Immigrant population
45.7%Consider culturally relevant research, multilingual media where appropriate, and creative tested with the communities being addressed.
Alberta postal region
See what distinguishes this audience, how it compares with other markets, and which local characteristics can shape campaign decisions in Calgary.
Market profile
Size the opportunity, understand its household composition, and identify the local patterns that make T1Y different from the typical Canadian postal region.
T1Y market summary
T1Y represents 52,860 residents and 17,210 households in Calgary. Its average household contains 3.1 people, creating a local market that can be evaluated by both total reach and household composition.
The clearest difference from the Canadian postal-region benchmark is immigrant population: 45.7%, or 22.8 percentage points above the benchmark. Average household size is 3.1 people, 27.6% above the benchmark.
For campaign planning, these patterns give T1Y a clear audience profile. They provide concrete criteria for deciding whether the region fits an offer, which audience characteristics should shape creative, and how it should be compared with other parts of Calgary.
Audience matching
Use the available income, household, age, family, ownership, and education measures to build a repeatable audience-matching rule around T1Y.
Match This AudienceDistinctive market signals
These four characteristics show the largest available differences between T1Y and the Canadian postal-region benchmark.
Consider culturally relevant research, multilingual media where appropriate, and creative tested with the communities being addressed.
Consider family packs, multi-person services, household bundles, and creative that speaks to shared decisions.
Commuter occasions, workplace-adjacent placements, and time-of-day planning may play a larger role.
Give household decision-making, shared-use products, and multi-person value greater emphasis.
Detailed comparison
Use the difference column to identify which measures are most useful for creative, offer, channel, and geographic targeting decisions.
| Measure | T1Y | Canada FSA benchmark | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $85,000 | $85,788 | 0.9% below |
| Average household size | 3.1 people | 2.4 people | 27.6% above |
| Owner households | 72.6% | 66.5% | 6.1 percentage points above |
| One-person households | 18.5% | 29.4% | 10.9 percentage points below |
| Families with children | 40.8% | 34.0% | 6.8 percentage points above |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 17.3% | 26.5% | 9.2 percentage points below |
| Immigrant population | 45.7% | 22.9% | 22.8 percentage points above |
| Worked from home | 12.0% | 23.8% | 11.8 percentage points below |
Local market context
AudienceScout connects 344 local facility records with T1Y. Recreation is the largest represented category with 310 records, adding another signal for local media, partnership, service-area, and campaign planning.
Platform audience potential
Facebook has the largest modeled audience among the displayed channels at 33,382 people. Compare that opportunity with the other estimates before setting the regional channel mix and budget.
Practical campaign implications
Use these as evidence-based starting hypotheses, then validate them against campaign performance and your own customer results.
Consider culturally relevant research, multilingual media where appropriate, and creative tested with the communities being addressed.
Consider family packs, multi-person services, household bundles, and creative that speaks to shared decisions.
Commuter occasions, workplace-adjacent placements, and time-of-day planning may play a larger role.
Related market context
These regions share the Calgary postal community and are ordered by population similarity to T1Y.
T1Y audience questions
T1Y represents 52,860 residents and 17,210 households in Calgary. The average household size is 3.1 people.
Immigrant population is 45.7%, 22.8 percentage points above the Canadian postal-region benchmark; Average household size is 3.1 people, 27.6% above the Canadian postal-region benchmark; Worked from home is 12.0%, 11.8 percentage points below the Canadian postal-region benchmark.
T3A is one useful Calgary postal-region comparison because its population is similar to T1Y. It has 29.4% higher median income · 3.4 years older on average.
Use the available income, household, age, family, ownership, and education measures to build a repeatable audience-matching rule around T1Y.
Import postal codes to measure customer concentration in T1Y, compare the count with the region's population and households, and use its strongest demographic characteristics to decide whether similar regions belong in the campaign.