Calgary Population 2024

March 1, 2024 by Maya

Calgary is a city in Alberta province of Canada, lies at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River, approximately 240 km north of the U.S-Canada border. Calgary population in 2024 is estimated to be 1.42 million, covers city area of 825.56 sq km(318.75 sq mi), ranks fourth most populous city in Canada after Toronto and Montreal and Vancouver. Calgary is in southern Alberta and in the western Canadian region, The main economy areas are energy, logistics, technology, financial and manufacturing services. Calgary may means elbow town was inhabited for more than 10,000 years, The Indigenous peoples of Southern Alberta region refer as 'elbow' due to the sharp bend made by the Bow River and the Elbow River.

Contents
Languages
Population by Race
Nativity by Place of Birth

Calgary city UN Urban Agglomeration Population Prospects - 1950 to 2035

Year	Calgary Population
1950	132,073
1955	173,717
1960	244,698
1965	309,793
1970	373,695
1975	443,149
1980	542,130
1985	639,956
1990	721,049
1995	795,374
2000	900,612
2005	1,029,544
2010	1,162,440
2011	1,190,362
2015	1,323,676
2020*	1,512,539
2025*	1,665,023
2035*	1,841,144

Source: population.un.org/wpp/, 1950 to 2035 Calgary city Population(UA)

Calgary Metropolitan

The Calgary Metropolitan Region or commonly called Calgary Region, includes nine municipalities. Airdrie, Calgary and Chestermere are the three cities and towns including Cochrane, Crossfield, Irricana and Rocky View County is a municipal district, Beiseker village and First Nations reserve(Tsuu T'ina Nation). Calgary population in 2023 is estimated to be 1.39 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 1.38 million, Population of Calgary in 2021 is estimated to be 1.37 million.

	Calgary City(2021)	Calgary Metropolitan(2019)
Population	1.37 million	1.58 million
Area	825.56 sq km(318.75 sq mi)	5,107.55 sq km(1,972.04 sq mi)
Rank	4(Canada)

Calgary Language demographics

Below table is the languages of Calgary population:

Languages	Population
English	1,065,075
French	8,625
Non-official languages	220,640
Aboriginal languages	210
Algonquian languages	145
Blackfoot	65
Cree-Montagnais languages	70
Plains Cree	5
Cree	60
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	5
Ojibway	5
Athabaskan languages	15
Northern Athabaskan languages	20
Dene	5
Gwich'in	5
Sarsi (Sarcee)	5
Inuit languages	5
Kutenai	5
Michif	5
Siouan languages	40
Dakota	10
Stoney	25
Aboriginal languages	5
Non-Aboriginal languages	220,435
Afro-Asiatic languages	18,255
Berber languages	65
Kabyle	30
Berber languages	35
Cushitic languages	1,645
Bilen	45
Oromo	705
Somali	885
Cushitic languages	5
Semitic languages	16,525
Amharic	2,730
Arabic	11,010
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	200
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	80
Harari	50
Hebrew	260
Maltese	5
Tigrigna	2,045
Semitic languages	145
Afro-Asiatic languages	15
Austro-Asiatic languages	9,365
Khmer (Cambodian)	440
Vietnamese	8,925
Austro-Asiatic languages	5
Austronesian languages	25,700
Bikol	45
Cebuano	865
Fijian	15
Hiligaynon	205
Ilocano	1,030
Malagasy	10
Malay	235
Pampangan (Kapampangan; Pampango)	65
Pangasinan	15
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)	23,010
Waray-Waray	50
Austronesian languages	145
Creole languages	290
Haitian Creole	5
Creole	220
Creole languages	65
Dravidian languages	3,185
Kannada	115
Malayalam	1,295
Tamil	1,190
Telugu	560
Dravidian languages	20
Hmong-Mien languages	60
Indo-European languages	102,690
Albanian	620
Armenian	105
Balto-Slavic languages	13,865
Baltic languages	240
Latvian	85
Lithuanian	155
Slavic languages	13,625
Bosnian	390
Bulgarian	485
Croatian	745
Czech	430
Macedonian	80
Polish	3,275
Russian	5,785
Serbian	945
Serbo-Croatian	180
Slovak	465
Slovene (Slovenian)	40
Ukrainian	790
Slavic languages	15
Celtic languages	15
Scottish Gaelic	5
Welsh	5
Celtic languages	5
Germanic languages	2,725
Afrikaans	505
Danish	70
Dutch	490
Frisian	5
German	1,540
Icelandic	15
Norwegian	25
Swedish	50
Vlaams (Flemish)	10
Yiddish	10
Germanic languages	5
Greek	500
Indo-Iranian languages	61,795
Indo-Aryan languages	53,300
Bengali	2,745
Gujarati	3,125
Hindi	4,130
Kashmiri	45
Konkani	30
Marathi	445
Nepali	1,340
Oriya (Odia)	50
Punjabi (Panjabi)	29,100
Sindhi	745
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	490
Urdu	11,065
Iranian languages	7,995
Kurdish	460
Pashto	1,055
Persian (Farsi)	6,480
Indo-Iranian languages	500
Italic (Romance) languages	23,070
Catalan	20
Italian	1,270
Portuguese	1,770
Romanian	2,470
Spanish	17,540
Japanese	1,105
Kartvelian languages	80
Georgian	85
Korean	6,565
Mongolic languages	280
Mongolian	280
Niger-Congo languages	1,825
Akan (Twi)	330
Bamanankan	5
Edo	25
Ewe	15
Fulah (Pular; Pulaar; Fulfulde)	40
Ga	25
Igbo	135
Lingala	25
Rundi (Kirundi)	60
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	25
Shona	95
Swahili	345
Wolof	60
Yoruba	345
Niger-Congo languages	280
Nilo-Saharan languages	910
Dinka	445
Nilo-Saharan languages	465
Sign languages	335
American Sign Language	90
Sign languages	255
Sino-Tibetan languages	46,860
Chinese languages	45,985
Cantonese	22,245
Hakka	95
Mandarin	21,140
Min Dong	5
Min Nan (Chaochow; Teochow; Fukien; Taiwanese)	675
Wu (Shanghainese)	210
Chinese	1,605
Chinese languages	5
Tibeto-Burman languages	875
Burmese	175
Karenic languages	235
Tibetan	400
Tibeto-Burman languages	70
Tai-Kadai languages	420
Lao	190
Thai	225
Tai-Kadai languages	5
Turkic languages	1,000
Azerbaijani	105
Turkish	755
Uyghur	45
Uzbek	55
Turkic languages	45
Uralic languages	1,380
Estonian	15
Finnish	55
Hungarian	1,310
Other languages	110

