Photo: Rural Health Professions Action Plan from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · CC BY 2.0Kneehill County ranks above 84% of Canadian towns on children under 15: 20%
In Kneehill County, 14% of households rent their home, beside 25% across Canada’s towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 5,129 for July 2025. Locally, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. One-person households are rarer here than in just over three quarters of Canadian towns.
A change of ±0% since 2016 leaves Kneehill County behind 78% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 3%. The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Alberta’s towns +1%.
A median age of 41.6: Kneehill County is younger than 53% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 60–64: nearly one in ten residents. The highest share aged 65 or over among Alberta’s towns is Country Hills Village’s: 36%. Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 11%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Kneehill County, 41.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Kneehill County households average 2.5 people, larger than in 58% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The figure for one-parent families is 4.9% in Kneehill County and 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
62% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The figure for common-law partners is 6.4% in Kneehill County and 11% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married.
84% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 79% of Canadian towns
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
Older homes outnumber new: 31% predate 1961, 19% date from 2001 or later. As a yardstick, 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 gross household income: $91,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $91,000, the middle household in Kneehill County out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 6%. Across Alberta’s towns, half of households had more than $92,200 before tax. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 19% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
6.7% 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, the share of immigrants is 17%; Kneehill County has 6.7%. The census found that 3% of residents are not Canadian citizens in the town.
In Kneehill County, 36% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 54% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Kneehill County, 1.7% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents: 3.4% of the total.
English is the mother tongue of 85%, and 1.5% speak French as well
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
By its share of residents whose mother tongue is French (0.3%), Kneehill County is below 97% of Canadian towns. At home, 8.3% mostly speak another language; 0.6% speak neither English nor French. This Alberta town has fewer bilingual residents than 99% of Canadian towns, at 1.5%.
Only 12% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Kneehill County
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 17%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 66% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 66%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
18th lowest median age among 41 towns of 5,052 to 5,211
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The youngest of these towns is River-Osborne, at 31.6; the oldest, Saint-Donat, is at 60.4. Montréal-Est (40.4), Saint-Germain-de-Grantham (40.4), Antigonish (42) and Rushdale (42.8): the towns nearest Kneehill County in median age.
Kneehill County is younger than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kneehill County | 5,129 | — | 41.6 | 18% | 6.7% |
| Three Hills | 3,502 | 2.1 km | 44.8 | 25% | 14% |
| Trochu | 1,191 | 12.9 km | 48.8 | 26% | 17% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Alberta’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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 Kneehill County’s residents
What is the average age in Kneehill County?
The median age is 41.6, younger than 53% of Canadian towns. 20% are under 15 and 18% 65 or older.
Is Kneehill County bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 1.5% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 98% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.3% grew up with French.
How diverse is Kneehill County?
Immigrants: 6.7% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.7%. Indigenous identity: 3.4%.
What religion are people in Kneehill County?
36% said they have no religion and 63% that they are Christian; 1.1% named another faith.
Is Kneehill County good for families?
20% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 70% of households and one-parent families 4.9%. Schools near Kneehill County are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kneehill County?
Half of Kneehill County’s households had more than $91,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Kneehill County?
About 5,129, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 4,992 people in Kneehill County, about the same as 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).