Photo: LittleT889 · CC0A smaller share of renter households than 99% of Canadian towns: 4.5%
The figure for one-person households is 11% in Valley Ridge and 27% across Canada’s towns. The neighbourhood had 7,782 residents in 2,690 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. At 16%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in two thirds of Canadian towns.
18% of residents are under 15, a share 69% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Half of Valley Ridge’s residents are over 43.8, older than in 60% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents are under 15. The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Valley Ridge, 43.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 84% of Canadian towns: 2.9 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
5.8% of households are one-parent families; across Canada’s towns the figure is 8.2%.
Valley Ridge sits above 99% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (63%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns, against 6.7% in Valley Ridge. Single and never married: 22% of adults, against a typical 27%.
Valley Ridge ranks above 92% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 92%
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. Set beside that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $159,300 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Valley Ridge’s, at $159,300, is 85% higher. Among Alberta’s towns, the typical figure is $92,200. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 24% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
More immigrants than 64% of Canadian towns: 25%
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
Of the immigrants living here, 17% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (50%), then in Europe (26%).
Residents with no religion: 41%, a higher share than 68% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
27% of residents belong to a visible minority; across Canada’s towns the figure is 15%. Other faiths: Muslim (4.1%) and Hindu (2%). By way of comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Bilingual residents make up 9.3% in Valley Ridge, more than in 59% of Canadian towns
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
9.8% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1% speak neither official language. The share of bilingual residents across Canada’s towns is 7.5%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are rarer here than in 62% of Canadian towns.
Valley Ridge sits above 89% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (54%)
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 2.2% (typical 9.5%). As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 59% of adults
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 59%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 20th oldest of 41 towns of 7,639 to 7,930 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 28.6 (La Broquerie) up to 58.8 (Minden Hills). The closest ages to Valley Ridge’s belong to Playter Estates-Danforth (43.5), Brazeau County (43.6), Coteau-du-Lac (44) and Silver Heights (44.7).
Around Valley Ridge, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Ridge | 7,782 | — | 43.8 | 16% | 25% |
| Cougar Ridge | 7,101 | 3.9 km | 36.9 | 5.9% | 34% |
| Tuscany | 19,986 | 4.2 km | 37.8 | 8.7% | 23% |
| Scenic Acres | 8,026 | 4.7 km | 50.7 | 25% | 24% |
| Bowness | 11,548 | 4.7 km | 40.4 | 17% | 17% |
| Silver Springs | 9,042 | 5.2 km | 45.2 | 22% | 18% |
| West Springs | 11,632 | 5.7 km | 37.4 | 7.6% | 31% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Alberta’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
Questions about Valley Ridge’s residents
What is the median income in Valley Ridge?
Median total household income in Valley Ridge was $159,300 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Valley Ridge?
Valley Ridge had 7,782 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Valley Ridge?
Half the residents are older than 43.8 and half younger, older than 60% of Canadian towns; 18% are children under 15 and 16% are 65 or over.
Is Valley Ridge bilingual?
English and French: 9.3% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 90%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.2%.
How diverse is Valley Ridge?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 25%. A visible minority makes up 27% and Indigenous residents 3.2%.
What religion are people in Valley Ridge?
Most often Christian (49%) or no religion (41%); other religions make up 10%.
Is Valley Ridge good for families?
Children under 15 are 18% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 75% of households and one-parent families 5.8%. Schools near Valley Ridge 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).