Photo: Darren Kirby from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Renter households: 9.6%, a lower share than 90% of Canadian towns
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 7.3% in Beaver County and 11% across Canada’s towns. For Beaver County, the census puts Indigenous residents at 5.8%. This Alberta town has fewer residents without Canadian citizenship than 83% of Canadian towns, at 1.4%. There are about as many residents as in 2016.
Since 2016, Beaver County has changed by −1%, slower than 82% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Alberta’s towns, by more than +1%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 6%.
Above 73% of Canadian towns: 18% of residents are under 15
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
In Beaver County, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. No age band is larger than 60–64: nearly one in ten residents. The median age here is 43.6, higher than in 59% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Beaver County, 43.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women.
In Beaver County, 23% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 66% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Where nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, Beaver County has 4.8%. Elsewhere, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. The average household has 2.5 people.
Married residents 15 and over make up 59% in Beaver County, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: just over a fifth of adults (typical: 27%). Nearly one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 65% of Canadian towns.
Households in single-detached houses: 90%, a higher share than 89% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
31% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 19% built before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, households in single-detached houses come to 64%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Median household income here: $94,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Beaver County’s households had a total income above $94,000, 9% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Alberta’s towns, the typical figure is $92,200. COVID-19 benefits went to 21% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
5.7% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Beaver County has 5.7%. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (63%), then in the Americas (23%).
43% of residents said they have no religion, a share 74% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
1.8% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 87%, and 2.7% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Beaver County has 2.7%. Lower than in two thirds of Canadian towns: 1.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 91% of Canadian towns: 12%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 11%, beside a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
58% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 58%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 16th of 41 towns of 6,129 to 6,361 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The Orchards At Ellerslie is the youngest of them at 31.3; Peachland, at 60, the oldest. The closest ages to Beaver County’s belong to Hautes-Plaines (42.4), South Walkerville (43.2), Fatima (43.8) and Nouveau Greenfield Park (43.9).
Older than Beaver County: 1 of the 4 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. The nearest places to Beaver County with figures are 11–44 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver County | 6,245 | — | 43.6 | 19% | 5.7% |
| Tofield | 2,122 | 10.9 km | 42.4 | 24% | 6.4% |
| Camrose | 20,800 | 33.7 km | 43.2 | 24% | 10% |
| Camrose County | 8,951 | 37.7 km | 43.6 | 19% | 4.4% |
| Vegreville | 6,153 | 43.6 km | 45.2 | 24% | 11% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Alberta’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Beaver County’s residents
What is the average age in Beaver County?
Half the residents are older than 43.6 and half younger, older than 59% of Canadian towns; 18% are children under 15 and 19% are 65 or over.
Is Beaver County bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 2.7% are. Another 0% speak only French and 97% only English, and French is the first language of 1.1%.
How diverse is Beaver County?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 5.7%. A visible minority makes up 1.8% and Indigenous residents 5.8%.
What religion are people in Beaver County?
Most often Christian (56%) or no religion (43%); other religions make up 1.2%.
Is Beaver County good for families?
Children under 15 are 18% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 65% of households and one-parent families 4.8%. Schools near Beaver County are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Beaver County?
Median total household income in Beaver County was $94,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Beaver County?
The latest figure is an estimate: 6,245 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Beaver County counted 5,868, about the same as 2016.
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).