Half of Rutherford is under 35.6, younger than 88% of Canadian towns
Households in single-detached houses: 38% here and 64% across Canada’s towns. 54% of residents belong to a visible minority. Rutherford has more immigrants than 84% of Canadian towns, at 40%. Census day 2021: 12,808 residents and 4,840 households here.
What stands out about the people of Rutherford
Younger than most towns
Rutherford’s median age is 35.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 21% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
11% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 91% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 12%, Rutherford is ahead of 67% of Canadian towns on that count. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Rutherford, 35.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
Rutherford households average 2.6 people, larger than in 64% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Census figures put one-parent families at 7.7% in Rutherford. One-person households are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 27%.
Rutherford sits below 69% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (8.5%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of married residents 15 and over tops two thirds of Canadian towns: 52%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Renter households make up 32% in Rutherford, more than in 63% 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: 0.1% of the total. Across Canada’s towns, a quarter of households rent their home.
Median household income: $100,900 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Rutherford had $100,900 before tax, 17% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Alberta’s towns has $92,200 before tax. In 2020, 33% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Rutherford ranks above 83% of Canadian towns on residents without Canadian citizenship: 15%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Rutherford, 16%. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 5.8% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (73%) and in Africa (9.7%).
In Rutherford, 36% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 53% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Hindu (7.9%) and Muslim (7%). Across the comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Little separates the share of Indigenous residents here, 3.1%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
57% have English as their mother tongue; 6.1% also speak French
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
At home, 22% mostly speak another language; 2.4% speak neither English nor French. Rutherford has fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than 71% of Canadian towns, at 1%. The share of bilingual residents trails 62% of Canadian towns: 6.1%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 47% in Rutherford, more than in 81% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 3.8% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
67% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 67%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (12,523 to 13,099 people), the 11th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest of these towns is Thompson, at 31; the oldest, North Saanich, is at 56.8. By median age, Rutherford sits among Deerfield (35.2), Windsor Park (35.4), Bridlewood (37) and Carrville Corners (38.2).
Of the 6 towns nearest Rutherford, 3 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Rutherford’s residents
Is Rutherford good for families?
Under 15: 21% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 54% of households. One-parent families: 7.7%. Schools near Rutherford are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rutherford?
The median household in Rutherford took in $100,900 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Rutherford?
The 2021 Census counted 12,808 people in Rutherford.
What is the average age in Rutherford?
A median age of 35.6, younger than 88% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 21%, and people 65 and over 11%.
Is Rutherford bilingual?
6.1% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 91% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1%.
How diverse is Rutherford?
40% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 54% belong to a visible minority and 3.1% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Rutherford?
45% are Christian and 36% have no religion; 20% follow another religion.
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).