Photo: Bythelake10 · CC BY-SA 4.0Below 97% of Canadian towns: 11% of households are one person living alone
Renter households: 9% here and 25% across Canada’s towns. About 31,671 people lived in Chestermere in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. Locally, one in ten residents are 65 or over. The median age here is 37.6, lower than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Chestermere
A town of families
Children under 15 are 23% of residents, more than in 93% of Canadian towns. Households average 3.3 people, and 6.9% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Chestermere went from 19,887 to 22,163 residents (+11%), faster growth than in 85% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Chestermere grew +11% from 2016 to 2021, ahead of 85% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Alberta’s towns the median is +1%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 43% higher again.
Children under 15 make up 23% in Chestermere, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 10–14, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a higher share than in 75% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Chestermere, 37.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Chestermere households average 3.3 people, larger than in 96% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Against a figure of 8.2% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families in Chestermere comes in at 6.9%.
In Chestermere, 60% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: nearly a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%. 7.1% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
Households in single-detached houses: 80%, a higher share than 74% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
Household income, middle of the range: $135,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Chestermere: half had more than $135,000, 57% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Alberta’s towns: $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 33% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
A higher share of immigrants than 69% of Canadian towns, at 28%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Of the immigrants living here, 23% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Most immigrants were born in Asia (68%) or in Europe (14%). 11% lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns.
Visible minority residents make up 42% in Chestermere, more than in 79% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Compared with 35% across Canada’s towns, 32% of residents said they have no religion here. Set beside that, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Sikh (14%), Muslim (7.3%) and Buddhist (3.4%).
English is the mother tongue of 66%, and 3.9% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At 0.8%, residents whose mother tongue is French sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 87% of Canadian towns.
More degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 54% of Canadian towns: 29%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 9.5% here, 9.5% in the typical town. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 63% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 63%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 29,830 to 33,482 people: this is the 11th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
They run from Centretown, at 34.8, to Magog, at 54.4. Verdun-Centre (36.4), Val-Bélair (37), Meadowvale Village (37.9) and Orangeville (38.8): the towns nearest Chestermere in median age.
Chestermere is younger than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chestermere | 31,671 | — | 37.6 | 10% | 28% |
| Abbeydale | 6,561 | 7.4 km | 38.8 | 12% | 33% |
| Applewood Park | 6,835 | 7.5 km | 38.8 | 11% | 50% |
| Penbrooke Meadows | 10,001 | 8.7 km | 40.8 | 14% | 36% |
| Monterey Park | 10,363 | 8.9 km | 41.2 | 17% | 51% |
| Marlborough Park | 8,378 | 9.0 km | 39.5 | 15% | 38% |
| Pineridge | 10,062 | 9.2 km | 38.4 | 16% | 39% |
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. 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.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Chestermere’s residents
What is the median income in Chestermere?
Half of Chestermere’s households had more than $135,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Chestermere?
About 31,671, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 22,163 people in Chestermere, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Chestermere?
The median age is 37.6, younger than 79% of Canadian towns. 23% are under 15 and 10% 65 or older.
Is Chestermere bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 3.9% are. Another 0% speak only French and 94% only English, and French is the first language of 0.8%.
How diverse is Chestermere?
Immigrants: 28% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 42%. Indigenous identity: 2.6%.
What religion are people in Chestermere?
32% said they have no religion and 41% that they are Christian; 27% named another faith.
Is Chestermere good for families?
23% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 65% of households and one-parent families 6.9%. Schools near Chestermere are on its Schools page.
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).