Calgary Population by Race

Minority Population

Below is the table of visible minority population.

Ethnic	Population	Male	Female
South Asian	122,900	62,350	60,555
Chinese	89,675	43,775	45,900
Black	54,190	27,745	26,445
Filipino	70,660	31,680	38,975
Latin American	27,710	13,720	13,990
Arab	26,320	13,970	12,350
Southeast Asian	23,240	11,145	12,100
West Asian	12,810	6,790	6,015
Korean	10,995	5,170	5,825
Japanese	5,570	2,465	3,110
Visible minority Others	4,610	2,170	2,440

Ethnic Origin Population

Ethnic	Population
North American Aboriginal origins	55,430
First Nations (North American Indian)	32,630
Inuit	650
MÃ©tis	24,275
Other North American origins	292,965
Acadian	1,730
American	23,680
Canadian	275,950
New Brunswicker	25
Newfoundlander	540
Nova Scotian	55
Ontarian	50
QuÃ©bÃ©cois	495
Other North American origins	155
European origins	818,210
British Isles origins	525,560
Channel Islander	135
Cornish	90
English	298,865
Irish	197,185
Manx	350
Scottish	240,775
Welsh	27,270
British Isles origins	36,340
French origins	118,080
Alsatian	45
Breton	25
Corsican	15
French	118,030
Western European origins (except French origins)	261,285
Austrian	14,495
Bavarian	25
Belgian	6,570
Dutch	53,975
Flemish	625
Frisian	180
German	201,650
Luxembourger	255
Swiss	8,050
Western European origins	425
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)	95,065
Danish	18,720
Finnish	5,720
Icelandic	7,645
Norwegian	42,000
Swedish	26,815
Northern European origins	4,075
Eastern European origins	205,690
Bulgarian	1,595
Byelorussian	815
Czech	7,600
Czechoslovakian	2,540
Estonian	1,200
Hungarian	22,045
Latvian	1,210
Lithuanian	2,430
Moldovan	965
Polish	55,705
Romanian	13,590
Russian	37,955
Slovak	4,765
Ukrainian	90,740
Eastern European origins	905
Southern European origins	92,660
Albanian	1,875
Bosnian	1,775
Catalan	45
Croatian	6,265
Cypriot	65
Greek	6,770
Italian	42,940
Kosovar	150
Macedonian	535
Maltese	590
Montenegrin	130
Portuguese	8,600
Serbian	3,405
Sicilian	145
Slovenian	1,805
Spanish	22,255
Yugoslavian	1,725
Southern European origins	120
Other European origins	9,575
Basque	190
Jewish	4,530
Roma (Gypsy)	165
Slavic	450
Other European origins	4,275
Caribbean origins	15,530
Antiguan	290
Bahamian	125
Barbadian	865
Bermudan	125
Carib	60
Cuban	825
Dominican	335
Grenadian	200
Haitian	995
Jamaican	7,260
Kittitian/Nevisian	65
Montserratan	10
Puerto Rican	240
St. Lucian	340
Trinidadian/Tobagonian	2,140
Vincentian/Grenadinian	345
West Indian	1,195
Caribbean origins	1,140
Latin; Central and South American origins	36,000
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya)	820
Arawak	85
Argentinian	795
Belizean	215
