13% of households are one-parent families, a share 94% of Canadian towns don’t reach
With a median age of 38, Ranchlands is younger than 77% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 7,376, in 2,950 households. The census found that 14% of residents are 65 or over here. The share of residents with no religion tops just over three quarters of Canadian towns: 44%.
Ranchlands: 18% of residents are under 15, above 73% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
No age band is larger than 30–34: 9.1% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Ranchlands, 38. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Ranchlands households average 2.5 people, larger than in 58% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
A quarter of households are one person living alone; across Canada’s towns the figure is 27%.
Married residents 15 and over: 44%, a lower share than 57% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 32% of adults (typical: 27%). The usual figure: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: a tenth of the total.
In Ranchlands, 48% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 71% 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
3.1% of homes were built before 1961 and 1.7% in 2001 or later. Typically, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Compared with 25% across Canada’s towns, a third of households rent their home here.
Half above, half below $90,500 a year in household income
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
Ranchlands’s median household took in $90,500 before tax, 5% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 32% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Above 66% of Canadian towns: 26% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (39%), then in Europe (29%). Measured more widely, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. At 9.5%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is lower than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns. Two in five immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Ranchlands ranks above 62% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 25%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity; in Ranchlands, 4.1%. To put it in context, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (6.7%).
7.8% of residents speak English and French, more than in 52% of Canadian towns
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, 13% mostly speak another language; 1.2% speak neither English nor French. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%. Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.7%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Ranchlands ranks above 70% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 39%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 5% here, 9.5% in the typical town. As a yardstick, 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
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. 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.
41 towns of 7,228 to 7,513 people: this is the 12th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages climb from 31.8 (Blairmore Suburban Centre) to 58 (Trent Lakes) across the group. Nearest to Ranchlands in age: Cathedral Village (37.4), Erin Woods (38), Cavanagh (38.5) and Saint-Jude (38.7).
No nearby town is as young as Ranchlands
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranchlands | 7,376 | — | 38 | 14% | 26% |
| Silver Springs | 9,042 | 1.4 km | 45.2 | 22% | 18% |
| Hawkwood | 9,188 | 1.5 km | 47.1 | 21% | 35% |
| Scenic Acres | 8,026 | 2.1 km | 50.7 | 25% | 24% |
| Arbour Lake | 10,454 | 2.2 km | 45.9 | 20% | 36% |
| Dalhousie | 8,617 | 2.4 km | 39.9 | 20% | 33% |
| Citadel | 10,196 | 3.0 km | 39.6 | 10% | 40% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Ranchlands’s residents
What is the median income in Ranchlands?
$90,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Ranchlands (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Ranchlands?
The 2021 Census counted 7,376 people in Ranchlands.
What is the average age in Ranchlands?
38 is the median age, younger than 77% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 18%. 65 and over: 14%.
Is Ranchlands bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 7.8% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 91% only English, and French is the first language of 1.7%.
How diverse is Ranchlands?
Immigrants make up 26% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 25% are members of a visible minority, and 4.1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Ranchlands?
Christian: 45%. No religion: 44%. Another religion: 11%.
Is Ranchlands good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 18%. 48% of households are couple families and 13% one-parent families. Schools near Ranchlands are on its Schools page.
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).