Richfield is younger than 95% of Canadian towns: a median age of 33.5
One-parent families make up 18%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns. Richfield had 3,456 residents in 1,130 households at the 2021 Census. Here, a fifth of residents are not Canadian citizens. More visible minority residents than in 88% of Canadian towns: 55%.
What stands out about the people of Richfield
Younger than most towns
Line Richfield’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 33.5; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More immigrants than most towns
41% of residents are immigrants, against 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (53%) or in Africa (31%); 57% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
52% of households rent their home, more than in 87% of Canadian towns; 8.5% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Children under 15 make up 26% in Richfield, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 5–9: 9.3% of residents, 1.7 times the share across Canada’s towns. The census found that 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Richfield. On residents aged 65 and over, Richfield sits lower than 89% of Canadian towns: 11%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Richfield, 33.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 91% of Canadian towns: 3.1 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-person households make up 17%, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Richfield sits below 77% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (7.5%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 34% of adults (typical: 27%). Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns. In Richfield, 45% of residents 15 and over are married.
In Richfield, 52% of households rent their home, more than in 87% of Canadian towns
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
Against a figure of 64% across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses in Richfield comes in at 42%. For renter households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 25%. Older homes outnumber new: 4.9% predate 1961, 4.9% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Households here have a median income of $80,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. 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; Richfield’s, at $80,000, is 7% lower. For Alberta’s towns, the median household income is $92,200. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 39% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
A higher share of immigrants than 86% of Canadian towns, at 41%
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 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Residents who moved in within the year: 18%, above 90% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (53%) or in Africa (31%).
Indigenous residents: 5.6%, a higher share than 73% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion trails nearly three quarters of Canadian towns: 26%. Typically, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Muslim (32%) and Hindu (2.4%).
English is the mother tongue of 54%, 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, 27% mostly speak another language; 3.9% speak neither English nor French. 1.7% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 58% of Canadian towns: 31%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Richfield, 31%, and 24% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 18%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
48% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 48% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 11% of residents are 65 or over.
2nd lowest median age among 41 towns of 3,400 to 3,518
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 32.8 (Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier) up to 61.2 (Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap). Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier (32.8), Brevoort Park (35.9) and Daly Grove (37.5): the towns nearest Richfield in median age.
No nearby town is as young as Richfield
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Richfield’s residents
Is Richfield bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 7% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 89% speak only English and 0.6% only French; 1.7% grew up with French.
How diverse is Richfield?
Immigrants: 41% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 55%. Indigenous identity: 5.6%.
What religion are people in Richfield?
26% said they have no religion and 36% that they are Christian; 38% named another faith.
Is Richfield good for families?
26% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 50% of households and one-parent families 18%. Schools near Richfield are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Richfield?
Half of Richfield’s households had more than $80,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Richfield?
Richfield had 3,456 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Richfield?
The median age is 33.5, younger than 95% of Canadian towns. 26% are under 15 and 11% 65 or older.
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).