Sweet Grass: 12% of households are one-parent families, above 90% of Canadian towns
The share of immigrants tops 76% of Canadian towns: 33%. The 2021 Census put Sweet Grass’s population at 2,616, in 1,010 households. Children under 15: a fifth of the total. Half of the neighbourhood’s residents are under 38.7, younger than in 72% of Canadian towns.
Above 67% of Canadian towns: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24
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).
Where 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns, Sweet Grass has 17%. 35–39 is the most common age band: 8% of residents. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Sweet Grass, 38.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
One-person households: 23%, a lower share than 64% of Canadian towns
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.
Households average 2.6 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Fewer common-law partners than 73% of Canadian towns: 7.9%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 30% of adults (typical: 27%). Few places have as many married residents 15 and over: 50% here, more than in 62% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Fewer households in single-detached houses than 74% of Canadian towns: 44%
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
Compared with 25% across Canada’s towns, 37% of households rent their home here. As a reference point, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
The middle household earns $92,500 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
Half of Sweet Grass’s households had a total income above $92,500, 8% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns, half of households had more than $92,200 before tax. COVID-19 benefits went to 33% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Sweet Grass sits above 75% of Canadian towns for residents without Canadian citizenship (12%)
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (67%), then in Europe (15%). 11% lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8%. Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are nearly two in five immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 1.2% of residents.
In Sweet Grass, 40% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 77% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (7.6%). As a yardstick, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents are more common here than in 72% of Canadian towns. What’s more, the figure for residents with no religion is 37% in Sweet Grass and 35% across Canada’s towns.
9.9% of residents speak English and French, more than in 61% 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
At home, 15% mostly speak another language; 1.5% speak neither English nor French. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. On residents whose mother tongue is French, 1.7% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Sweet Grass: 46% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, above 80% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 9.2%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
56% of adults were employed in May 2021
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%, much like this 56%.
In its size band (2,569 to 2,663), the 5th youngest of 41 towns
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Between City Commercial Core (32.7) and Brockville (67.7) lies the rest of the group. Nearest to Sweet Grass in age: Minchau (35.2), High Prairie (37.2), Grey (38.8) and Waterville (39.2).
4 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Sweet Grass
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Grass | 2,616 | — | 38.7 | 17% | 33% |
| Greenfield | 3,710 | 0.5 km | 44.3 | 21% | 21% |
| Blue Quill | 4,567 | 0.6 km | 33.5 | 11% | 38% |
| Royal Gardens | 3,392 | 1.5 km | 35.2 | 13% | 33% |
| Duggan | 6,247 | 1.7 km | 39.4 | 20% | 32% |
| Westbrook Estates | 2,838 | 1.7 km | 43.2 | 21% | 22% |
| Ermineskin | 7,483 | 1.7 km | 41.4 | 24% | 36% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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. Provincial and national yardsticks: Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Sweet Grass’s residents
How diverse is Sweet Grass?
Immigrants make up 33% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 40% are members of a visible minority, and 5.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Sweet Grass?
Christian: 50%. No religion: 37%. Another religion: 13%.
Is Sweet Grass good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 20%. 54% of households are couple families and 12% one-parent families. Schools near Sweet Grass are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Sweet Grass?
$92,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Sweet Grass (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Sweet Grass?
Sweet Grass had 2,616 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Sweet Grass?
38.7 is the median age, younger than 72% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 20%. 65 and over: 17%.
Is Sweet Grass bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 9.9% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 89% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.7% grew up with French.
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).