Photo: Qyd · CC BY-SA 3.0Only 11% of households rent their home in Brazeau County
Against a figure of 35% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Brazeau County comes in at 53%. 16% of residents are 65 or over, a lower share than in 67% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 7,685 for July 2025. For Brazeau County, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 8.7%.
What stands out about the people of Brazeau County
Fewer people than before
Brazeau County went from 7,771 people in 2016 to 7,179 in 2021, −8%: slower growth than in 99% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
From 2016 to 2021, 99% of Canadian towns grew faster than Brazeau County: −8%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 7%. The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Alberta’s towns +1%.
Children under 15 make up 19% in Brazeau County, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The median age in Brazeau County is 43.6, higher than in nearly three fifths of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. No age band is larger than 60–64: 9.2% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Brazeau County, 43.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women.
Below 72% of Canadian towns: 21% of households are one person living alone
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Brazeau County the average household is 2.5 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. 6.3% of households are one-parent families, fewer than in 80% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for one-person households across Canada’s towns: 27%.
Married residents 15 and over: 55%, a higher share than 79% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
A fifth of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Census figures put common-law partners at 13% in Brazeau County. The wider picture: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Brazeau County ranks above 68% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 77%
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 39% date from 2001 or later, 8.7% from before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%. 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
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
Half of Brazeau County’s households had a total income above $93,000, 8% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Alberta’s towns, the household in the middle had $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 28% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
4.8% of residents are immigrants
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants is 17%; Brazeau County has 4.8%. Residents without Canadian citizenship account for 1.5%.
8.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 85% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
2.7% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). Elsewhere, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
96% have English as their mother tongue; 1.8% 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
Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 0.9%. At home: English 99%, French 0.1%. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns.
Below 99% of Canadian towns: 7% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 16% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
Employment: 60% of residents 15 and over had a job
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
60% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Youngest by rank: 17th of 41 towns of 7,536 to 7,841 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages here range from 28.6 in La Broquerie to 58.8 in Minden Hills. Next to Brazeau County on this scale come Blackburn Hamlet (43.1), Playter Estates-Danforth (43.5), Valley Ridge (43.8) and Westlock County (44).
Brazeau County and its 5 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Brazeau County has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 2–75 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazeau County | 7,685 | — | 43.6 | 16% | 4.8% |
| Drayton Valley | 8,047 | 2.0 km | 37.6 | 15% | 8.1% |
| Wabamun 133A | 1,005 | 48.5 km | 23.6 | 5.1% | 0% |
| Parkland County | 34,286 | 66.9 km | 45.2 | 18% | 7.5% |
| Stony Plain | 19,662 | 72.6 km | 40.8 | 20% | 7.9% |
| Lac Ste. Anne County | 12,639 | 74.5 km | 46.8 | 20% | 5.2% |
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. “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. 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 Brazeau County’s residents
What is the population of Brazeau County?
About 7,685, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 7,179 people in Brazeau County, 8% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Brazeau County?
The median age is 43.6, older than 59% of Canadian towns. 19% are under 15 and 16% 65 or older.
Is Brazeau County bilingual?
1.8% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 98% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.9%.
How diverse is Brazeau County?
Immigrants: 4.8% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.7%. Indigenous identity: 8.9%.
What religion are people in Brazeau County?
53% said they have no religion and 45% that they are Christian; 1.5% named another faith.
Is Brazeau County good for families?
19% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 65% of households and one-parent families 6.3%. Schools near Brazeau County are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Brazeau County?
Half of Brazeau County’s households had more than $93,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $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).