Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainResidents with no religion: 47%, a higher share than 82% of Canadian towns
Residents aged 65 and over: 24% here and 19% across Canada’s towns. Didsbury is home to some 5,185 people (July 2025 estimate), in 2,050 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Half of the town’s residents are over 45.2, older than in 69% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Didsbury
Fewer people than before
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Didsbury went from 5,268 to 5,070 residents (−4%), slower growth than in 94% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
From 2016 to 2021, 94% of Canadian towns grew faster than Didsbury: −4%
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
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 2% higher again.
A larger share of children under 15 than 62% of Canadian towns: 17%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 7.8% of residents. As a reference point, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Didsbury, 45.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Smaller households than 53% of Canadian towns: 2.4 people on average
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.
The share of one-parent families stands at 8.6%. Here just over a quarter of households are one person living alone, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 27%.
In Didsbury, 8.7% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 67% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over a fifth of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Here, 51% of residents 15 and over are married. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Above 61% of Canadian towns: 72% of households live in a single-detached house
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
Renter households make up 21%, against 25% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, households in single-detached houses come to 64%. Newer homes outnumber old: 32% date from 2001 or later, 13% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
The middle household earns $77,500 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Didsbury’s households had a total income below $77,500, 10% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns, half of households had more than $92,200 before tax. 24% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
7.9% of residents are immigrants
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
Most recent wave: just over a fifth of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (53%), then in the Americas (25%). Didsbury has fewer immigrants than 70% of Canadian towns, at 7.9%.
Didsbury: 4.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 69% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents trails 72% of Canadian towns: 4%. Against that, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
94% have English as their mother tongue; 2.5% 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
0.7% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns. Fewer bilingual residents than in 96% of Canadian towns: 2.5%.
Didsbury sits below 86% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (14%)
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
11% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
An employment rate of 56%
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.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 56%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 12th oldest of 41 towns of 5,104 to 5,262 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages climb from 32.9 (Rundle Heights) to 58 (Oliver) across the group. The closest ages to Didsbury’s belong to Coverdale (44.8), Grand Bay-Westfield (45.2), Ogilvie Ridge (45.3) and Big Lakes County (45.6).
Older than Didsbury: 1 of the 3 towns nearby
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Didsbury | 5,185 | — | 45.2 | 24% | 7.9% |
| Carstairs | 5,248 | 11.6 km | 39.6 | 18% | 5.9% |
| Olds | 9,653 | 15.1 km | 43.6 | 24% | 11% |
| Mountain View County | 14,802 | 17.1 km | 46.4 | 20% | 6.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Didsbury’s residents
What is the population of Didsbury?
The latest figure is an estimate: 5,185 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Didsbury counted 5,070, 4% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Didsbury?
Half the residents are older than 45.2 and half younger, older than 69% of Canadian towns; 17% are children under 15 and 24% are 65 or over.
Is Didsbury bilingual?
English and French: 2.5% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 97%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.7%.
How diverse is Didsbury?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 7.9%. A visible minority makes up 4% and Indigenous residents 4.9%.
What religion are people in Didsbury?
Most often Christian (51%) or no religion (47%); other religions make up 1.9%.
Is Didsbury good for families?
Children under 15 are 17% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 55% of households and one-parent families 8.6%. Schools near Didsbury are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Didsbury?
Median total household income in Didsbury was $77,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).