Photo: Cszmurlo · CC BY 2.5Above 98% of Canadian towns: 26% of residents are under 15
38% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Magrath is home to some 2,566 people (July 2025 estimate), in 805 households at the 2021 Census. Across Magrath, nearly nine in ten households live in a single-detached house. Fewer one-person households than in 77% of Canadian towns: 20%.
What stands out about the people of Magrath
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Magrath is 36; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are under 15 and 19% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A growing town: +5% since 2016, faster than 53% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Alberta’s towns +1%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 3%.
Half of Magrath is under 36, younger than 87% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Where just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, Magrath has 14%. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 19% here.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Magrath, 36. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
3 people per household, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
6.8% of households are one-parent families; across Canada’s towns the figure is 8.2%.
In Magrath, 4.9% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 91% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Three in five residents 15 and over are married (Canada’s towns: 46%). The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Renter households: 22%, a lower share than 57% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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. 28% of homes were built before 1961 and 22% in 2001 or later.
Median household income here: $88,000 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
Household incomes sit at the middle in Magrath: half had more than $88,000, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns the median is $92,200. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 21% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
3.3% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
By its share of residents without Canadian citizenship (2.3%), Magrath is below 72% of Canadian towns. Fewer immigrants than in 88% of Canadian towns: 3.3%. Residents who moved in within the year account for 11%.
Magrath sits below 88% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (19%)
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
2.5% of residents belong to a visible minority and 1.9% have an Indigenous identity, against 15% and 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 35%. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 63% of Canadian towns.
96% have English as their mother tongue; 1.6% also speak French
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
In Magrath, 0.2% of residents have French as their mother tongue, beside 1.5% across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 99% of Canadian towns: 1.6% of residents speak English and French.
27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
6% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
A job for 50% of residents aged 15 and over
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 50%; 19% of residents are 65 or over.
The 6th youngest of 41 towns of 2,511 to 2,616 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages climb from 32.7 (City Commercial Core) to 61.6 (North Frontenac) across the group. Minchau (35.2), Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague (36), High Prairie (37.2) and Elmwood (37.5): the towns nearest Magrath in median age.
Magrath is younger than 1 of its 5 nearest neighbours
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. Magrath has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 16–32 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magrath | 2,566 | — | 36 | 19% | 3.3% |
| Raymond | 4,594 | 15.6 km | 35.2 | 19% | 7.2% |
| Stirling | 1,350 | 26.1 km | 32.4 | 14% | 7.8% |
| Lethbridge | 113,671 | 30.2 km | 38 | 18% | 15% |
| Blood 148 | 4,404 | 32.0 km | 31.2 | 12% | 0% |
| Warner County No. 5 | 4,533 | 32.5 km | 33.2 | 14% | 8.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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. 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 Magrath’s residents
How diverse is Magrath?
Immigrants: 3.3% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.5%. Indigenous identity: 1.9%.
What religion are people in Magrath?
19% said they have no religion and 80% that they are Christian; 0.4% named another faith.
Is Magrath good for families?
26% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 67% of households and one-parent families 6.8%. Schools near Magrath are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Magrath?
Half of Magrath’s households had more than $88,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Magrath?
About 2,566, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,481 people in Magrath, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Magrath?
The median age is 36, younger than 87% of Canadian towns. 26% are under 15 and 19% 65 or older.
Is Magrath bilingual?
English and French: 1.6% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 98%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.2%.
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).