Bolivian	280
Brazilian	1,635
Chilean	3,240
Colombian	7,450
Costa Rican	295
Ecuadorian	440
Guatemalan	1,235
Guyanese	1,155
Hispanic	735
Honduran	365
Maya	215
Mexican	8,460
Nicaraguan	900
Panamanian	160
Paraguayan	160
Peruvian	1,480
Salvadorean	2,935
Uruguayan	140
Venezuelan	3,440
Latin; Central and South American origins	1,670
African origins	58,390
Central and West African origins	16,420
Akan	95
Angolan	160
Ashanti	85
Beninese	125
Burkinabe	15
Cameroonian	965
Chadian	65
Congolese	1,390
Edo	290
Ewe	65
Gabonese	20
Gambian	70
Ghanaian	1,865
Guinean	155
Ibo	1,140
Ivorian	185
Liberian	300
Malian	25
MalinkÃ©	20
Nigerian	7,820
Peulh	50
Senegalese	280
Sierra Leonean	225
Togolese	75
Wolof	45
Yoruba	1,770
Central and West African origins	640
North African origins	11,375
Algerian	825
Berber	350
Coptic	120
Dinka	265
Egyptian	4,525
Libyan	580
Maure	10
Moroccan	1,080
Sudanese	3,315
Tunisian	475
North African origins	290
Southern and East African origins	21,080
Afrikaner	135
Amhara	220
Bantu	230
Burundian	195
Djiboutian	10
Eritrean	3,770
Ethiopian	6,380
Harari	50
Kenyan	970
Malagasy	50
Mauritian	270
Oromo	675
Rwandan	175
Seychellois	25
Somali	2,755
South African	2,785
Tanzanian	480
Tigrian	430
Ugandan	340
Zambian	125
Zimbabwean	810
Zulu	60
Southern and East African origins	1,530
Other African origins	10,600
Black	895
Other African origins	9,800
Asian origins	384,200
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	48,420
Afghan	5,320
Arab	5,055
Armenian	1,010
Assyrian	360
Azerbaijani	295
Georgian	230
Hazara	265
Iranian	8,570
Iraqi	3,820
Israeli	735
Jordanian	595
Kazakh	285
Kurd	940
Kuwaiti	50
Kyrgyz	150
Lebanese	13,755
Palestinian	1,650
Pashtun	380
Saudi Arabian	185
Syrian	3,325
Tajik	175
Tatar	360
Turk	2,590
Turkmen	55
Uighur	150
Uzbek	270
Yemeni	545
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	1,355
South Asian origins	122,515
Bangladeshi	2,365
Bengali	985
Bhutanese	160
East Indian	90,620
Goan	345
Gujarati	295
Kashmiri	595
Nepali	1,900
Pakistani	18,495
Punjabi	8,570
Sinhalese	385
Sri Lankan	2,410
Tamil	445
South Asian origins	2,570
East and Southeast Asian origins	215,510
Burmese	755
Cambodian (Khmer)	2,100
Chinese	104,620
Filipino	75,020
Indonesian	1,580
Japanese	7,705
Karen	300
Korean	11,615
Laotian	935
Malaysian	1,355
Mongolian	1,090
Singaporean	205
Taiwanese	1,190
Thai	1,100
Tibetan	890
Vietnamese	21,010
East and Southeast Asian origins	325
Other Asian origins	1,635
Other Asian origins	1,635
Oceania origins	6,310
Australian	3,420
New Zealander	1,275
Pacific Islands origins	1,720
Fijian	1,175
Hawaiian	160
Maori	145
Polynesian	85
Samoan	65
Pacific Islands origins	135

