A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 94% of Canadian towns: 9.1%
27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, against 14% in Chaparral. There were 4,135 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 12,522 people. Here, 8.8% of households rent their home. With a median age of 38.5, Chaparral is younger than 73% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Chaparral
A neighbourhood of families
Children under 15 are 21% of residents, more than in 88% of Canadian towns. Households average 3 people, and 8.3% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of Canadian towns: 16%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
21% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%). No age band is larger than 45–49: one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Chaparral, 38.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
3 people per household, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Chaparral, 8.3% of households are one-parent families.
In Chaparral, 6.6% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 82% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 27% of adults, beside a typical 27%. At 57%, the share of married residents 15 and over is higher than in 87% of Canadian towns. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Households in single-detached houses: 79%, a higher share than 72% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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. Against that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Median household income here: $139,700 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Chaparral’s median household took in $139,700 before tax, 62% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Alberta’s towns is $92,200. COVID-19 benefits went to 29% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Chaparral ranks below 72% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 9%
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (42%), then in Europe (33%). To put it in context, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. 21% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%).
40% of residents said they have no religion, a share 64% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (3.9%). Elsewhere, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Compared with 15% across Canada’s towns, a fifth of residents belong to a visible minority here.
81% have English as their mother tongue; 6.1% also speak French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 89%, French 0.4%. On bilingual residents, Chaparral sits lower than 62% of Canadian towns: 6.1%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 1.2%.
39% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 70% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 3.2% (typical 9.5%). Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 64% 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. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 64%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 12th youngest of 41 towns of 12,258 to 12,799 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The youngest is Blackfalds (31.8) and the oldest Elliot Lake (60.4). By median age, Chaparral sits among DT Hospital (38), Royal Oak (38.3), Yonge-Eglinton (38.6) and Carignan (38.8).
Older than Chaparral: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- 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. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- 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.
Questions about Chaparral’s residents
What is the average age in Chaparral?
A median age of 38.5, younger than 73% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 21%, and people 65 and over 9.1%.
Is Chaparral bilingual?
English and French: 6.1% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 93%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.2%.
How diverse is Chaparral?
21% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 20% belong to a visible minority and 3.4% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Chaparral?
54% are Christian and 40% have no religion; 6.8% follow another religion.
Is Chaparral good for families?
Under 15: 21% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 70% of households. One-parent families: 8.3%. Schools near Chaparral are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Chaparral?
The median household in Chaparral took in $139,700 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Chaparral?
Chaparral had 12,522 residents at the 2021 Census.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).