Grande Prairie County No. 1Alberta

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With 25,883 residents, it is a town in Alberta. The population grew 6% between 2016 and 2021.

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Population

25,883

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

38.8

years · Alberta’s towns: 40.8

Postsecondary

47%

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is Grande Prairie County No. 1 a good place to live?

Residents’ health trails most towns (D). It lags on walkability as well (C−). The local economy does well (B+). At $500,000, the median home value in 2021 came to 4.2 times local household income. Overall, that makes a D, good for #444 of 473 in Alberta. Set against the rest, it does better than 10% of Canadian towns.

Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021.

This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Safety is the police detachment's figure, shared with the towns and countryside around it. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.

WeakestDHealth C⁻Walkability

How Grande Prairie County No. 1 grades

Each subject compares Grande Prairie County No. 1 with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.

How grading works

HealthHealth outcomes are among the weakest comparedDOpen →WalkabilityAmong the weakest of the towns comparedC⁻Open →Jobs & incomeGraded on incomes, poverty and employmentB⁺Open →SafetyMore crime than in most townsCOpen →Hazard riskAhead of most towns comparedB⁺Open →SchoolsBased on how pupils do in exams and testsCOpen →Cost of livingHomes are harder to afford than in most townsCOpen →

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Grande Prairie County No. 1 stand out

The 3 things Grande Prairie County No. 1 does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Walk, cycle or transit to work

Getting around

2% walk, cycle or take transit

Midway across Canadian towns: 8%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Median household income, 2020

Income

$120,000 median household income

The median of Canadian towns: $81,000

Statistics Canada, Census 2021: household income in 2020.

Health

Behind 91%

of Canadian towns on health

Its health grade: D.

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Grande Prairie County No. 1.

HealthHealth D

For health, Grande Prairie County No. 1 gets a D

48%very good or excellent healthDHealth Grade

17% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, above both Alberta’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). Adults here are less upbeat about their health than the province: 48% very good or excellent, against 53% in Alberta. Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 78.3, women 80.9 and men 76.1 (2022/2024). The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Grande Prairie County No. 1’s is long: 14 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Grande Prairie County No. 148%

Alberta’s towns51%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Grande Prairie County No. 1	Alberta	Canada
Chronic conditions (average share)	21%	18%	17%
Smokers	17%	12%	12%
Life expectancy at birth	78.3	81.2	81.5
Very good or excellent health	48%	51%	52%

78.3

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

14 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

17%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

11 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageGrande Prairie County No. 1’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey48% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care14 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 11 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 80.9, men 76.1 Conditions and habits21% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Health survey and life expectancy: one figure for all of the North Zone

Work & commuteJobs & income B⁺

Household incomes in Grande Prairie County No. 1 are higher than in 96% of Canadian towns

2%walk, cycle or take transit

Workers spend 28 min getting to work, on average.

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van97%

Walk1%

Public transit0%

Bicycle0%

Census 2021	Grande Prairie County No. 1	Alberta	Canada
Average trip	28 min	26 min	26 min

$120,000

median household income, 2020

19%

worked from home, May 2021

26%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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Unemployment9.6% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work2% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to4,050 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Grande Prairie

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.

SafetySafety C

For safety, Grande Prairie County No. 1 gets a C

87Crime Severity Index

Shared with the rest of the Clairmont detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 87 over 2023–25, lower than Alberta’s towns (110) yet higher than Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 36.6 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202385

202477

2025100

2023–2025	Grande Prairie County No. 1	Alberta	Canada
Crime Severity Index	87	110	67
Property crime per 1,000	36.6	45	31.2

non-violent Crime Severity Index

34%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageGrande Prairie County No. 1’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety87 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Grande Prairie County No. 1’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Grande Prairie County No. 1 safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

Natural hazardsHazard risk B⁺

Grande Prairie County No. 1 is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Government of Alberta

Lowwildfire bandB⁺Hazard risk Grade

Measured across the Peace Country Health: radon tests

Seismic risk runs low: $0.015 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Grande Prairie County No. 1’s survey area, 8.9% over the radon guideline, is close to the typical town’s 6.6%. Wildfire is rare near Grande Prairie County No. 1: 1.3% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.03% a year.

