A larger share of Indigenous residents than 83% of Canadian towns: 8.3%
Immigrants make up 32%, against 17% across Canada’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 7,889 people lived in La Perle, in 3,325 households. Here, 35% of households are one person living alone. Half of the neighbourhood’s residents are over 44.8, older than in 66% of Canadian towns.
La Perle sits above 73% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (23%)
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 7.8% of residents. Few places have so few children under 15: 15% here, fewer than in 63% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ La Perle, 44.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 67% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 9.8% here and 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Only 7.2% of residents 15 and over live common-law in La Perle
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
29% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Across La Perle, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Households in single-detached houses make up 34% in La Perle, less than in 82% of Canadian towns
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. Newer homes outnumber old: 8.7% date from 2001 or later, 1.9% from before 1961. Against that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Compared with 25% across Canada’s towns, just over a quarter of households rent their home here.
The midpoint household income is $78,100 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in La Perle had $78,100 before tax, 9% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Alberta’s towns is $92,200. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 31% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
A higher share of residents without Canadian citizenship than 65% of Canadian towns, at 9.4%
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 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Residents who moved in within the year: 12% here and 11% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (61%), then in Europe (20%). Against that, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns.
Visible minority residents make up 35% in La Perle, more than in 72% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (4.6%). Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority.
1.7% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 55% of Canadian towns
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
The share of bilingual residents is 5.8%, against 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 16% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2.2% speak neither official language. As a reference point, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns.
In La Perle, 28% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 52% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 12% here, 9.5% in the typical town. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 53% 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. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 53%; 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Among 41 towns of 7,760 to 8,020 people, the 15th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The group spans Taber, youngest at 27.4, to Minden Hills, oldest at 58.8. Nearest to La Perle in age: Silver Heights (44.7), Donnacona (44.8), Central St. Boniface (45) and Chatsworth (46).
Every neighbour of La Perle has a younger population
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Perle | 7,889 | — | 44.8 | 23% | 32% |
| Belmead | 3,970 | 0.9 km | 38 | 14% | 39% |
| Aldergrove | 5,311 | 1.6 km | 37.8 | 14% | 38% |
| West Meadowlark Park | 5,386 | 1.7 km | 44.6 | 24% | 37% |
| Thorncliff | 3,564 | 1.9 km | 36.4 | 12% | 46% |
| Glenwood | 4,842 | 2.2 km | 44.4 | 23% | 36% |
| Britannia Youngstown | 4,616 | 2.6 km | 39.6 | 14% | 31% |
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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- 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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about La Perle’s residents
What is the median income in La Perle?
$78,100 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in La Perle (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of La Perle?
La Perle had 7,889 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in La Perle?
44.8 is the median age, older than 66% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 23%.
Is La Perle bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.8% are. Another 0% speak only French and 92% only English, and French is the first language of 1.7%.
How diverse is La Perle?
Immigrants make up 32% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 35% are members of a visible minority, and 8.3% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in La Perle?
Christian: 54%. No religion: 35%. Another religion: 12%.
Is La Perle good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 43% of households are couple families and 9.8% one-parent families. Schools near La Perle are on its Schools page.
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).