Photo: Jacob Marfo · CC BY-SA 3.0Younger than 99% of Canadian towns: half of La Crète is under 23.4
Residents with no religion make up 8%, against 35% across Canada’s towns. La Crète is home to some 14,488 people (July 2025 estimate), in 3,515 households at the 2021 Census. Across La Crète, 16% of residents are aged 15 to 24. One-person households are rarer here than in 88% of Canadian towns. Every figure here is for Mackenzie County as a whole, the municipality La Crète belongs to.
What stands out about the people of La Crète
Younger than most towns
Line La Crète’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 23.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 36% are under 15 and 7.5% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
La Crète went from 11,171 people in 2016 to 12,804 in 2021, +15%: faster growth than in 92% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A +15% change since 2016: La Crète grew faster than 92% 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
The July 2025 estimate adds another 13%. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +1% across Alberta’s towns.
More children under 15 than 99% of Canadian towns: 36%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Against a figure of 19% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in La Crète comes in at 7.5%. The usual figure: 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ La Crète, 23.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
La Crète households average 3.6 people, larger than in 98% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Set against 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 3.4% of households are one-parent families in La Crète.
A lower share of common-law partners than 97% of Canadian towns, at 3%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 28% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%. For La Crète, the census puts married residents 15 and over at 65%.
Fewer renter households than 74% of Canadian towns: 15%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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: 50% date from 2001 or later, 2.7% from before 1961. La Crète has more households in single-detached houses than 68% of Canadian towns, at 77%. Across the comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $90,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in La Crète had $90,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns, half of households had more than $92,200 before tax. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 17% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
3.7% of residents are immigrants
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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 residents without Canadian citizenship is 0.5%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in the Americas (85%) or in Europe (7.5%). On immigrants, La Crète sits lower than 86% of Canadian towns: 3.7%.
In La Crète, 7.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 81% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
With visible minority residents at 0.9%, La Crète is behind 96% of Canadian towns on that count. The wider picture: 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
Beyond English and French: 66% grew up with another language
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Bilingual residents make up 0.5%, against 7.5% across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 0.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
La Crète ranks below 99% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 6.8%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 48%, beside a typical 9.5%. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 58%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 58%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 14,205 to 14,774 people: this is the 1st youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages here range from 23.4 in La Crète to 57 in Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy. In age, La Crète keeps company with Harbour Landing (31.6) and Hickory Woods (33.2).
La Crète sits below 2 of its 3 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Distances here run 56–158 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from La Crète.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Crète | 14,488 | — | 23.4 | 7.5% | 3.7% |
| High Level | 4,390 | 55.7 km | 34.8 | 13% | 13% |
| Fox Lake 162 | 2,745 | 113.4 km | 17.6 | 1.8% | 0% |
| Manning | 1,153 | 158.3 km | 42 | 22% | 15% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about La Crète’s residents
What religion are people in La Crète?
Christian: 92%. No religion: 8%. Another religion: 0.5%.
Is La Crète good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 36%. 75% of households are couple families and 3.4% one-parent families. Schools near La Crète are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in La Crète?
$90,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in La Crète (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of La Crète?
Statistics Canada estimates 14,488 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 12,804 in La Crète, 15% more than 2016.
What is the average age in La Crète?
23.4 is the median age, younger than 99% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 36%. 65 and over: 7.5%.
Is La Crète bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 0.5% are. Another 0% speak only French and 94% only English, and French is the first language of 0.1%.
How diverse is La Crète?
Immigrants make up 3.7% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0.9% are members of a visible minority, and 7.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).