Photo: Joningham · CC BY-SA 4.0Residents with no religion: 50%, a higher share than 87% of Canadian towns
25% of residents are 65 or over (Canada’s towns: 19%). Innisfail had about 8,736 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 3,350 households at the 2021 Census. One-person households account for 31%. The median age locally is 46, higher than in 72% of Canadian towns.
+2% since 2016: slower than 66% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 9%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Alberta’s towns, +1%.
11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 59% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
60–64 is the most common age band: 7.2% of residents. At 16%, children under 15 sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Innisfail, 46. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Smaller households than 64% of Canadian towns: 2.3 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.
At 9%, the share of one-parent families is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
Fewer common-law partners than 63% of Canadian towns: 9.2%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: nearly a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%. To put it in context, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of renter households than 59% of Canadian towns: 30%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 26% date from 2001 or later, 10% from before 1961. Renter households: 25% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Compared with 64% across Canada’s towns, 62% of households live in a single-detached house here.
The median household brings in $76,500 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Innisfail’s households had a total income below $76,500, 11% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Alberta’s towns is $92,200. COVID-19 benefits went to 26% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Innisfail sits above 55% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (12%)
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
Most immigrants were born in Asia (47%) or in Europe (32%). Lower than in 73% of Canadian towns: 7.3% of residents are immigrants. The wider picture: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals are 46% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of Indigenous residents than 70% of Canadian towns: 5%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority; in Innisfail, 6%. To put it in context, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 92%, and 3% speak French as well
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
Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 0.9%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns. On bilingual residents, Innisfail sits lower than 94% of Canadian towns: 3%. At home: English 96%, French 0.1%.
Innisfail ranks below 93% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 11%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 14%, against 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
53% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 25% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 53% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 12th of 41 towns of 8,534 to 8,951 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The span goes from 32.8 (Iqaluit) up to 54 (Renfrew). The closest ages to Innisfail’s belong to Strathcona Park (44.7), Stanley Park (45.6), Kingsway South (47.8) and Kapuskasing (48.4).
Innisfail is older than every town around it
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innisfail | 8,736 | — | 46 | 25% | 7.3% |
| Bowden | 1,315 | 11.1 km | 42.4 | 19% | 4.3% |
| Penhold | 3,812 | 14.3 km | 34.4 | 8.3% | 6.3% |
| Red Deer County | 22,076 | 18.3 km | 46 | 20% | 6.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- 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. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
Questions about Innisfail’s residents
Is Innisfail good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 51% of households and one-parent families 9%. Schools near Innisfail are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Innisfail?
Median total household income in Innisfail was $76,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Innisfail?
The latest figure is an estimate: 8,736 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Innisfail counted 7,985, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Innisfail?
Half the residents are older than 46 and half younger, older than 72% of Canadian towns; 16% are children under 15 and 25% are 65 or over.
Is Innisfail bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 3% are. Another 0% speak only French and 97% only English, and French is the first language of 0.9%.
How diverse is Innisfail?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 7.3%. A visible minority makes up 6% and Indigenous residents 5%.
What religion are people in Innisfail?
Most often Christian (49%) or no religion (50%); other religions make up 1.6%.
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).