Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0A median age of 50: Bassano is older than 85% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, just over a third of residents said they have no religion; in Bassano, 47%. At 34%, the share of one-person households is higher than in just over three quarters of Canadian towns. About 1,381 people lived locally in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. On the census count, 14% of residents are under 15.
What stands out about the people of Bassano
Older than most towns
Half of Bassano’s residents are under 50 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
+1% since 2016, a pace below 72% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 14% higher again.
In Bassano, 26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 84% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 74% of Canadian towns: 2.2 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 6.5% here and 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners make up 10% in Bassano, less than in 56% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: nearly a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%. 46% of residents 15 and over are married. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Bassano: 79% of households live in a single-detached house, above 71% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
23% of homes were built before 1961 and 10% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. At 25%, renter households sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
$64,000 a year: where the middle household sits
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Bassano’s, at $64,000, is 26% lower. The provincial yardstick is $92,200, the median across Alberta’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 24% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 57% of Canadian towns, at 10%
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Recent arrivals are 16% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 1.7% of the total. Lower than in 69% of Canadian towns: 8.2% of residents are immigrants. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%.
Bassano sits above 80% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (7.3%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
4.3% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). Measured more widely, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
88% have English as their mother tongue; 2.1% also speak French
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 5% mostly speak another language; 0.4% speak neither English nor French. Bassano has fewer bilingual residents than 97% of Canadian towns, at 2.1%. On residents whose mother tongue is French, 1.2% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
9.2% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 97% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
16% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
52% of residents 15 and over were in work
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 52%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 26% are 65 or over.
The towns around Bassano are all younger
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. The nearest places to Bassano with figures are 40–47 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassano | 1,381 | — | 50 | 26% | 8.2% |
| Duchess | 1,045 | 39.6 km | 36.4 | 11% | 7.6% |
| Newell County | 7,846 | 42.9 km | 39.2 | 16% | 11% |
| Siksika 146 | 3,645 | 43.9 km | 28 | 8.8% | 0% |
| Brooks | 17,537 | 47.4 km | 36 | 11% | 37% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Alberta’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
Questions about Bassano’s residents
How diverse is Bassano?
8.2% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 4.3% belong to a visible minority and 7.3% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Bassano?
52% are Christian and 47% have no religion; 0.8% follow another religion.
Is Bassano good for families?
Under 15: 14% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 51% of households. One-parent families: 6.5%. Schools near Bassano are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bassano?
The median household in Bassano took in $64,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Bassano?
Bassano had about 1,381 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,216, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Bassano?
A median age of 50. Children under 15 make up 14%, and people 65 and over 26%.
Is Bassano bilingual?
English and French: 2.1% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 98%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.2%.
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).