Nativity by Place of Birth

Type	Total	Male	Female
Canadian citizens	1,220,070	612,475	607,590
Canadian citizens aged under 18	282,095	144,675	137,420
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over	937,975	467,800	470,170
Not Canadian citizens	154,585	74,575	80,010

Immigrant Status

Below is the Immigrant status and period of immigration for the population:

Type	Total	Male	Female
Non-immigrants	942,785	477,115	465,665
Immigrants	404,700	196,445	208,260
Before 1981	695,85	34,700	34,885
1981 to 1990	41,035	19,545	21,495
1991 to 2000	68,565	32,850	35,715
2001 to 2010	132,260	64,205	68,055
2001 to 2005	59,300	28,975	30,325
2006 to 2010	72,960	35,235	37,730
2011 to 2016	93,255	45,140	48,115
Non-permanent residents	27,170	13,490	13,680

Calgary Population by Nationality

Nationality	Total	Male	Female
Americas	44,350	21,140	23,205
Brazil	1,470	675	800
Colombia	5,805	2,755	3,050
El Salvador	2,450	1,240	1,215
Guyana	865	435	430
Haiti	525	280	250
Jamaica	3,085	1,405	1,680
Mexico	4,480	2,200	2,290
Peru	1,115	475	645
Trinidad and Tobago	1,470	720	750
United States	12,110	5,550	6,560
Other places of birth in Americas	10,965	5,415	5,550
Europe	81,045	40,575	40,470
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,065	1,060	1,010
Croatia	1,310	685	630
France	1,285	635	655
Germany	6,485	3,080	3,400
Greece	940	490	450
Hungary	1,965	970	990
Ireland	1,685	895	790
Italy	3,855	2,070	1,790
Netherlands	3,385	1,815	1,570
Poland	6,845	3,240	3,600
Portugal	1,165	535	635
Romania	4,515	2,260	2,255
Russian Federation	4,000	1,720	2,285
Serbia	1,120	575	550
Ukraine	2,965	1,365	1,600
United Kingdom	26,175	13,470	12,710
Other places of birth in Europe	11,270	5,715	5,560
Africa	40,865	20,905	19,960
Algeria	770	415	355
Egypt	2,930	1,565	1,365
Ethiopia	5,230	2,585	2,645
Kenya	2,735	1,330	1,405
Morocco	685	360	325
Nigeria	7,685	3,995	3,695
Somalia	1,340	630	710
South Africa; Republic of	3,015	1,570	1,440
Other places of birth in Africa	16,470	8,460	8,015
Asia	234,535	111,835	122,705
Afghanistan	3,285	1,765	1,520
Bangladesh	3,145	1,615	1,530
China	34,945	16,100	18,840
Hong Kong	11,115	5,390	5,720
India	46,945	23,575	23,375
Iran	5,800	3,000	2,795
Iraq	3,650	1,955	1,700
Japan	1,545	435	1,115
Korea; South	7,280	3,425	3,855
Lebanon	4,340	2,305	2,030
Pakistan	17,740	9,230	8,505
Philippines	53,450	23,270	30,180
Sri Lanka	2,010	1,030	980
Syria	2,195	1,145	1,045
Taiwan	2,235	950	1,290
Viet Nam	15,700	7,310	8,385
Other places of birth in Asia	19,160	9,325	9,840
Oceania and other places of birth	3,910	1,995	1,920

