Photo: Markus Säynevirta · CC BY-SA 4.0Fairview sits above 83% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (8.3%)
Most recent wave: nearly two thirds of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 2,918 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,200 households. The share of one-person households stands at 34%. Higher than in 69% of Canadian towns: 78% of households live in a single-detached house.
What stands out about the people of Fairview
Fewer people than before
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Fairview went from 2,998 to 2,817 residents (−6%), slower growth than in 97% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Fairview changed by −6% from 2016 to 2021, behind 97% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 4%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 23%, a higher share than 71% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 60–64: 7.5% of residents. Fairview has more residents aged 15 to 24 than 76% of Canadian towns, at 13%. Set beside that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. On children under 15, 16% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Fairview, 44.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Smaller households than 74% of Canadian towns: 2.2 people on average
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.
Here, 7.9% of households are one-parent families.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 56% of Canadian towns: 48%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
26% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Common-law partners: 10% of the total. Against that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
25% of households rent their home, fewer than in 50% 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
17% of homes were built before 1961 and 12% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $79,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $79,000, the middle household in Fairview earned 8% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $92,200 is the median household income across Alberta’s towns. The pandemic’s benefits: 23% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
More residents who moved in within the year than 65% of Canadian towns: 13%
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 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Here 10% of residents are immigrants, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 17%. Most immigrants were born in Asia (73%) or in Europe (21%). Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Fairview: 41% of residents said they have no religion, above 69% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Fairview, 13% of residents belong to a visible minority. On religion, 57% answered Christian and 41% no religion, against 54% and 35% across Canada’s towns.
88% have English as their mother tongue; 2.4% also speak French
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
Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Fairview comes in at 2.4%. In Fairview, 1.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
18% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 74% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 15% (typical 9.5%). Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 58% of residents aged 15 and over
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 58%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 2,875 to 2,963 people, the 17th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is McKernan (30) and the oldest Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part (61.2). In age, Fairview keeps company with Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (42.4), Athabasca (42.8), Saint-Basile (45.2) and Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford (45.6).
Every nearby town is younger than Fairview
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. Fairview has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 4–49 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 2,918 | — | 44.4 | 23% | 10% |
| Fairview No. 136 | 1,647 | 4.0 km | 44 | 19% | 5.4% |
| Clear Hills | 3,110 | 35.8 km | 30.6 | 14% | 6.3% |
| Birch Hills County | 1,522 | 36.9 km | 41.6 | 20% | 5.4% |
| Grimshaw | 2,799 | 49.5 km | 38.8 | 17% | 6.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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 Fairview’s residents
What is the median income in Fairview?
$79,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Fairview (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Fairview?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,918 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,817 in Fairview, 6% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Fairview?
44.4 is the median age, older than 64% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 16%. 65 and over: 23%.
Is Fairview bilingual?
English and French: 2.4% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 98%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.1%.
How diverse is Fairview?
Immigrants make up 10% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 13% are members of a visible minority, and 8.3% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Fairview?
Christian: 57%. No religion: 41%. Another religion: 1.3%.
Is Fairview good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 16%. 51% of households are couple families and 7.9% one-parent families. Schools near Fairview are on its Schools page.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).