Photo: Fakewindow · CC BY-SA 4.0Below 88% of Canadian towns: 16% of households are one person living alone
14% of households rent their home; across Canada’s towns the figure is 25%. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.8% in Deer Run. At 50%, the share of residents with no religion is higher than in 87% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 3,652 residents in 1,410 households.
Deer Run: 18% of residents are under 15, above 67% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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. With a median age of 42.8, Deer Run is older than 54% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. 20% of residents are 65 or over; across Canada’s towns the figure is 19%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Deer Run, 42.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women.
Above 79% of Canadian towns: 10% of households are one-parent families
Household types, then household sizes.
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. Across Canada’s towns, one-parent families come to 8.2%.
Above 75% of Canadian towns: 54% of residents 15 and over are married
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly a quarter of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). By way of comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 11% in Deer Run.
Households in single-detached houses make up 78% in Deer Run, more than in 69% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house.
Households here have a median income of $105,300 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
Half of Deer Run’s households had a total income above $105,300, 22% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns the median is $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 29% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Below 69% of Canadian towns: 9.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants is 17%; Deer Run has 20%. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (42%) and in Asia (31%).
Indigenous residents make up 5.4% in Deer Run, more than in 72% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (4.3%). On average, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. Visible minority residents are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 15%.
English is the mother tongue of 84%, and 6.2% speak French as well
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
At home: English 92%, French 0.1%. Lower than in 61% of Canadian towns: 6.2% of residents speak English and French. 1.4% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 52% of Canadian towns: 26%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 8%, beside a typical 9.5%. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
59% of residents 15 and over were in work
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
59% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (3,601 to 3,706), the 19th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Between North Inkster Industrial (31.5) and Piedmont (58) lies the rest of the group. Closest in median age to Deer Run are Woodbridge Meadows (41.2), Country Hills (41.4), Deer Lodge (43) and Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako (44).
Older than Deer Run: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Run | 3,652 | — | 42.8 | 20% | 20% |
| Deer Ridge | 4,454 | 0.8 km | 42.6 | 18% | 20% |
| Parkland | 3,652 | 1.5 km | 50.6 | 28% | 13% |
| McKenzie Lake | 11,966 | 1.7 km | 40.8 | 12% | 19% |
| Queensland | 4,452 | 2.3 km | 42.2 | 17% | 19% |
| Douglasdale/Glen | 13,333 | 2.9 km | 43.7 | 17% | 23% |
| McKenzie Towne | 17,757 | 3.2 km | 37.4 | 11% | 22% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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.
Questions about Deer Run’s residents
Is Deer Run good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 63% of households. One-parent families: 10%. Schools near Deer Run are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Deer Run?
The median household in Deer Run took in $105,300 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Deer Run?
3,652, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Deer Run alone.
What is the average age in Deer Run?
A median age of 42.8, older than 54% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 20%.
Is Deer Run bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6.2% are. Another 0% speak only French and 94% only English, and French is the first language of 1.4%.
How diverse is Deer Run?
20% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 15% belong to a visible minority and 5.4% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Deer Run?
42% are Christian and 50% have no religion; 7.5% follow another religion.
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).