Photo: Tiado · CC BY-SA 3.0Cardston County: 26% of residents are under 15, above 98% of Canadian towns
35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns, against 25% in Cardston County. Meanwhile, households in single-detached houses are more common here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 4,938 for July 2025. Across Cardston County, 18% of households are one person living alone.
What stands out about the people of Cardston County
Younger than most towns
Cardston County’s median age is 36.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are under 15 and 19% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A growing town: +8% since 2016, faster than 74% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Alberta’s towns, by more than +1%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 2% higher again.
A median age of 36.4: Cardston County is younger than 85% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 10–14, with 9.5% of residents, 1.7 times the share across Canada’s towns. 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 76% of Canadian towns. Residents aged 65 and over: nearly a fifth of the total.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Cardston County, 36.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Cardston County households average 2.9 people, larger than in 87% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
4.4% of households are one-parent families, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Fewer common-law partners than 97% of Canadian towns: 2.9%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 25% of adults, against a typical 27%. Locally, 65% of residents 15 and over are married. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Cardston County sits below 73% of Canadian towns for renter households (16%)
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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Against that, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 28% predate 1961, 27% date from 2001 or later.
Median household income here: $89,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Cardston County had $89,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Alberta’s towns has $92,200 before tax. 16% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
7.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 88% of Canadian towns
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
Here 7.7% of residents are immigrants, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 17%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in the Americas (65%) and in Europe (28%). The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns: 11%.
3.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 55% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 2.6% in Cardston County. Set beside that, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
66% have English as their mother tongue; 2% also speak French
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
At home, 29% mostly speak another language; 1.5% speak neither English nor French. On bilingual residents, Cardston County sits lower than 98% of Canadian towns: 2%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 0.7%.
19% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 71% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 7.3% (typical 9.5%). Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 65%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 65%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 4th youngest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The group spans Westdale South, youngest at 31.1, to Northern Bruce Peninsula, oldest at 61.6. Nearest to Cardston County in age: Rosenthal (33.5), Webber Greens (34.9), North Park (36.6) and Westmount (37.1).
Nearby, 1 of 2 towns have older populations than Cardston County
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Cardston County’s residents
What is the average age in Cardston County?
36.4 is the median age, younger than 85% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 26%. 65 and over: 19%.
Is Cardston County bilingual?
English and French: 2% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 97%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.7%.
How diverse is Cardston County?
Immigrants make up 7.7% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 2.6% are members of a visible minority, and 3.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Cardston County?
Christian: 74%. No religion: 25%. Another religion: 0.4%.
Is Cardston County good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 26%. 71% of households are couple families and 4.4% one-parent families. Schools near Cardston County are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cardston County?
$89,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Cardston County (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Cardston County?
Statistics Canada estimates 4,938 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 4,856 in Cardston County, 8% more than 2016.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).