Recent immigrants by selected places of birth

National	Total	Male	Female
Americas	9,350	4,675	4,670
Brazil	535	245	285
Colombia	1,275	605	670
Cuba	125	60	70
Haiti	150	95	50
Jamaica	470	245	225
Mexico	1,970	1,035	935
United States	2,055	990	1,065
Venezuela	1,135	555	575
Other places of birth in Americas	1,640	855	785
Europe	9,565	4,900	4,660
France	265	155	115
Germany	460	215	245
Ireland	605	380	225
Moldova	450	250	195
Romania	605	310	295
Russian Federation	645	220	430
Ukraine	830	340	490
United Kingdom	2,880	1,635	1,240
Other places of birth in Europe	2,820	1,405	1,420
Africa	12,030	6,120	5,905
Algeria	155	75	85
Cameroon	570	285	280
Congo; Democratic Republic of the	215	100	120
CÃ´te d'Ivoire	135	85	55
Egypt	1,130	590	540
Eritrea	1,045	605	445
Ethiopia	1,590	735	855
Morocco	190	70	120
Nigeria	3,910	2,055	1,860
Somalia	240	90	150
South Africa; Republic of	520	295	230
Tunisia	75	35	35
Other places of birth in Africa	2,250	1,105	1,150
Asia	61,520	28,920	32,600
Afghanistan	490	270	220
Bangladesh	750	345	400
China	6,265	2,815	3,455
Hong Kong	420	190	225
India	13,050	6,625	6,425
Iran	2,245	1,130	1,115
Iraq	1,225	655	575
Israel	225	115	115
Japan	330	80	255
Korea; South	1,910	775	1,135
Lebanon	540	280	265
Nepal	1,120	590	530
Pakistan	4,400	2,150	2,255
Philippines	21,960	9,880	12,080
Saudi Arabia	350	175	180
Sri Lanka	335	155	180
Syria	1,385	700	685
Taiwan	325	110	215
Turkey	140	60	80
United Arab Emirates	440	230	215
Viet Nam	1,220	500	725
Other places of birth in Asia	2,395	1,105	1,290
Oceania and other	795	525	270
Australia	555	355	205
Other places of birth	240	170	65

Generation Status

Type	Total Population	Male	Female
First generation	441,415	215,050	226,365
Second generation	291,960	147,890	144,070
Third generation or more	641,275	324,110	317,165

Immigrants Type

Type	Total Population	Male	Female
Economic immigrants	192,870	97,195	95,670
Principal applicants	76,450	48,060	28,390
Secondary applicants	116,420	49,140	67,280
Immigrants sponsored by family	98,055	40,170	57,880
Refugees	48,125	26,390	21,735
Other immigrants	2,805	1,415	1,395

Calgary Population age wise

According to 2016 Census, The median age of Calgary population is 36.6 years and average age is 37.4 years. 18.8% are between below 15 years, 70.2% are between 15 and 64 years, 11% are 65 years and over, 1.4% are 85 years and over.

Age Group	Total	Male	Female
0 to 14 years	261,455	134,160	127,295
0 to 4 years	89,105	45,740	43,365
5 to 9 years	91,800	47,295	44,510
10 to 14 years	80,545	41,125	39,420
15 to 64 years	978,150	490,645	487,505
15 to 19 years	79,480	40,845	38,635
20 to 24 years	86,685	44,005	42,680
25 to 29 years	109,505	54,295	55,210
30 to 34 years	121,380	60,440	60,940
35 to 39 years	112,890	55,980	56,905
40 to 44 years	105,290	52,705	52,585
45 to 49 years	98,845	50,050	48,800
50 to 54 years	97,860	48,970	48,890
55 to 59 years	92,715	46,440	46,275
60 to 64 years	73,495	36,915	36,580
65 years and over	153,005	70,325	82,680
65 to 69 years	55,100	27,040	28,060
70 to 74 years	35,250	16,940	18,310
75 to 79 years	24,900	11,275	13,625
80 to 84 years	18,705	8,165	10,540
85 years and over	19,055	6,910	12,145
85 to 89 years	12,215	4,835	7,380
90 to 94 years	5,230	1,690	3,535
95 to 99 years	1,440	360	1,080
100 years and over	165	25	145

Marital status for the population aged 15 years and over are, 575,690 are married, 101,855 are living common law, 453,610 are not married and not living common law, 319,635 are never married, 24,765 are Separated, 68,000 are divorced and 41,205 are widowed. Average size of census families are 3, 329,420 are total couple families, 278,500 are married couples and 50,915 are common-law couples. 143,105 are couples without children, 186,315 couples with children, out of these 70,125 are 1 child, 81,655 are 2 children, 34,530 are 3 or more children.

Income of individuals in 2015, 174,305 people are earning $100,000 and over, out of these 119,220 are Male and 55,090 are Female.

Under $10,000	137,795	53,675	84,125
$10,000 to $19,999	130,050	51,980	78,065
$20,000 to $29,999	118,615	47,765	70,850
$30,000 to $39,999	102,090	45,305	56,780
$40,000 to $49,999	98,245	46,560	51,680
$50,000 to $59,999	85,120	42,580	42,540
$60,000 to $69,999	70,325	37,550	32,780
$70,000 to $79,999	56,815	32,105	24,710
$80,000 to $89,999	45,800	26,625	19,175
$90,000 to $99,999	38,945	22,460	16,485
$100,000 to $149,999	96,090	60,925	35,165
$150,000 and over	78,215	58,290	19,930