Photo: formulanone from Huntsville, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher share of children under 15 than 91% of Canadian towns, at 22%
Half of Leduc’s residents are under 36.8, younger than in 83% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 12,965 households locally; by July 2025 the population was about 39,966. Across Leduc, 7% of residents have an Indigenous identity. Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 3.2%, above 69% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Leduc
A town of families
Children under 15 are 22% of residents, more than in 91% of Canadian towns. Households average 2.6 people, and 11% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Leduc went from 29,993 people in 2016 to 34,094 in 2021, +14%: faster growth than in 90% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A +14% change since 2016: Leduc grew faster than 90% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 17%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Alberta’s towns, by more than +1%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 77% of Canadian towns, at 14%
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, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Leduc, 36.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Leduc ranks above 82% of Canadian towns on one-parent families: 11%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
With one-person households at 23%, Leduc is behind 67% of Canadian towns on that count. By way of comparison, 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of common-law partners than 60% of Canadian towns: 12%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Married residents 15 and over: 48% here and 46% across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Leduc: 27% of households rent their home, above 53% 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
58% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 3.1% built before 1961. For comparison, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Set against 64% across Canada’s towns, 63% of households live in a single-detached house in Leduc.
Half of households earn more than $100,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Leduc’s households had a total income above $100,000, 16% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $92,200, the median across Alberta’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 31% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
More residents who moved in within the year than 77% of Canadian towns: 15%
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 (51%) or in Europe (28%). The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals are 54% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
Above 83% of Canadian towns: 48% of residents said they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 13% of the total. On religion, 50% answered Christian and 48% no religion, against 54% and 35% across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 87%, and 5.8% 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 93%, French 0.5%. Lower than in 66% of Canadian towns: 5.8% of residents speak English and French. There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.7%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Only 17% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Leduc
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 8.8% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 62% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 62%.
In its size band (36,393 to 43,877), the 7th youngest of 41 towns
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
They run from Malton, at 34.8, to Sorel-Tracy, at 53.2. Panorama Ridge (35.7), Mount Pleasant (36.3), Metrotown (38) and Yaletown (38.2): the towns nearest Leduc in median age.
Leduc and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
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. Each comparison is its own median: over Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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.
Questions about Leduc’s residents
Is Leduc good for families?
22% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 55% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Leduc are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Leduc?
Half of Leduc’s households had more than $100,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Leduc?
About 39,966, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 34,094 people in Leduc, 14% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Leduc?
The median age is 36.8, younger than 83% of Canadian towns. 22% are under 15 and 14% 65 or older.
Is Leduc bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 5.8% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 94% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.7% grew up with French.
How diverse is Leduc?
Immigrants: 12% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 13%. Indigenous identity: 7%.
What religion are people in Leduc?
48% said they have no religion and 50% that they are Christian; 2.9% named another faith.
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).