Photo: Hero122 · CC BY 3.0Below 99% of Canadian towns: 3.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
Against a figure of 64% across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses in Flagstaff County comes in at 92%. Some 3,724 people live locally, by the estimate for July 2025. In Flagstaff County, 18% of residents are under 15. Fewer visible minority residents than in 93% of Canadian towns: 1.2%.
Flagstaff County changed by −1% from 2016 to 2021, behind 85% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +1% across Alberta’s towns. By July 2025, Statistics Canada’s estimate had barely moved.
Half of Flagstaff County is over 45.2, older than 69% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns, against 22% in Flagstaff County. Residents aged 15 to 24: 10% of the total.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Flagstaff County, 45.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
23% of households are one person living alone, below 67% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The average household has 2.5 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. In Flagstaff County, 4.4% of households are one-parent families. The benchmark for one-person households across Canada’s towns: 27%.
Flagstaff County ranks above 98% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 62%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of common-law partners trails 82% of Canadian towns: 6.6%. The usual figure: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
9.5% of households rent their home, below 91% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Nearly one in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Half above, half below $90,000 a year in household income
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes sit at the middle in Flagstaff County: half had more than $90,000, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Alberta’s towns, the typical figure is $92,200. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 16% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
5% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants is 17%; Flagstaff County has 5%. The census found that 0.9% of residents are not Canadian citizens locally.
35% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 52% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents account for 2.8%. On religion, 64% answered Christian and 35% no religion, against 54% and 35% across Canada’s towns.
88% have English as their mother tongue; 1.2% also speak French
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
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 Flagstaff County comes in at 1.2%. Here, 0.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Below 91% of Canadian towns: 12% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 13% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
An employment rate of 65%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 65%.
17th highest median age among 41 towns of 3,667 to 3,779
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 31.5 in West Kildonan Industrial to 58 in Piedmont. Nearest to Flagstaff County in age: Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap (44.8), Sainte-Claire (45.2), Dixie (45.4) and Golf Course (46.5).
Every neighbour of Flagstaff County has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. No closer places have figures: these lie 57–68 km from Flagstaff County.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flagstaff County | 3,724 | — | 45.2 | 22% | 5% |
| Camrose County | 8,951 | 57.5 km | 43.6 | 19% | 4.4% |
| Paintearth County No. 18 | 2,014 | 63.7 km | 41.6 | 17% | 2.1% |
| Wainwright No. 61 | 4,576 | 67.6 km | 38.4 | 14% | 3.5% |
| Wainwright | 6,996 | 68.0 km | 38 | 17% | 13% |
| Camrose | 20,800 | 68.1 km | 43.2 | 24% | 10% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Alberta’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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. “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.
Questions about Flagstaff County’s residents
What is the median income in Flagstaff County?
$90,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Flagstaff County (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Flagstaff County?
Statistics Canada estimates 3,724 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 3,694 in Flagstaff County, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Flagstaff County?
45.2 is the median age, older than 69% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 18%. 65 and over: 22%.
Is Flagstaff County bilingual?
1.2% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 98% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.5%.
How diverse is Flagstaff County?
Immigrants make up 5% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1.2% are members of a visible minority, and 2.8% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Flagstaff County?
Christian: 64%. No religion: 35%. Another religion: 0.6%.
Is Flagstaff County good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 18%. 69% of households are couple families and 4.4% one-parent families. Schools near Flagstaff County 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).