Photo: Annette Teng · CC BY 3.0Below 96% of Canadian towns: 7.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24
35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns, against 58% in Bighorn No. 8. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,857 residents; the 2021 Census found 640 households. Here, 23% of households are one person living alone. Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in 64% of Canadian towns: 16%.
What stands out about the people of Bighorn No. 8
Growing faster than most
Bighorn No. 8 went from 1,324 people in 2016 to 1,598 in 2021, +21%: faster growth than in 97% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bighorn No. 8 grew +21% from 2016 to 2021, ahead of 97% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Alberta’s towns +1%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 16%.
Children under 15: 18%, a higher share than 67% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The median age in Bighorn No. 8 is 43.6, higher than in 59% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. The largest age band is 40–44: 10% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 53% of Canadian towns: 2.4 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.
Set against 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 3.9% of households are one-parent families in Bighorn No. 8.
16% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 78% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
54% of residents 15 and over are married (Canada’s towns: 46%). The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Households in single-detached houses: 79%, a higher share than 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Locally, 17% of households rent their home.
Median gross household income: $104,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Bighorn No. 8’s, at $104,000, is 21% higher. The median across Alberta’s towns is $92,200. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 26% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 57% of Canadian towns
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 8.3% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (67%), then in the Americas (22%). On immigrants, Bighorn No. 8 sits lower than 60% of Canadian towns: 12%.
Indigenous residents: 5.2%, a higher share than 71% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 2.3% in Bighorn No. 8. Across Canada’s towns, the share of Indigenous residents is 2.8%.
In Bighorn No. 8, 5.7% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 72% of Canadian towns
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: English 95%, French 3.1%. Elsewhere, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns. On bilingual residents, Bighorn No. 8 sits higher than 71% of Canadian towns: 16%.
Bighorn No. 8 ranks above 54% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 29%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 4.4%, beside a typical 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 65% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
65% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
No nearby town is as old as Bighorn No. 8
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. Distances here run 12–50 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Bighorn No. 8.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Bighorn No. 8’s residents
What is the population of Bighorn No. 8?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,857 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,598 in Bighorn No. 8, 21% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Bighorn No. 8?
43.6 is the median age. Under 15: 18%. 65 and over: 16%.
Is Bighorn No. 8 bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 16% are. Another 0.3% speak only French and 83% only English, and French is the first language of 5.7%.
How diverse is Bighorn No. 8?
Immigrants make up 12% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 2.3% are members of a visible minority, and 5.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Bighorn No. 8?
Christian: 42%. No religion: 58%. Another religion: 0.9%.
Is Bighorn No. 8 good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 18%. 66% of households are couple families and 3.9% one-parent families. Schools near Bighorn No. 8 are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bighorn No. 8?
$104,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Bighorn No. 8 (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).