Photo: Wilson Hui from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0Falher sits above 81% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (25%)
Recent arrivals are two thirds of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Statistics Canada puts Falher’s population at 1,084 for July 2025. Residents with no religion: 22% of the total. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are common here: 14%, more than in 76% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Falher
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 51% of residents speak English and French, more than in 91% of Canadian towns. Another 1.5% speak only French and 47% only English. English & French ↓
Fewer people than before
Falher went from 1,047 people in 2016 to 1,001 in 2021, −4%: slower growth than in 95% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Above 91% of Canadian towns: 51% of residents speak English and French
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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: English 67%, French 23%. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Residents whose mother tongue is French are more common here than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns.
A −4% change since 2016: slower than 95% of Canadian towns
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 8%.
A median age of 44.4: Falher is older than 64% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
60–64 is the most common age band: 7.5% of residents. Little separates the share of residents aged 15 to 24 here, 11%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More one-parent families than 84% of Canadian towns: 11%
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Here, just over a third of households are one person living alone. One-parent families: 8.2% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
A lower share of common-law partners than 82% of Canadian towns, at 6.6%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
28% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). As a yardstick, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Falher sits above 60% of Canadian towns for renter households (31%)
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 are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. On average, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 16% predate 1961, 9.8% date from 2001 or later. 63% of households live in a single-detached house, against 64% across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $72,000 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
Falher’s median household took in $72,000 before tax, 16% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Alberta’s towns, the household in the middle had $92,200. 23% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 8.3%, a higher share than 61% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (73%), then in Africa (27%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8%. Nearly one in ten residents are immigrants, fewer than in 67% of Canadian towns.
Falher ranks above 72% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 5.3%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (3%). Across Canada’s towns, Indigenous residents come to 2.8%. Where 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, Falher has 12%.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 98% of Canadian towns, at 8.3%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Falher, 8.3%, and 32% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 17%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
Employment: 59% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, much like this 59%.
Falher is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Distances here run 8–56 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Falher.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falher | 1,084 | — | 44.4 | 25% | 8.9% |
| Smoky River No. 130 | 1,941 | 7.6 km | 44.4 | 18% | 3.2% |
| Northern Sunrise County | 1,848 | 49.0 km | 41.6 | 18% | 9.4% |
| Birch Hills County | 1,522 | 51.9 km | 41.6 | 20% | 5.4% |
| Peace No. 135 | 1,581 | 54.6 km | 44 | 19% | 4.5% |
| High Prairie | 2,607 | 55.7 km | 37.2 | 16% | 15% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Falher’s residents
How diverse is Falher?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 8.9%. A visible minority makes up 12% and Indigenous residents 5.3%.
What religion are people in Falher?
Most often Christian (72%) or no religion (22%); other religions make up 5.9%.
Is Falher good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 48% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Falher are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Falher?
Median total household income in Falher was $72,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Falher?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,084 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Falher counted 1,001, 4% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Falher?
Half the residents are older than 44.4 and half younger; 16% are children under 15 and 25% are 65 or over.
Is Falher bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 51% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 47% speak only English and 1.5% only French; 42% grew up with French.
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).