Photo: Glenlarson~commonswiki · Public domainBowden sits above 97% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (62%)
The figure for one-person households is 36% in Bowden and 27% across Canada’s towns. The town is home to some 1,315 people (July 2025 estimate), in 585 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 4.3% of residents are immigrants locally. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Bowden
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
11% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 88% of Canadian towns; 2.7% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Slower growth than 55% of Canadian towns: Bowden changed by +3% since 2016
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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%.
Above 63% of Canadian towns: 17% of residents are under 15
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The largest age band is 60–64: nearly one in ten residents. Half of Bowden’s residents are over 42.4, older than in 52% of Canadian towns. Against that, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over make up 19%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 74% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The census found that 8.5% of households are one-parent families in Bowden.
Bowden ranks below 63% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 42%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners in Bowden comes in at 12%. As a yardstick, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
62% of households live in a single-detached house, below 53% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 17% date from 2001 or later, 9.5% from before 1961. To put it in context, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 26% of households rent their home, against 25% across Canada’s towns.
The median household brings in $69,500 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Bowden had $69,500 before tax, 19% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Alberta’s towns has $92,200 before tax. Pandemic benefits reached 28% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
4.3% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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 Europe (33%) or in Asia (25%). Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are scarce here: 1.6%, fewer than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns. On residents who moved in within the year, 11% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Bowden: 11% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 88% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents make up 3.5%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
93% have English as their mother tongue; 2.3% also speak French
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 2.3% of residents speak English and French here. For Bowden, the census puts residents whose mother tongue is French at 1.2%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 11%, a lower share than 94% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 21% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 49% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 49%; 19% of residents are 65 or over.
No nearby town is as young as Bowden
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Two medians frame each figure: one for Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
Questions about Bowden’s residents
What religion are people in Bowden?
Christian: 38%. No religion: 62%. Another religion: 0.8%.
Is Bowden good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 44% of households are couple families and 8.5% one-parent families. Schools near Bowden are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bowden?
$69,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Bowden (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Bowden?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,315 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,280 in Bowden, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Bowden?
42.4 is the median age. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 19%.
Is Bowden bilingual?
2.3% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 98% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.2%.
How diverse is Bowden?
Immigrants make up 4.3% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 3.5% are members of a visible minority, and 11% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).