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Grande Prairie County No. 18.9%

Alberta’s towns7.5%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Grande Prairie County No. 1	Alberta	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	8.9%	7.5%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.015	$0.013	$0.030

Low

wildfire band

0.8 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

flood study on the national inventory

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FloodOne flood study on record WildfireLow wildfire band · 1.3% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 Earthquakes$0.015 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon8.9% of tests above the guideline Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

Climate

Winter nights bite in Grande Prairie County No. 1: January lows of −19.4°C, colder than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns

22.7°CJuly afternoons

Summer highs average 22.7°C in July, below Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and Canadian towns (25.5°C) alike. Gardeners get 111 frost-free days, from 21 May to 10 September. A normal July brings 73 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Most of the snow comes in January, about 34 cm.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−6.4°C

Spring8.9°C

Summer21.8°C

Autumn8.5°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Grande Prairie County No. 1	Alberta	Canada
July afternoon high	22.7°C	23.5°C	25.5°C
January night low	−19.4°C	−14.7°C	−13.5°C
Days with frost a year	202	193	159
Precipitation a year	435 mm	431 mm	883 mm

162 cm

of snow a year

202

days with frost a year

111

frost-free days, 21 May to 10 Sep

days with precipitation a year

Full pageGrande Prairie County No. 1’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 22.7°C, January lows −19.4°C Rain and snow435 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow162 cm of snow a year Weather station5.5 km to the station · Grande Prairie

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Grande Prairie)

SchoolsSchools C

The schools around Grande Prairie County No. 1 answer to 5 boards

39schools within 3 kmCSchools Grade

Taken together, Grande Prairie County No. 1 and its 3 km edge hold 24 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools and 9 schools for every grade for 16,110 students. On results, 21 of its 35 tested schools sit in the lower two fifths in Alberta. The largest is Grande Prairie Composite High School, with 1,502 students. Schooling in French is on offer at one of the 39; in Alberta, 2% of schools teach in it.

School	Level	Students	System
Riverstone Public School Fourth fifth in AlbertaLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades K–8	Elementary · Grades K–8	712	English public
Grande Prairie Composite High School Bottom fifth in AlbertaLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 9–12	Secondary · Grades 9–12	1,502	English public
École Nouvelle Frontière FrenchTeaches in FrenchAll grades · Grades K–12	All grades · Grades K–12	199	French public
Derek Taylor School Top fifth in AlbertaResults in the top fifth in AlbertaElementary · Grades K–8	Elementary · Grades K–8	382	English public

See all 39 schools →

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

English public30

English Catholic8

French public1

Schools within 3 km	Grande Prairie County No. 1	Alberta	Canada
School boards	5	3	3

16,110

students at the schools within 3 km, 2025/26

1.7 km

to the nearest secondary school

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The boards5 school boards · The Grande Prairie School Division Every school39 schools within 3 km · 24 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools and 9 schools for every grade Results6 of 35 in the top two fifths · of the schools with results, placed against every school in Alberta Language1 of 39 teach in French · 2% of schools in Alberta Questions“What schools are there in Grande Prairie County No. 1?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26

HousingCost of living C

Grande Prairie County No. 1 is a town of owners: 91% of households own their home, above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

$500,000median home value, 2021CCost of living Grade

16% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Grande Prairie County No. 1$500,000

Alberta$400,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Grande Prairie County No. 1	Alberta	Canada
Households owning their home	91%	74%	74%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	16%	21%	18%
Rent as a share of income	18%	20%	20%
Median home value, 2021	$500,000	$400,000	$406,000

$1,500

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$1,720

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

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Owners and renters91% own their home Cost of living4.2 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $500,000, against the median household income Renting$1,500 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020.

Who lives here

Children make up 22% of Grande Prairie County No. 1, above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

38.8median age

Visible minorities make up 2.8% of the population, below both Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%). Those 65 and older account for 13% of residents.

Grande Prairie County No. 1AlbertaCanada

AlbertaCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

22%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree20%

Postsecondary qualification47%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 48.6% of Grande Prairie County No. 1

Census 2021 put women at 11,550 and men at 12,215; women are 50.9% of Canada.

Who lives in Grande Prairie County No. 1
	Grande Prairie County No. 1	Alberta	Canada
Under 15	22%	18%	16%
15 to 64	65%	67%	64%
65+	13%	15%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	20%	15%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	47%	54%	56%

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Ages38.8 median age · 13% are 65 or over Households8,355 households · 2.8 people per household Immigrants5% are immigrants · 3% belong to a visible minority English and French5% speak both · 0% speak French but not English

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Alberta and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

Weather

A normal November in Grande Prairie County No. 1 runs from −11°C to −1°C

−1°Ca normal November afternoon

Precipitation in November averages 29 mm. The month after, December, normally sees −6°C afternoons and −17°C nights. November usually brings some 28 cm of snow. July brings the warmest days, 23°C; January the coldest nights, −19°C.

