Camrose CountyAlberta
8,951 residents make their home in this town in Alberta. Its census division is Division No. 10.
Is Camrose County a good place to live?
Most journeys need a car (D). With a C− overall, Camrose County is better than 24% of Canadian towns and ranks #388 of 473 in Alberta. Where it does best is hazard risk (A). Homes were valued at a median $380,000 at the 2021 census, 4.2 times the typical household’s income. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for safety, B− for schools and B for jobs & income.
Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021.
This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Safety is the police detachment's figure, shared with the towns and countryside around it. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Camrose County grades
Each subject compares Camrose County with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
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What makes Camrose County stand out
The 3 things Camrose County does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Camrose County.
Camrose County gets an A for hazard risk
The radon tests numbers here cover the East Central Health
One flood study covers the town, by Government of Alberta. Radon is about average around Camrose County: 5.2% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.011 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical).
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Camrose County | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 5.2% | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.011 | $0.013 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
People in Camrose County’s health region live to 79.1 on average, 2.4 years short of the typical Canadian town
Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Central Zone
A hospital lies 17 km from the typical home, above Alberta’s towns (3.1 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km) alike. At 15%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 11% for Alberta. About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Alberta, 52% against 53%.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Camrose County | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy at birth | 79.1 | 81.2 | 81.5 |
| Smokers | 15% | 12% | 12% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
More households own their home in Camrose County than in Alberta’s towns or across Canadian towns: 89%
Rent took 18% of household income, lower than both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 17% of households, lower than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Camrose County | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 89% | 74% | 74% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 17% | 21% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 18% | 20% | 20% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Home values are owners’ own estimates at the May 2021 census, and incomes are for 2020.
Winter nights bite in Camrose County: January lows of −17.8°C, colder than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns
In July, daytime highs in Camrose County average 23.1°C. Frosty days number 205 in a normal year, above both Alberta’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159). The frost-free season runs from 20 May to 14 September, 117 days. January is the snowiest month, with 16 cm on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Camrose County | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation a year | 378 mm | 431 mm | 883 mm |
| July afternoon high | 23.1°C | 23.5°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 205 | 193 | 159 |
| Snowfall a year | 87 cm | 127 cm | 141 cm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Camrose)
Trips to work from Camrose County take longer than from Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 30 min on average
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Camrose County | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 30 min | 26 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.
Camrose County gets a C+ for safety
The index for the force that serves it came to 71, lower than Alberta’s towns (110) and near Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 26.6 property crimes are reported each year. Where it is policed, 10.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Camrose County | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crime per 1,000 | 26.6 | 45 | 31.2 |
| Crime Severity Index | 71 | 110 | 67 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 77 | 109 | 86 |
| Violent crime | 10.6 | 14.2 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Camrose detachment area
A normal November in Camrose County runs from −10°C to freezing
The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Camrose.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −5°C | −17°C | 38 mm |
| Spring | 9°C | −3°C | 83 mm |
| Summer | 22°C | 9°C | 189 mm |
| Autumn | 9°C | −3°C | 68 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Camrose); the forecast is on the Weather page
Camrose County’s MP is Pierre Poilievre (Conservative Party of Canada), for Battle River—Crowfoot
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta’s riding map carries non-commercial terms, so Camrose County isn’t placed in a riding here.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Camrose County has two public libraries, David Knipe Memorial Library and Hay Lakes Library
No library board reports for Camrose County alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Visible minorities make up less of Camrose County than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 1.8%
19% of residents are 65 or over, above Alberta’s towns (15%) and close to Canadian towns (19%). Immigrants make up 4.4% of residents, below both Alberta’s towns (8.9%) and Canadian towns (6.4%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
48.0% of Camrose County’s residents are women
Women numbered 4,085 and men 4,420 in 2021, next to a 50.9% share of women for Canada.
| Camrose County | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 62% | 67% | 64% |
| 65+ | 19% | 15% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 19% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 50% | 54% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Alberta and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Camrose County is 24 km from Elk Island National Park
148 protected areas lie within 10 km. Within 10 km of the town, 1.4% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. OpenStreetMap shows 3 unnamed beaches within 5 km.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Camrose County | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 1.4% | 0.4% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
3 school boards share Camrose County
On the tests, 2 of 9 schools land above the middle in Alberta, 3 under it. Secondary school means a trip of 12 km at the nearest, above Alberta’s towns (0.7 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike. Schooling in French is on offer at one of the 26; in Alberta, 2% of schools teach in it. Taken together, Camrose County and its 3 km edge hold 10 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 15 schools for every grade for 4,269 students.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Killam School Fourth fifth in AlbertaLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades 6–8 | Elementary · Grades 6–8 | 491 | English public |
| Camrose Composite High School Middle fifth in AlbertaLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Secondary · Grades 9–12 | 769 | English public |
| École des Fondateurs FrenchTeaches in FrenchAll grades · Grades K–11 | All grades · Grades K–11 | 23 | French public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Camrose County | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest elementary school | 10 km | 0.5 km | 0.5 km |
| Nearest secondary school | 12 km | 0.7 km | 1.2 km |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26
Everything we know about Camrose County
Camrose Regional Exhibition and 7 more in and around Camrose County
Sights in Camrose County and close by, ordered by how widely each is known.
Famous people from Camrose County
7 notable people were born in Camrose County.
About Camrose County
Town in Alberta
Every figure TownRatings gives for Camrose County covers the municipality as Statistics Canada maps it, one census subdivision in Alberta.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 8,951 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Alberta
- Census division
- Division No. 10
- Census subdivision
- 4810001
Camrose County’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camrose County | 8,951 | — | C− | C | C+ | C |
| Camrose | 20,800 | 12 | C− | C− | C− | C+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Camrose County
Who are the people of Camrose County?
At the 2021 census, 4% were immigrants and 2% belonged to a visible minority (Canadian towns’ median: 15%). 4% identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What kind of homes are in Camrose County?
91% of homes are single-detached houses, against 64% for the median of Canadian towns, and 0% are in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. A household averages 2.5 people; 21% are one person living alone.
Has Camrose County grown?
It lost people: 8,660 in 2016, 8,504 in 2021, 1.8% fewer, while the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 8,951.
How old are the people of Camrose County?
At 43.6, its median age compares with 45.2 across Canadian towns.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. 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).