Photo: Eric Friedebach · CC BY 3.0More children under 15 than 89% of Canadian towns: 21%
18% of households are one person living alone (Canada’s towns: 27%). Statistics Canada puts Cypress County’s population at 7,855 for July 2025. In Cypress County, just over one in ten households rent their home. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in three quarters of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Cypress County
A town of families
21% of residents are under 15, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 3.6% 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 −2% change since 2016: slower than 88% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 4% higher again.
Half of Cypress County is under 40.8, younger than 58% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
No age band is larger than 10–14: nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 11%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Cypress County, 40.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women.
2.7 people per household, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
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 Cypress County comes in at 3.6%.
Cypress County sits above 99% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (64%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here 7.6% of residents 15 and over live common-law, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. Never married and not common-law: a fifth of adults (typical: 27%).
91% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 91% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 37% date from 2001 or later, 14% from before 1961. As a reference point, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Median household income: $101,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Cypress County’s households had a total income above $101,000, 17% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Alberta’s towns: $92,200. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 22% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 9.1% in Cypress County, less than in 71% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
In Cypress County, 3% of residents are not Canadian citizens, beside 5.8% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Immigrants account for 8.1%.
Cypress County ranks above 65% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 40%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 2.7% in Cypress County. Elsewhere, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. The census found that 4.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity in the town.
English is the mother tongue of 87%, and 3% 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
6.3% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.3% speak neither official language. Cypress County has fewer bilingual residents than 94% of Canadian towns, at 3%. Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 75% of Canadian towns: 17%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 11%, beside a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 65% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 65%.
Among 41 towns of 7,733 to 7,976 people, the 16th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages here range from 28.6 in La Broquerie to 58.8 in Minden Hills. Nearest to Cypress County in age: Windsor Park (40.5), Beacon Hill South - Cardinal Heights (40.7), Lambton Baby Point (41) and Woodbine-Lumsden (41.7).
Of the 2 towns nearest Cypress County, 1 are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress County | 7,855 | — | 40.8 | 15% | 8.1% |
| Medicine Hat | 68,714 | 4.8 km | 42.4 | 21% | 9.9% |
| Redcliff | 5,916 | 12.0 km | 40.4 | 16% | 9.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
Questions about Cypress County’s residents
How diverse is Cypress County?
Immigrants make up 8.1% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 2.7% are members of a visible minority, and 4.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Cypress County?
Christian: 59%. No religion: 40%. Another religion: 1.5%.
Is Cypress County good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 21%. 73% of households are couple families and 3.6% one-parent families. Schools near Cypress County are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cypress County?
$101,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Cypress County (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Cypress County?
Statistics Canada estimates 7,855 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 7,524 in Cypress County, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Cypress County?
40.8 is the median age, younger than 58% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 21%. 65 and over: 15%.
Is Cypress County bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 3% are. Another 0% speak only French and 97% only English, and French is the first language of 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).