Younger than 99% of Canadian towns: half of Barnwell is under 25
12% of households are one person living alone; across Canada’s towns the figure is 27%. Barnwell had about 1,073 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 260 households at the 2021 Census. The share of residents with no religion stands at 9.7%. More residents aged 15 to 24 than in 94% of Canadian towns: 15%.
What stands out about the people of Barnwell
Younger than most towns
Line Barnwell’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 25; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 35% are under 15 and 8.7% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A town people move to
A year before the census, 19% of residents lived elsewhere, 1.7 times the typical share; over five years, 41% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Barnwell changed by +3% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 55% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Alberta’s towns, +1%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 10%.
Barnwell: 35% of residents are under 15, above 99% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Nearly one in ten residents are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
3.8 people per household, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Set against 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 3.8% of households are one-parent families in Barnwell.
Below 99% of Canadian towns: 1.6% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over two thirds of residents 15 and over are married (Canada’s towns: 46%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 89% of Canadian towns: 90%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Across Canada’s towns, 25% of households rent their home; in Barnwell, 16%. As a reference point, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Just over a third of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 14% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $93,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Barnwell’s, at $93,000, is 8% higher. The provincial yardstick is $92,200, the median across Alberta’s towns. In 2020, 17% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Barnwell sits above 91% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (19%)
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in the Americas (95%) or in Europe (4.9%). The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. 15% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
90% said they are Christian and 9.7% that they have no religion
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Compared with 2.8% across Canada’s towns, 1% of residents have an Indigenous identity here. The census found that 2% of residents belong to a visible minority in Barnwell.
59% have English as their mother tongue; 1.5% also speak French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
20% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2.1% speak neither official language. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Add to that, with residents whose mother tongue is French at 0.5%, Barnwell is behind 92% of Canadian towns on that count.
Below 86% of Canadian towns: 14% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 47% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
55% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 55%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 8.7% of residents are 65 or over.
Every neighbour of Barnwell has an older population
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Barnwell’s residents
Is Barnwell good for families?
35% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 77% of households and one-parent families 3.8%. Schools near Barnwell are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Barnwell?
Half of Barnwell’s households had more than $93,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Barnwell?
About 1,073, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 978 people in Barnwell, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Barnwell?
The median age is 25. 35% are under 15 and 8.7% 65 or older.
Is Barnwell bilingual?
1.5% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 97% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.5%.
How diverse is Barnwell?
Immigrants: 21% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2%. Indigenous identity: 1%.
What religion are people in Barnwell?
9.7% said they have no religion and 90% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).