Photo: The Heliotype Co. Ltd.: Publisher · Public domainA larger share of children under 15 than 82% of Canadian towns: 20%
Most recent wave: 47% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Statistics Canada puts Lacombe’s population at 14,733 for July 2025. Indigenous residents account for 5.8%. With a median age of 39.6, Lacombe is younger than nearly two thirds of Canadian towns.
Slower than most: +3% since 2016, behind 60% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +1% across Alberta’s towns. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 10%.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 10–14: 7.3% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Among Alberta’s towns, Country Hills Village has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 36%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lacombe, 39.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women.
2.5 people per household, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Lacombe, 26% of households are one person living alone. At 8.7%, the share of one-parent families is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
8% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 72% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 24% of adults, beside a typical 27%. 52% of residents 15 and over are married. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Lacombe sits above 56% of Canadian towns for renter households (28%)
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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The wider picture: a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 39% date from 2001 or later, 11% from before 1961. Where 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns, Lacombe has 63%.
Households here have a median income of $89,000 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
At $89,000, the middle household in Lacombe earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Alberta’s towns has $92,200 before tax. Pandemic benefits reached 27% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Lacombe sits above 59% 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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (46%) and in Europe (26%). By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, against 12% in Lacombe.
In Lacombe, 40% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 66% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents is 11%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. On average, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 89%, and 5.2% 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
At home: English 94%, French 0.2%. Fewer bilingual residents than in 72% of Canadian towns: 5.2%. Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.1%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 55% of Canadian towns, at 24%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 9.4% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
57% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 57%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (14,473 to 14,961), the 15th youngest of 41 towns
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The group spans La Crète, youngest at 23.4, to Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy, oldest at 57. Maizerets (38.9), Roncesvalles (39.6), Middle Sackville (39.9) and Portage la Prairie (40): the towns nearest Lacombe in median age.
Older than Lacombe: 1 of the 2 towns nearby
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacombe | 14,733 | — | 39.6 | 19% | 12% |
| Lacombe County | 11,072 | 4.2 km | 44.4 | 19% | 6.1% |
| Blackfalds | 12,258 | 10.6 km | 31.8 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Lacombe’s residents
Is Lacombe bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 5.2% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 95% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Lacombe?
Immigrants: 12% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 11%. Indigenous identity: 5.8%.
What religion are people in Lacombe?
40% said they have no religion and 58% that they are Christian; 1.9% named another faith.
Is Lacombe good for families?
20% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 56% of households and one-parent families 8.7%. Schools near Lacombe are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lacombe?
Half of Lacombe’s households had more than $89,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Lacombe?
About 14,733, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 13,396 people in Lacombe, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Lacombe?
The median age is 39.6, younger than 66% of Canadian towns. 20% are under 15 and 19% 65 or older.
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).