Photo: Tracklan2 · CC0Younger than 98% of Canadian towns: half of Picture Butte is under 32
Just over four in five households live in a single-detached house; across Canada’s towns the figure is 64%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 2,380 residents; the 2021 Census found 690 households. Residents aged 15 to 24: 13% of the total. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 25%, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Picture Butte
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Picture Butte is 32; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A town people move to
A year before the census, 19% of residents lived elsewhere, 1.7 times the typical share; over five years, 45% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A growing town: +7% since 2016, faster than 66% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +1% across Alberta’s towns. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 23%.
Children under 15 make up 26% in Picture Butte, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
More residents are 0–4 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 2 times the share across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Locally, 17% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2.7 people per household, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
5.8% of households are one-parent families, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns. One-person households: 25% of the total.
A lower share of common-law partners than 80% of Canadian towns, at 7%
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 just over a fifth of adults, beside a typical 27%. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%. The census found that 57% of residents 15 and over are married in Picture Butte.
Below 60% of Canadian towns: 21% of households rent their home
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
Nearly a quarter of homes were built before 1961 and 17% in 2001 or later. For comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Household income at the median: $81,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Picture Butte had $81,000 before tax, 6% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. The pandemic’s benefits: 17% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Picture Butte: 19% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 91% of Canadian towns
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
Immigrants here were most often born in the Americas (52%), then in Europe (37%). The wider picture: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. 8% of residents are not Canadian citizens, a higher share than in 60% of Canadian towns. Recent arrivals are 25% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
3.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 9.6% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for Indigenous residents is 2.8% across Canada’s towns.
65% have English as their mother tongue; 1.3% 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
7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 1.3% in Picture Butte. Here, 0.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
9.6% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 96% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 27% (typical 9.5%).
A job for 61% 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. 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 61%.
A younger town than 1 of the 2 around it: Picture Butte
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Picture Butte | 2,380 | — | 32 | 17% | 18% |
| Lethbridge County | 10,988 | 3.8 km | 32.8 | 12% | 12% |
| Coalhurst | 3,244 | 18.2 km | 32 | 11% | 6.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- 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 Picture Butte’s residents
How diverse is Picture Butte?
Immigrants make up 18% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 9.6% are members of a visible minority, and 3.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Picture Butte?
Christian: 74%. No religion: 25%. Another religion: 0.6%.
Is Picture Butte good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 26%. 62% of households are couple families and 5.8% one-parent families. Schools near Picture Butte are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Picture Butte?
$81,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Picture Butte (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Picture Butte?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,380 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,930 in Picture Butte, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Picture Butte?
32 is the median age. Under 15: 26%. 65 and over: 17%.
Is Picture Butte bilingual?
English and French: 1.3% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 96%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.5%.
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).