Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0More Indigenous residents than 87% of Canadian towns: 11%
27% of residents are 65 or over (Canada’s towns: 19%). In Pincher Creek, just over four in five households live in a single-detached house. With a median age of 45.2, Pincher Creek is older than 69% of Canadian towns. The town is home to some 3,890 people (July 2025 estimate), in 1,525 households at the 2021 Census.
A −1% change since 2016: slower than 81% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +1% across Alberta’s towns. The July 2025 estimate adds another 7%.
Only 9.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Pincher Creek
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 6.8% of residents. Against that, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Pincher Creek, 45.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Pincher Creek sits above 69% of Canadian towns for one-person households (32%)
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Against a figure of 8.2% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families in Pincher Creek comes in at 9.5%. One-person households make up 27% across Canada’s towns. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
In Pincher Creek, 9.4% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 61% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 23% of adults (typical: 27%). To put it in context, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Fewer renter households than 56% of Canadian towns: 23%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
27% of homes were built before 1961 and 14% in 2001 or later. Elsewhere, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
The median household brings in $74,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $74,000, the middle household in Pincher Creek earned 14% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Alberta’s towns, the typical figure is $92,200. In 2020, 21% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 58% of Canadian towns: 12%
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (41%) and in Asia (33%). Typically, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Pincher Creek has fewer immigrants than two thirds of Canadian towns, at 8.9%. Meanwhile, of the immigrants living here, 36% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
47% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 83% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
7.1% of residents belong to a visible minority and 11% have an Indigenous identity, against 15% and 2.8% across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 90%, and 5.4% speak French as well
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 97%, French 0.1%. Fewer bilingual residents than in 70% of Canadian towns: 5.4%. There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.2%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Pincher Creek ranks below 63% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 22%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 13% here, 9.5% in the typical town. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 53%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
53% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 27% are 65 or more.
41 towns of 3,812 to 3,970 people: this is the 14th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Maple is the youngest of them at 30.9; Electoral Area F, East Kootenay, at 56.8, the oldest. By median age, Pincher Creek sits among Trend-Arlington (44.4), Meadows (44.8), Electoral Area J, Central Kootenay (46.8) and Lamont County (47.6).
Older than Pincher Creek: 1 of the 2 towns nearby
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pincher Creek | 3,890 | — | 45.2 | 27% | 8.9% |
| Pincher Creek No. 9 | 3,176 | 13.1 km | 49.6 | 26% | 8.4% |
| Piikani 147 | 1,529 | 16.9 km | 32.4 | 10% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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 Pincher Creek’s residents
Is Pincher Creek good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 50% of households. One-parent families: 9.5%. Schools near Pincher Creek are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Pincher Creek?
The median household in Pincher Creek took in $74,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Pincher Creek?
Pincher Creek had about 3,890 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 3,622, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Pincher Creek?
A median age of 45.2, older than 69% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 27%.
Is Pincher Creek bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.4% are. Another 0% speak only French and 95% only English, and French is the first language of 1.2%.
How diverse is Pincher Creek?
8.9% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 7.1% belong to a visible minority and 11% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Pincher Creek?
51% are Christian and 47% have no religion; 2.2% follow another religion.
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).