Photo: Kay Röllig · CC BY 3.094% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Half of Foothills County’s residents are over 48.4, older than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns. This Alberta town is home to some 25,789 people (July 2025 estimate), in 8,450 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put one-person households at 15% here. Residents who moved in within the year: 7.9%, below 83% of Canadian towns.
Slower growth than 60% of Canadian towns: Foothills County changed by +3% since 2016
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +1% across Alberta’s towns. The July 2025 estimate adds another 11%.
Foothills County sits above 59% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (20%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
60–64 is the most common age band: 10% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 11%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Foothills County, 48.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 76% of Canadian towns: 2.7 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%; Foothills County has 3.8%.
Married residents 15 and over: 63%, a higher share than 99% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%; Foothills County has 8.1%. As a reference point, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Only 10% of households rent their home in Foothills County
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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 74% of Canadian towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 41% date from 2001 or later, 8.2% from before 1961. The usual figure: a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Median gross household income: $132,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Foothills County: half had more than $132,000, 53% above 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 23% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
13% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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, 17% of residents are immigrants; in Foothills County, 13%. Most immigrants were born in Europe (62%) or in Asia (15%). At 3.3%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is lower than in 63% of Canadian towns.
Foothills County ranks above 76% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 44%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
5.1% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents account for 3.5%.
88% have English as their mother tongue; 5.9% also speak French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 95%, French 0.5%. Fewer bilingual residents than in 64% of Canadian towns: 5.9%. Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 1.2%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
32% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
5.4% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
61% 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. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 61%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 4th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 31.1 (Wellington Place) up to 58 (White Rock). By median age, Foothills County sits among Tecumseh (47.6), Oro-Medonte (47.6), Lunenburg (53.6) and Thetford Mines (53.6).
The towns around Foothills County are all younger
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Alberta’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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.
Questions about Foothills County’s residents
Is Foothills County good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 73% of households. One-parent families: 3.8%. Schools near Foothills County are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Foothills County?
The median household in Foothills County took in $132,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Foothills County?
Foothills County had about 25,789 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 23,199, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Foothills County?
A median age of 48.4, older than 81% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 20%.
Is Foothills County bilingual?
English and French: 5.9% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 94%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 1.2%.
How diverse is Foothills County?
13% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 5.1% belong to a visible minority and 3.5% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Foothills County?
54% are Christian and 44% have no religion; 2.2% follow another religion.
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).