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Living in Kirkland

Kirkland is one of the cities recorded in Canada. Kirkland had a population of 19,871 at the end of 2022. Kirkland had an unemployment rate of 8.01% at the end of 2021. A foreign population count of 6,205 was recorded at the end of 2021.

Which Canada-wide rules apply when you move to Kirkland?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in CanadaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Kirkland.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

At the end of 2021, 14.5% of renter households spent at least 30% of income on housing.

No city-level rent or cost figure is published for Kirkland yet. We do not infer one from another place.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Households spending over 30% of income on rent14.5 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada8Official
Dwellings6,790 dwellings31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada6Official
G05 Main Residential Dwellings6,666 dwellings31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada9Official

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Kirkland?

The unemployment rate is about 8 % (2021).

  • Unemployment rate: 8.01 % · Statistics Canada10
Unemployment across cities in CanadaUnemployment in Kirkland is 8.0%. Of 485 cities with data, 119 have unemployment of 6 to under 8%.
unemployment rate, % · measured cities in Canada per band1 city: 0% to under 2%10–210 cities: 2% to under 4%102–497 cities: 4% to under 6%974–6119 cities: 6% to under 8%1196–8103 cities: 8% to under 10%1038–10Kirkland 8.0%75 cities: 10% to under 12%7510–1251 cities: 12% to under 14%5112–1418 cities: 14% to under 16%1814–168 cities: 16% to under 18%816–181 city: 18% to under 20%118–202 cities: 20% to under 22%220–22

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Employment rate57.9 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada9Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,629 EUR/month31 Dec 2020www150.statcan.gc.ca13Official
Unemployment rate8.01 %country median 8.3%31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada10Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Kirkland. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Job Bank and public employment services — Public employment service

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Kirkland. Sources checked through 12 Aug 2026.

Mobility and administration

Kirkland's nearest airport was YUL, 10 km away and offered 93 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Airport Direct Destinations Count93 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights3Official
Nearest Major Airport Distance Km10 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports4Official
Nearest Major Airport IataYUL3 Aug 2026OurAirports4Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Kirkland. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

IRCC newcomer language-learning services finder — State Language Course

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Kirkland.

Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Kirkland?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.1 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

  • PM2.5 — annual mean: 6.14 µg/m³ · data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca1
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits
Kirkland annual air pollutant levels against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limitsCity valueWHO guidelineEU limit5256.1PM2.5µg/m³

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in CanadaAnnual PM2.5 in Kirkland is 6.1 µg/m³. Of 92 cities with data, 33 have annual PM2.5 of 3 to under 4 µg/m³.
annual PM2.5, µg/m³ · measured cities in Canada per band2 cities: 1 µg/m³ to under 2 µg/m³21–216 cities: 2 µg/m³ to under 3 µg/m³162–333 cities: 3 µg/m³ to under 4 µg/m³333–413 cities: 4 µg/m³ to under 5 µg/m³134–512 cities: 5 µg/m³ to under 6 µg/m³125–61 city: 6 µg/m³ to under 7 µg/m³16–7Kirkland 6.11 city: 7 µg/m³ to under 8 µg/m³17–81 city: 8 µg/m³ to under 9 µg/m³18–92 cities: 9 µg/m³ to under 10 µg/m³29–102 cities: 10 µg/m³ to under 11 µg/m³210–111 city: 13 µg/m³ to under 14 µg/m³113–142 cities: 15 µg/m³ to under 16 µg/m³215–163 cities: 16 µg/m³ to under 17 µg/m³316–171 city: 17 µg/m³ to under 18 µg/m³117–181 city: 20 µg/m³ to under 21 µg/m³120–211 city: 40 µg/m³ to under 41 µg/m³140–41

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean6.14 µg/m³31 Dec 2024data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca1Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Climate Monthly Extreme High CJan 7.79 · Feb 11.35 · Mar 22.78 · Apr 26.02 · May 30.99 · Jun 32.77 · Jul 36.61 · Aug 34.73 · Sep 34.17 · Oct 26.37 · Nov 20.63 · Dec 17.12 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center2Official · coordinate grid
Climate Monthly Extreme Low CJan -41.45 · Feb -35.98 · Mar -32.83 · Apr -11.88 · May -2.87 · Jun 3.11 · Jul 8.64 · Aug 7.66 · Sep 0.72 · Oct -4.58 · Nov -20.9 · Dec -34.8 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center2Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by monthJan -11.25 · Feb -9.59 · Mar -3.32 · Apr 5.4 · May 13.16 · Jun 18.53 · Jul 21.72 · Aug 21.09 · Sep 16.85 · Oct 8.81 · Nov 1.43 · Dec -6.62 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center2Official · coordinate grid

Cities of a similar size in Canada

Closest published populations, for a like-for-like comparison.

All Canada cities
Camrose19,847 residentsWestmount19,902 residentsBible Hill19,806 residentsBeaconsfield19,759 residentsDorval19,996 residentsSturgeon County20,061 residents

Population and city profile

The city covered 9.7 km² at the end of 2021. The city had 6,670 households at the end of 2021. Kirkland's median age was 46.4 years at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Kirkland?

The published population was 19,871 people in 2022. Source: Statistics Canada7

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population
Kirkland residents by nationalityBy nationalityNational passport68.8%Foreign residents31.2%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Area9.65 km²31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada9Official
City area9.65 km²31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada11Official
Foreign-resident share32.26 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada5Official
Foreign residents6,205 people31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada5Official
Population density2,012 people/km²31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada11Official
Population19,871 people31 Dec 2022Statistics Canada7Official
Population over time22 published observations, 2001–2022
Population in Kirkland by year, residents19,25720,01320,76821,5242001200520092015202219,871residents

Population fell 4.3% between 2001 and 2022, from 20,766 to 19,871.

