Above 85% of Canadian towns: 49% of residents said they have no religion
Set against 8.2% across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten households are one-parent families in Deer Ridge. The 2021 Census counted 4,454 residents in 1,750 households. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 9% here. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Deer Ridge is older than 53% of Canadian towns: a median age of 42.6
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 35–39, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across Deer Ridge, 17% of residents are under 15. Among Alberta’s towns, Country Hills Village has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 36%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Deer Ridge, 42.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women.
Deer Ridge sits below 54% of Canadian towns for one-person households (26%)
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Each household has 2.4 people on average. One-person households: 27% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Deer Ridge sits below 62% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (43%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 27% of adults (typical: 27%). The wider picture: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners stands at 11%.
Households in single-detached houses: 58%, a lower share than 58% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
Older homes outnumber new: 1.1% predate 1961, 0.6% date from 2001 or later. The benchmark for households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns: 64%. 27% of households rent their home, against 25% across Canada’s towns.
Households here have a median income of $92,200 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
Household incomes run high in Deer Ridge: half had more than $92,200, 7% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Alberta’s towns: $92,200. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 32% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Deer Ridge: 20% of residents are immigrants, above 55% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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 nearly a quarter of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (47%) and in Asia (37%).
Indigenous residents: 4.1%, a higher share than 63% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (2%). As a yardstick, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. Little separates the share of visible minority residents here, 15%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 80%, and 6.2% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 89%, French 0.1%. Deer Ridge has fewer bilingual residents than 61% of Canadian towns, at 6.2%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 1.4%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 58% of Canadian towns: 23%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 9.5%, beside a typical 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 59% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 59%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 16th of 41 towns of 4,372 to 4,540 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Between Glenridding Heights (31.9) and Highlands East (58.8) lies the rest of the group. In age, Deer Ridge keeps company with Bellerive (41.8), Queensland (42.2), New Maryland (43.6) and Casselman (43.6).
Older than Deer Ridge: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Ridge | 4,454 | — | 42.6 | 18% | 20% |
| Deer Run | 3,652 | 0.8 km | 42.8 | 20% | 20% |
| Parkland | 3,652 | 1.1 km | 50.6 | 28% | 13% |
| Queensland | 4,452 | 1.6 km | 42.2 | 17% | 19% |
| McKenzie Lake | 11,966 | 2.4 km | 40.8 | 12% | 19% |
| Douglasdale/Glen | 13,333 | 2.6 km | 43.7 | 17% | 23% |
| Lake Bonavista | 11,154 | 3.0 km | 46.5 | 25% | 15% |
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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about Deer Ridge’s residents
Is Deer Ridge bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6.2% are. Another 0% speak only French and 93% only English, and French is the first language of 1.4%.
How diverse is Deer Ridge?
Immigrants make up 20% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 15% are members of a visible minority, and 4.1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Deer Ridge?
Christian: 46%. No religion: 49%. Another religion: 4.7%.
Is Deer Ridge good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 52% of households are couple families and 11% one-parent families. Schools near Deer Ridge are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Deer Ridge?
$92,200 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Deer Ridge (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Deer Ridge?
The 2021 Census counted 4,454 people in Deer Ridge.
What is the average age in Deer Ridge?
42.6 is the median age, older than 53% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 18%.
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).