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November−1°C

December−6°C

January−8°C

February−5°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−6°C	−18°C	63 mm
Spring	9°C	−3°C	81 mm
Summer	22°C	9°C	195 mm
Autumn	9°C	−3°C	96 mm

−11°C

a normal November night

29 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

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Next 24 hoursTemperature and chance of rain, hour by hour The week aheadECCC’s days ahead, beside the normals The yearWarmest July, coldest January

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Grande Prairie); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Chris Warkentin (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Grande Prairie, the riding that includes Grande Prairie County No. 1

For local government, Grande Prairie County No.

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Who runs itMunicipal District

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B⁻

Hythe Municipal Library and La Glace Community Library are Grande Prairie County No. 1’s two public libraries

Grande Prairie County No.

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The libraries2 Libraries Places to belong0.9 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

A provincial park at Grande Prairie County No. 1’s edge: Saskatoon Island Provincial Park

0.6%of the land within 10 km protected

Within 5 km are 56 beaches; Dude Beach is the nearest. 0.6% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). For walks, the Wedgewood Trail runs within 2 km.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Grande Prairie County No. 10.6%

Alberta’s towns0.4%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Grande Prairie County No. 1	Alberta	Canada
Public protected areas within 10 km	6	2	4
Protected land within 10 km	0.6%	0.4%	2.3%

At the edge

to Saskatoon Island Provincial Park

beaches within 5 km

public protected areas within 10 km

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Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas33 protected areas within 10 km · Saskatoon Lake Migratory Bird Sanctuary National & provincial parksAt the edge to a provincial park · Saskatoon Island Provincial Park Footpaths & routes1 named route · Wedgewood Trail

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

History

Canada’s registers list 1 historic place in Grande Prairie County No. 1

1historic place

Older housing, built before 1961, accounts for 6.8% of homes, above Alberta’s towns (4.5%) but below Canadian towns (18%).

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations0

Other federal designations1

Provincial and local listings0

Among them

Building 15 1947

1947

oldest construction date on the record

6.8%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Grande Prairie County No. 1	Alberta	Canada
Homes built before 1961	6.8%	4.5%	18%

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On the registersOne historic place inside the town Older homes6.8% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Grande Prairie County No. 1 have?”

Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Grande Prairie County No. 1

15pages on Grande Prairie County No. 1

The big questions

SafetyCCrime Severity Index 87 Housing & costCHomes 4.2 × income Property pricesSchoolsC39 schools within 3 km HealthDLife expectancy 78.3 in its region Work & commuteB⁺67% of adults in work Natural hazardsB⁺Wildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors0.6% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 23°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 38.8 HistoryOne place on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

South Peace Centennial Museum and 4 more in and around Grande Prairie County No. 1

What there is to see in Grande Prairie County No. 1 and within a short drive, starting with the places most people have heard of.

All attractions →

MuseumMuseumSouth Peace Centennial Museumin town

MuseumPhilip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum200 m outside town, to the west MuseumMuseumGrande Prairie Museum3.8 km outside town, to the south Art galleryArt galleryGrant Berg Gallery4 km outside town, to the south Art galleryArt galleryArt Gallery of Grande Prairie3.7 km outside town, to the south

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)

Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum: Ribbet32, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from Grande Prairie County No. 1

5 notable people were born in Grande Prairie County No. 1.

See all 5 →

Christine NordhagenCanadian wrestler · born 1971

Ken SolheimCanadian ice hockey player · born 1961

John BorgerCanadian football player · born 1935

Kevin ParkCanadian male curler · born 1964

Paul EppCanadian professor · born 1950

About Grande Prairie County No. 1

Town in Alberta

For Grande Prairie County No. 1, TownRatings uses Statistics Canada’s census-subdivision boundary in Alberta, and every figure on its pages covers that whole area.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 25,883 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Alberta
Census division: Division No. 19
Census subdivision: 4819006

Grande Prairie County No. 1’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

Grande PrairieSexsmithGrande Prairie County No. 1

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Grande Prairie County No. 1	25,883	—	D	C	C	D
Grande Prairie	71,160	6.4	C	B	D	C⁻
Sexsmith	2,561	16	C⁻	A	C	D

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about Grande Prairie County No. 1

Who are the people of Grande Prairie County No. 1?

Visible minorities are 3% of the population, where the middle of Canadian towns is 15%. Immigrants make up 5%, and Indigenous people 9%.

What kind of homes are in Grande Prairie County No. 1?

Mostly 78% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 2.8 people on average, and 16% have just one.

Is Grande Prairie County No. 1 growing?

Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses it went from 22,502 to 23,769 residents (up 5.6%; Canadian towns’ median: 4.1%), and Statistics Canada now estimates 25,883.

Is Grande Prairie County No. 1 a young town or an old one?

The median resident is 38.8 years old, against 45.2 for the median of Canadian towns. 22% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or over.

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. 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).