Photo: Own work · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in buildings of five or more storeys make up 37% in Ermineskin, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
The figure for children under 15 is 13% in Ermineskin and 16% across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 24% of the total. 43% of residents belong to a visible minority, a higher share than in 79% of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood had 7,483 residents in 3,325 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Ermineskin
A neighbourhood of high-rises
37% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 93% of Canadian towns; 36% of homes are condominiums. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 55% of households, more than in 89% of Canadian towns, and 56% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Ermineskin is younger than 54% of Canadian towns: a median age of 41.4
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with 8.4% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 11%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Ermineskin, 41.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 37%, a higher share than 83% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 7.2% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 88% of Canadian towns. Households average 2.2 people. Set beside that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. One-parent families are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 7.8%.
Common-law partners make up 8.1% in Ermineskin, less than in 72% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Ermineskin has 44%. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
55% of households rent their home, a share 89% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Just over a quarter of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 3.2% built before 1961. Across the comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Ermineskin has fewer households in single-detached houses than 86% of Canadian towns, at 27%.
$75,800 a year: the median household income
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Ermineskin’s households had a total income below $75,800, 12% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 31% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
A larger share of immigrants than 79% of Canadian towns: 36%
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 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
42% of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 3.1% of residents. Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are common here: 16%, more than in 85% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (67%) and in Europe (13%).
Ermineskin sits above 70% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (5%)
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (4.6%) and Hindu (2%). The wider picture: 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. On religion, 49% answered Christian and 38% no religion, against 54% and 35% across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 61%, and 7% 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
At home, 20% mostly speak another language; 1.4% speak neither English nor French. There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.6%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 72% of Canadian towns, at 40%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 6.9%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 55% of adults
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.
At 55%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 24% are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages climb from 31.8 (Blairmore Suburban Centre) to 58 (Trent Lakes) across the group. In age, Ermineskin keeps company with Saint-Joseph-du-Lac (40.8), Lochdale (41.2), Chesley (42) and Eastview (42.7).
Of the 6 towns nearest Ermineskin, 3 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ermineskin | 7,483 | — | 41.4 | 24% | 36% |
| Blue Quill | 4,567 | 1.4 km | 33.5 | 11% | 38% |
| Skyrattler | 2,956 | 1.6 km | 42.3 | 20% | 33% |
| Duggan | 6,247 | 1.7 km | 39.4 | 20% | 32% |
| Bearspaw | 5,192 | 1.7 km | 48.2 | 27% | 32% |
| Sweet Grass | 2,616 | 1.7 km | 38.7 | 17% | 33% |
| Greenfield | 3,710 | 1.8 km | 44.3 | 21% | 21% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- 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.
- 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 Ermineskin’s residents
What is the population of Ermineskin?
The 2021 Census counted 7,483 people in Ermineskin.
What is the average age in Ermineskin?
41.4 is the median age, younger than 54% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 13%. 65 and over: 24%.
Is Ermineskin bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 7% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 91% speak only English and 0.1% only French; 1.6% grew up with French.
How diverse is Ermineskin?
Immigrants make up 36% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 43% are members of a visible minority, and 5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Ermineskin?
Christian: 49%. No religion: 38%. Another religion: 13%.
Is Ermineskin good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 13%. 43% of households are couple families and 7.8% one-parent families. Schools near Ermineskin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ermineskin?
$75,800 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Ermineskin (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).