Photo: Tiado · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Claresholm is over 56.8, older than 97% of Canadian towns
At 2.1 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Claresholm had about 4,242 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 1,710 households at the 2021 Census. Across Claresholm, 7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24. 48% of residents said they have no religion, a higher share than in 83% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Claresholm
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Claresholm is 56.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 36% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Slower growth than 74% of Canadian towns: Claresholm changed by ±0% since 2016
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 12%.
Claresholm: 36% of residents are 65 or over, above 98% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Across Canada’s towns, the share of children under 15 is 16%; Claresholm has 13%. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Claresholm, 56.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
A higher share of one-person households than 82% of Canadian towns, at 37%
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Where nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, Claresholm has 5.6%. For comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
6.9% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 80% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: a fifth of adults, against a typical 27%. On average, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
73% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 62% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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. As a reference point, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 22% predate 1961, 18% date from 2001 or later. In Claresholm, nearly a quarter of households rent their home, beside 25% across Canada’s towns.
Households here have a median income of $65,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Claresholm had $65,000 before tax, 24% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Alberta’s towns: $92,200. Pandemic benefits reached 18% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Claresholm: 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 63% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Against a figure of 17% across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants in Claresholm comes in at 10%. The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (47%) and in Asia (26%). 3.5% of residents are not Canadian citizens, fewer than in 62% of Canadian towns.
Above 67% of Canadian towns: 4.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
5.8% of residents belong to a visible minority; across Canada’s towns the figure is 15%. Measured more widely, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
91% have English as their mother tongue; 2.2% also speak French
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 1%, from the figure across Canada’s towns. Fewer bilingual residents than in 97% of Canadian towns: 2.2%.
17% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 77% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 12% (typical 9.5%). Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 47%
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
47% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 36% are 65 or more.
41 towns of 4,175 to 4,310 people: this is the 1st oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is Banff Trail (31.7) and the oldest Claresholm (56.8). Victoria County, Subdivision B (56) and Grand Forks (56): the towns nearest Claresholm in median age.
A younger town than 1 of the 5 around it: Claresholm
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. No closer places have figures: these lie 10–48 km from Claresholm.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claresholm | 4,242 | — | 56.8 | 36% | 10% |
| Willow Creek No. 26 | 6,225 | 10.1 km | 41.6 | 21% | 7.9% |
| Fort Macleod | 3,945 | 36.3 km | 42.4 | 23% | 11% |
| Nanton | 2,522 | 38.0 km | 52.8 | 31% | 11% |
| Nobleford | 1,694 | 41.7 km | 26.8 | 8.7% | 21% |
| Vulcan | 1,922 | 47.8 km | 60.8 | 43% | 7.3% |
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. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Claresholm’s residents
How diverse is Claresholm?
Immigrants: 10% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 5.8%. Indigenous identity: 4.5%.
What religion are people in Claresholm?
48% said they have no religion and 52% that they are Christian; 0.9% named another faith.
Is Claresholm good for families?
13% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 51% of households and one-parent families 5.6%. Schools near Claresholm are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Claresholm?
Half of Claresholm’s households had more than $65,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Claresholm?
About 4,242, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 3,804 people in Claresholm, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Claresholm?
The median age is 56.8, older than 97% of Canadian towns. 13% are under 15 and 36% 65 or older.
Is Claresholm bilingual?
English and French: 2.2% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 98%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1%.
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).