Edmonton, Alberta

:Edmonton redirects here. For other cities with the name Edmonton, see Edmonton (disambiguation)

Demographics

According to the mid-2001 census, the population estimates there were 937,845 people residing within Edmonton's metropolitan area, located in the province of Alberta, of whom 49.6 per cent were male and 50.4 per cent were female. Children under five accounted for approximately 5.9 per cent of the resident population of Edmonton. This compares with 6.2 per cent in Albera, and almost 5.6 per cent for Canada overall.

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Census - Edmonton - Alberta

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In mid-2001, 10.5 per cent of the resident population in Edmonton were of retirement age (65 and over for males and females) compared with 13.2 per cent in Canada, therefore, the average age is 35.4 years of age comparing to 37.6 years of age for all of Canada.

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In the five years between 1996 and 2001, the population of Edmonton grew by 8.7 per cent, compared with an increase of 10.3 per cent for Alberta as a whole. Population density of Edmonton averaged 99.6 people per square kilometre, compared with an average of 4.6, for Alberta altogether.

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Alberta

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At the time of the census in May 2001, the resident population of the Edmonton city authority had 666,104 people, but had 937,845 when encompassing the Greater Edmonton Area compared with a resident population in the province of Alberta of 2,974,807 people.

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• White: 749,015 or 85.5%
• Chinese: 39,435 or 4.5%
• Asian: 28,365 or 3.2%
• Filipino: 13,435 or 1.5%
• Black: 11,610 or 1.3%
• mixed: 11,550 or 1.3%
• (single responses only)

Religion

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• Protestant: 31.2%
• Catholic: 29.4%
• Christian Orthodox: 2.6%
• Other Christian: 3.9%
• Muslim: 2.9%
• Buddhist: 2.1%
• Sikh: 1.4%
• Hindu: 1.1%
• No religion: 24.4%
• Other: 1.0%

The City of Edmonton has conducted a civic census in early 2005. The 2005 civic census has revealed that the City of Edmonton's population is currently 712,391. The Greater Edmonton Area population as of 2005 was estimated at 1,014,000. http://www.edmonton.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_690414_0_0_18/demographic

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