Photo: Grant Berg · CC BY-SA 3.0Younger than 94% of Canadian towns: half of Grande Prairie is under 34
Of the immigrants living here, 58% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. About 71,160 people lived in Grande Prairie in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. The census found that 49% of residents said they have no religion here. On residents who moved in within the year, Grande Prairie sits higher than 85% of Canadian towns: 17%.
What stands out about the people of Grande Prairie
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
12% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 3.7% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Grande Prairie’s median age is 34; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 22% are under 15 and 9.2% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Grande Prairie changed by +2% from 2016 to 2021, behind 68% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 11%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Alberta’s towns, by more than +1%.
In Grande Prairie, 9.2% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 94% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 35–39, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. Against that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 22% of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Grande Prairie, 34. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 67% of Canadian towns: 2.6 people on average
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.
The share of one-parent families tops nearly two thirds of Canadian towns: 9.3%. Just over a quarter of households are one person living alone.
15% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 75% of Canadian towns don’t reach
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 30% of adults (typical: 27%). Set beside that, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
34% of households rent their home, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 48% date from 2001 or later, 4.9% from before 1961. Single-detached houses hold 62% of households, less than in 53% of Canadian towns, and buildings of five or more storeys 0.6%. Typically, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Households here have a median income of $102,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Grande Prairie’s, at $102,000, is 19% higher. For Alberta’s towns, the median household income is $92,200. The pandemic’s benefits: 35% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
A larger share of residents without Canadian citizenship than 61% of Canadian towns: 8.3%
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
The share of immigrants is 13%, against 17% across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 5.8% across Canada’s towns.
Above 90% of Canadian towns: 12% of residents have an Indigenous identity
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
On the census count, 16% of residents belong to a visible minority. Indigenous residents: 2.8% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
84% have English as their mother tongue; 7.6% also speak French
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
Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 2.1%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns. 6.2% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.4% speak neither official language.
Below 69% of Canadian towns: 19% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 13% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 66% of residents 15 and over had a job
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
66% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Of 41 towns its size (53,508 to 95,763 people), the 1st youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
They run from Grande Prairie, at 34, to Lindsay, at 51.6. Next to Grande Prairie on this scale come Fort McMurray (34.4) and Airdrie (35.6).
Older than Grande Prairie: 2 of the 3 towns nearby
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. Distances here run 6–22 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Grande Prairie.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grande Prairie | 71,160 | — | 34 | 9.2% | 13% |
| Grande Prairie County No. 1 | 25,883 | 6.4 km | 38.8 | 13% | 4.5% |
| Sexsmith | 2,561 | 21.1 km | 33.2 | 7.8% | 3.9% |
| Wembley | 1,516 | 22.4 km | 34.4 | 7.7% | 3.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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 Grande Prairie’s residents
What is the median income in Grande Prairie?
Half of Grande Prairie’s households had more than $102,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Grande Prairie?
About 71,160, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 64,141 people in Grande Prairie, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Grande Prairie?
The median age is 34, younger than 94% of Canadian towns. 22% are under 15 and 9.2% 65 or older.
Is Grande Prairie bilingual?
7.6% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 92% English only. French is the mother tongue of 2.1%.
How diverse is Grande Prairie?
Immigrants: 13% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 16%. Indigenous identity: 12%.
What religion are people in Grande Prairie?
49% said they have no religion and 46% that they are Christian; 4.8% named another faith.
Is Grande Prairie good for families?
22% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 50% of households and one-parent families 9.3%. Schools near Grande Prairie 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).