Photo: WinterE229 (WinterforceMedia) · CC0In Bruderheim, 56% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Where 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns, Bruderheim has 15%. With about 1,439 residents in July 2025, Bruderheim counted 515 households at the 2021 Census. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 14%. The median age locally is 37.6, lower than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Bruderheim
A town of families
Children under 15 are 21% of residents, more than in 90% of Canadian towns. Households average 2.6 people, and 7.8% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bruderheim changed by +1% from 2016 to 2021, behind 74% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 8% higher again.
Bruderheim ranks above 90% of Canadian towns on children under 15: 21%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
30–34 is the most common age band: 8.3% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 68% of Canadian towns: 9.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women.
In Bruderheim, 21% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 72% of Canadian towns
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.
A household here has 2.6 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. Measured more widely, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Census figures put one-parent families at 7.8% in Bruderheim.
Bruderheim: 15% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 76% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
25% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. On the census count, 48% of residents 15 and over are married. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
In Bruderheim, 89% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 87% 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
9.7% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Newer homes outnumber old: 19% date from 2001 or later, 11% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $98,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $98,000, the middle household in Bruderheim out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 14%. The figure for Alberta’s towns: $92,200. In 2020, 30% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Bruderheim sits below 71% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (9.1%)
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
The share of immigrants is 1.9%, against 17% across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. On average, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Bruderheim ranks above 76% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 6.4%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. On average, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 92%, and 4.5% speak French as well
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
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Bruderheim, 4.5%. Residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.5% of the total.
Bruderheim ranks below 99% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 4.1%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 10%, against 9.5%. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
57% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 57% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Bruderheim and its 5 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. The nearest places to Bruderheim with figures are 11–26 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruderheim | 1,439 | — | 37.6 | 14% | 1.9% |
| Lamont | 1,856 | 11.1 km | 49.6 | 31% | 6.7% |
| Redwater | 2,301 | 20.6 km | 42.4 | 20% | 4.1% |
| Fort Saskatchewan | 30,575 | 23.6 km | 36 | 13% | 9.7% |
| Gibbons | 3,352 | 26.0 km | 37.6 | 13% | 3% |
| Lamont County | 3,918 | 26.0 km | 47.6 | 23% | 4.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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.
Questions about Bruderheim’s residents
How diverse is Bruderheim?
Immigrants: 1.9% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 6.4%.
What religion are people in Bruderheim?
56% said they have no religion and 43% that they are Christian; 1.1% named another faith.
Is Bruderheim good for families?
21% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 57% of households and one-parent families 7.8%. Schools near Bruderheim are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bruderheim?
Half of Bruderheim’s households had more than $98,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Bruderheim?
About 1,439, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,329 people in Bruderheim, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Bruderheim?
The median age is 37.6. 21% are under 15 and 14% 65 or older.
Is Bruderheim bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 4.5% are. Another 0% speak only French and 96% only English, and French is the first language of 1.5%.
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).