Above 96% of Canadian towns: 18% of residents have an Indigenous identity
The figure for renter households is 11% in Lesser Slave River No. 124 and 25% across Canada’s towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 2,980 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,170 households. Residents who moved in within the year: 7.2% of the total. Higher than in 63% of Canadian towns: 21% of residents are 65 or over.
What stands out about the people of Lesser Slave River No. 124
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 18% of residents, more than in 96% of Canadian towns, and 7% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A change of +2% since 2016 leaves Lesser Slave River No. 124 behind 63% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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 4%.
Older than 82% of Canadian towns: half of Lesser Slave River No. 124 is over 48.8
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Compared with 16% across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are under 15 here. No age band is larger than 55–59: 11% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lesser Slave River No. 124, 48.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women.
One-person households: 24%, a lower share than 59% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here 6% of households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%. Across Canada’s towns, one-person households come to 27%.
14% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 20% of adults, against a typical 27%. Higher than in 69% of Canadian towns: 52% of residents 15 and over are married. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
78% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 70% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
37% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 6% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $99,000 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
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Lesser Slave River No. 124’s, at $99,000, is 15% higher. The provincial yardstick is $92,200, the median across Alberta’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 23% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
6% 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
Recent arrivals are 32% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Lesser Slave River No. 124 has fewer immigrants than 78% of Canadian towns, at 6%. Locally, 1.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
More residents with no religion than 93% of Canadian towns: 55%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents trails 96% of Canadian towns: 0.9%. To put it in context, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 91%, and 2.8% 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
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Lesser Slave River No. 124, 2.8%. Here, 1.4% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
In Lesser Slave River No. 124, 10% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 96% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 22% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
60% of residents 15 and over were in work
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.
Employment here, 60%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
The 11th oldest of 41 towns of 2,935 to 3,022 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages here range from 29.9 in Albany to 58.4 in Electoral Area C, Strathcona. Nearest to Lesser Slave River No. 124 in age: Wawa (47.2), Stanstead (48.8), Huntingdon (49.6) and Lac-des-Écorces (50).
Every neighbour of Lesser Slave River No. 124 has a younger population
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. The nearest places to Lesser Slave River No. 124 with figures are 11–106 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesser Slave River No. 124 | 2,980 | — | 48.8 | 21% | 6% |
| Slave Lake | 7,334 | 11.2 km | 34 | 9.1% | 14% |
| Swan Hills | 1,430 | 81.1 km | 42 | 13% | 5% |
| Opportunity No. 17 | 3,592 | 91.1 km | 31.2 | 11% | 3.3% |
| Big Lakes County | 5,106 | 103.9 km | 45.6 | 19% | 4.6% |
| Athabasca | 2,887 | 105.5 km | 42.8 | 22% | 10% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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. Two medians frame each figure: one for Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
Questions about Lesser Slave River No. 124’s residents
What is the average age in Lesser Slave River No. 124?
48.8 is the median age, older than 82% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 21%.
Is Lesser Slave River No. 124 bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 2.8% are. Another 0% speak only French and 97% only English, and French is the first language of 1.4%.
How diverse is Lesser Slave River No. 124?
Immigrants make up 6% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0.9% are members of a visible minority, and 18% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Lesser Slave River No. 124?
Christian: 42%. No religion: 55%. Another religion: 2.7%.
Is Lesser Slave River No. 124 good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 61% of households are couple families and 6% one-parent families. Schools near Lesser Slave River No. 124 are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lesser Slave River No. 124?
$99,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Lesser Slave River No. 124 (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Lesser Slave River No. 124?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,980 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,861 in Lesser Slave River No. 124, 2% more than 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).