A higher share of Indigenous residents than 86% of Canadian towns, at 9.3%
Half of Gibbons’s residents are under 37.6, younger than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns. Locally, just over one in ten households rent their home. The 2021 Census found 1,195 households in the town; by July 2025 the population was about 3,352. Here 3% of residents are immigrants, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 17%.
What stands out about the people of Gibbons
A town of families
21% of residents are under 15, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 8.3% of households are one-parent families and households average 2.6 people. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Gibbons’s population moved +2% on 2016, less than in 65% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Alberta’s towns the median is +1%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Children under 15 make up 21% in Gibbons, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 35–39, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. 13% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 81% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Gibbons, 37.6. 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.
Only 22% of households are one person living alone in Gibbons
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 in Gibbons hold 2.6 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4). Typically, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. The census found that 8.3% of households are one-parent families in the town.
More common-law partners than 67% of Canadian towns: 13%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up nearly a quarter of adults, beside a typical 27%. Locally, nearly half of residents 15 and over are married. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
A higher share of households in single-detached houses than 81% of Canadian towns, at 86%
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 27% date from 2001 or later, 3.6% from before 1961. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Median household income here: $108,000 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
Half of Gibbons’s households had a total income above $108,000, 26% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Alberta’s towns: $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 25% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
3% 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
16% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The share of residents without Canadian citizenship stands at 0.9%. A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: more than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
Gibbons sits above 91% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (53%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, Gibbons has 1.9%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 35%.
Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 3.1% in Gibbons, more than in 68% of Canadian towns
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
With bilingual residents at 5.9%, Gibbons is behind 64% of Canadian towns on that count. Across Canada’s towns, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 99% of Canadian towns: 7.7%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Gibbons, 7.7%, and 45% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 11%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
In work on census day: 61% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. 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 61%.
In its size band (3,296 to 3,411), the 10th youngest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Between Arviat (21.8) and North Kawartha (59.2) lies the rest of the group. Nearest to Gibbons in age: North St. Boniface (37.4), Sainte-Clotilde (37.6), Montrose (38.9) and Hay River (40.4).
Gibbons is younger than 1 of its 3 nearest neighbours
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibbons | 3,352 | — | 37.6 | 13% | 3% |
| Bon Accord | 1,457 | 5.4 km | 36.8 | 11% | 4.2% |
| Sturgeon County | 21,144 | 16.0 km | 41.2 | 16% | 6.2% |
| Fort Saskatchewan | 30,575 | 16.1 km | 36 | 13% | 9.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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 Gibbons’s residents
What is the average age in Gibbons?
37.6 is the median age, younger than 79% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 21%. 65 and over: 13%.
Is Gibbons bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 5.9% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 94% speak only English and 0% only French; 3.1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Gibbons?
Immigrants make up 3% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1.9% are members of a visible minority, and 9.3% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Gibbons?
Christian: 45%. No religion: 53%. Another religion: 1.6%.
Is Gibbons good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 21%. 60% of households are couple families and 8.3% one-parent families. Schools near Gibbons are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Gibbons?
$108,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Gibbons (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Gibbons?
Statistics Canada estimates 3,352 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 3,218 in Gibbons, 2% more than 2016.
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).