Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0More children under 15 than 91% of Canadian towns: 22%
Residents with no religion: 53% here and 35% across Canada’s towns. In Crossfield, 13% of residents are 65 or over. Few places have as many households in single-detached houses: 78% here, more than in 70% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 4,075 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,325 households.
What stands out about the people of Crossfield
Growing faster than most
Crossfield went from 2,983 people in 2016 to 3,599 in 2021, +21%: faster growth than in 97% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
A town of families
22% of residents are under 15, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 8.7% of households are one-parent families and households average 2.7 people. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A +21% change since 2016: faster than 97% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 13% higher again. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Alberta’s towns, +1%.
A median age of 38.4: Crossfield is younger than 74% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%, Crossfield is behind nearly two thirds of Canadian towns on that count. More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: 7.9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Crossfield, 38.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
Crossfield sits below 81% of Canadian towns for one-person households (19%)
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households in Crossfield hold 2.7 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4). Measured more widely, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. One-parent families account for 8.7%.
More common-law partners than 72% of Canadian towns: 14%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up nearly a quarter of adults, beside a typical 27%. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%. For Crossfield, the census puts married residents 15 and over at 52%.
Fewer renter households than 71% of Canadian towns: 17%
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 42% date from 2001 or later, 7.1% from before 1961. On average, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
A median household income of $104,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Crossfield’s, at $104,000, is 21% higher. The middle household across Alberta’s towns has $92,200 before tax. Pandemic benefits reached 28% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
9.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 68% 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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (42%) and in Asia (36%). As a yardstick, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. 7.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 72% of Canadian towns. Recent arrivals are 43% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of Indigenous residents than 75% of Canadian towns: 6.1%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority; in Crossfield, 7.5%. Indigenous residents make up 2.8% across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 93%, and 4.2% speak French as well
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
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Crossfield, 4.2%. At home: English 97%, French 0.3%. Lower than in 71% of Canadian towns: 1% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Crossfield ranks below 92% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 12%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 11%, beside a typical 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Employment: 64% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 64%.
Among 41 towns of 4,007 to 4,144 people, the 7th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Alexander is the oldest at 58.4, Mistissini the youngest at 29. The closest ages to Crossfield’s belong to North Norfolk (37.2), Tuxedo Park (37.7), Northern Lights County (39.2) and Fort Nelson (39.6).
Nearby, 1 of 2 towns have older populations than Crossfield
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its 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. 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. 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 Crossfield’s residents
What is the average age in Crossfield?
Half the residents are older than 38.4 and half younger, younger than 74% of Canadian towns; 22% are children under 15 and 13% are 65 or over.
Is Crossfield bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 4.2% are. Another 0% speak only French and 96% only English, and French is the first language of 1%.
How diverse is Crossfield?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 7.4%. A visible minority makes up 7.5% and Indigenous residents 6.1%.
What religion are people in Crossfield?
Most often Christian (45%) or no religion (53%); other religions make up 1.2%.
Is Crossfield good for families?
Children under 15 are 22% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 63% of households and one-parent families 8.7%. Schools near Crossfield are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Crossfield?
Median total household income in Crossfield was $104,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Crossfield?
The latest figure is an estimate: 4,075 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Crossfield counted 3,599, 21% 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).