International community in Kirkland

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published groupPeopleShare
Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data6,205100.0%
Asia2,96547.8%
Europe1,73528.0%
China1,34521.7%
Africa80513.0%
Americas68011.0%
Egypt4156.7%
Italy4006.4%
Iran3555.7%
India3505.6%
Lebanon2153.5%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Other places of birth in Europe2103.4%
Other places of birth in Asia2103.4%
United Kingdom1903.1%
Romania1853.0%
Other places of birth in Americas1702.7%
Other places of birth in Africa1602.6%
United States of America1402.3%
France1252.0%
Poland1201.9%
Russian Federation1001.6%
Algeria1001.6%
Germany951.5%
Morocco951.5%
Philippines851.4%
Greece751.2%
Mexico651.0%
Trinidad and Tobago651.0%
Portugal651.0%
Ukraine651.0%
Iraq651.0%
Hong Kong651.0%
Guyana550.9%
Haiti550.9%
Jamaica550.9%
Korea, South500.8%
Pakistan450.7%
Croatia400.6%
Syria400.6%
Sri Lanka400.6%
Viet Nam350.6%
Peru250.4%
Netherlands250.4%
Turkey250.4%
Oceania and other places of birth250.4%
Brazil200.3%
Colombia200.3%
Hungary200.3%
Serbia150.2%
Nigeria150.2%
Taiwan150.2%
El Salvador100.2%
Bangladesh100.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source8

Citizenship

Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published groupPeopleShare
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data19,240100.0%
Canadian citizens17,35590.2%
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over14,01572.8%
Canadian citizens aged under 183,34517.4%
Not Canadian citizens1,8859.8%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source8

Language spoken at home

Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data · 2021 Census

Published groupPeopleShare
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data19,385100.0%
Single responses17,76591.6%
Official languages14,16573.1%
English11,53559.5%
Non-official languages3,59518.5%
Non-Indigenous languages3,59018.5%
French2,63013.6%
Sino-Tibetan languages1,6408.5%
Chinese languages1,6408.5%
Multiple responses1,6208.4%
Mandarin1,4757.6%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Indo-European languages1,3907.2%
English and non-official language(s)7303.8%
English and French5702.9%
Indo-Iranian languages5702.9%
Italic (Romance) languages4902.5%
Iranian languages3151.6%
Persian languages3151.6%
Afro-Asiatic languages3001.5%
Semitic languages2951.5%
Iranian Persian2951.5%
Arabic2901.5%
Indo-Aryan languages2551.3%
Balto-Slavic languages2451.3%
Slavic languages2401.2%
Spanish2251.2%
English, French and non-official language(s)2151.1%
Yue (Cantonese)1550.8%
Italian1250.6%
Punjabi (Panjabi)1150.6%
Russian1100.6%
Romanian1100.6%
French and non-official language(s)1050.5%
Urdu600.3%
Korean500.3%
Austro-Asiatic languages450.2%
Polish450.2%
Greek450.2%
Vietnamese400.2%
Dravidian languages400.2%
Gujarati400.2%
Austronesian languages350.2%
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)350.2%
Creole languages350.2%
Hindi350.2%
Morisyen300.2%
Serbo-Croatian300.2%
Portuguese300.2%
Tamil250.1%
Armenian200.1%
Bulgarian200.1%
Croatian200.1%
Germanic languages200.1%
Ukrainian150.1%
Persian (Farsi), n.o.s.150.1%
Sign languages100.1%
American Sign Language100.1%
Uralic languages100.1%
Multiple non-official languages100.1%
Indigenous languages100.1%
Malayalam100.1%
Serbian100.1%
High German languages100.1%
German100.1%
Dari100.1%
Wu (Shanghainese)50.0%
Turkic languages50.0%
Turkish50.0%
Hungarian50.0%
Algonquian languages50.0%
Cree-Innu languages50.0%
Cree languages50.0%
Coptic50.0%
Hebrew50.0%
Haitian Creole50.0%
Kannada50.0%
Czech50.0%
Bosnian50.0%
Slovak50.0%
Slovene (Slovenian)50.0%
Low Saxon-Low Franconian languages50.0%
Dutch50.0%
Bengali50.0%
Japanese50.0%
Niger-Congo languages50.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source8

Is Kirkland a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker53%strong on work, weak on safety · range 43–63%
Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on safety · range 49–67%
Student59%strong on cost, weak on safety · range 48–70%
Family51%strong on housing, weak on safety · range 40–62%
Retirement57%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 44–70%
Foreign residents6,205 people31 Dec 2021Official source · Statistics Canada
Population19,871 people31 Dec 2022Official source · Statistics Canada
Households spending over 30% of income on rent14.5 %31 Dec 2021Official source · Statistics Canada
Dwellings6,790 dwellings31 Dec 2021Official source · Statistics Canada
Employment rate57.9 %31 Dec 2021Official source · Statistics Canada
Median gross salary (regional)2,629 EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · www150.statcan.gc.ca
Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-08-27

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents born abroad32.3 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada8Official
Households6,670 households31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada9Official
Labour force participation rate62.9 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada9Official
Median age46.4 years31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada12Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Kirkland when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Kirkland?

The published population was 19,871 people in 2022. Source: Statistics Canada.

Is the air quality good in Kirkland?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.1 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca.

What is the unemployment rate in Kirkland?

The unemployment rate is about 8 % (2021). Source: Statistics Canada.

What is the typical salary around Kirkland?

The median gross salary is 2,629 EUR/month. Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

How many foreign residents live in Kirkland?

6,205 people residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Statistics Canada.

Is Kirkland a good place to live?

Kirkland may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

How many people born in Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data live in Kirkland?

The official country of birth distribution records 6,205 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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