Photo: Xz1303 · CC BY-SA 3.0Okotoks sits above 90% of Canadian towns for children under 15 (22%)
Compared with 35% across Canada’s towns, 44% of residents said they have no religion here. Some 33,482 people live in Okotoks, by the estimate for July 2025. Renter households account for 14%. With a median age of 39.2, Okotoks is younger than 69% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Okotoks
A town of families
22% of residents are under 15, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 8.9% of households are one-parent families and households average 2.9 people. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Okotoks’s population changed by +5% since 2016, more than in 54% 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
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Alberta’s towns, +1%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 10%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 74% of Canadian towns: 15%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
No age band is larger than 10–14: nearly one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Okotoks, 39.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
16% of households are one person living alone, below 88% 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.
One-parent families are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 8.9%. Each household has 2.9 people on average. Elsewhere, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over: 57%, a higher share than 85% 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
The figure for common-law partners is 7.9% in Okotoks and 11% across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
More households in single-detached houses than 69% of Canadian towns: 78%
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 74% of Canadian towns. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 63% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 2.2% built before 1961.
Household income, middle of the range: $117,000 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
Half of Okotoks’s households had a total income above $117,000, 36% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Alberta’s towns, the typical figure is $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 27% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 60% of Canadian towns, at 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
Just over a third of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (52%), then in Asia (28%).
Indigenous residents: 5.3%, a higher share than 72% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%; Okotoks has 7.6%. For comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
90% have English as their mother tongue; 7.4% also speak French
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
Residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.5% of the total.
27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
5.3% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
In work on census day: 62% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. 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%.
The 14th youngest of 41 towns of 31,095 to 36,072 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages climb from 34.8 (DT Core) to 51.2 (North Cowichan) across the group. The closest ages to Okotoks’s belong to Orangeville (38.8), Des Explorateurs (39), Clayton Park West (39.3) and Lisgar (39.3).
Okotoks and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okotoks | 33,482 | — | 39.2 | 15% | 13% |
| Foothills County | 25,789 | 5.4 km | 48.4 | 20% | 13% |
| Legacy | 7,975 | 15.3 km | 33 | 6.3% | 38% |
| Walden | 8,190 | 17.0 km | 33.6 | 5.7% | 43% |
| High River | 15,508 | 17.2 km | 44.8 | 25% | 19% |
| Cranston | 20,055 | 17.6 km | 36.5 | 8.6% | 28% |
| Chaparral | 12,522 | 18.2 km | 38.5 | 9.1% | 21% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Okotoks’s residents
What religion are people in Okotoks?
Most often Christian (54%) or no religion (44%); other religions make up 2.1%.
Is Okotoks good for families?
Children under 15 are 22% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 66% of households and one-parent families 8.9%. Schools near Okotoks are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Okotoks?
Median total household income in Okotoks was $117,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Okotoks?
The latest figure is an estimate: 33,482 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Okotoks counted 30,405, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Okotoks?
Half the residents are older than 39.2 and half younger, younger than 69% of Canadian towns; 22% are children under 15 and 15% are 65 or over.
Is Okotoks bilingual?
English and French: 7.4% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 92%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.5%.
How diverse is Okotoks?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 13%. A visible minority makes up 7.6% and Indigenous residents 5.3%.
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).