Photo: Dicklyon · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in single-detached houses make up 94% in Ponoka County, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Just over one in ten immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Statistics Canada puts Ponoka County’s population at 10,670 for July 2025. The share of one-person households stands at 18%. At 20%, the share of children under 15 is higher than in 86% of Canadian towns.
From 2016 to 2021, 64% of Canadian towns grew faster than Ponoka County: +2%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
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 7%.
Half of Ponoka County is over 43.2, older than 57% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
In Ponoka County, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Ponoka County, 43.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 76% of Canadian towns: 2.7 people on average
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.
Here 4.6% of households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%.
Ponoka County ranks above 99% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 63%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up a fifth of adults, beside a typical 27%. The wider picture: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 8.1% of the total.
Ponoka County sits below 86% of Canadian towns for renter households (11%)
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
36% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 16% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Households here have a median income of $92,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Ponoka County’s, at $92,000, is 7% higher. Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 22% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
In Ponoka County, 8.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 80% of Canadian towns
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 (69%) and in the Americas (13%). For comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Ponoka County has fewer immigrants than 71% of Canadian towns, at 7.6%. What’s more, with residents without Canadian citizenship at 3.3%, Ponoka County is behind 63% of Canadian towns on that count.
Above 76% of Canadian towns: 6.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 35% of residents said they have no religion; in Ponoka County, 42%. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 91% of Canadian towns. Against that, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 91%, and 2% 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
Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 2% of residents speak English and French here. Residents whose mother tongue is French account for 0.7%.
In Ponoka County, 12% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 92% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 13%, against 9.5%. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 62% of residents aged 15 and over
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.
The employment rate of 62% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 10,402 to 10,896 people, the 14th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Alexandria is the oldest at 51.6, McConachie the youngest at 30.9. The towns whose median age is nearest to Ponoka County’s: Dutrisac (42.8), Dover (43.2), Montecito (44.4) and Walkerton (44.8).
A younger town than 3 of the 5 around it: Ponoka County
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. No closer places have figures: these lie 22–23 km from Ponoka County.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponoka County | 10,670 | — | 43.2 | 18% | 7.6% |
| Bentley | 1,153 | 21.6 km | 46 | 21% | 4.3% |
| Rimbey | 2,502 | 22.2 km | 50 | 32% | 7.3% |
| Lacombe | 14,733 | 22.2 km | 39.6 | 19% | 12% |
| Ponoka | 8,212 | 22.5 km | 41.2 | 21% | 12% |
| Lacombe County | 11,072 | 23.0 km | 44.4 | 19% | 6.1% |
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. 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.
Questions about Ponoka County’s residents
What is the average age in Ponoka County?
Half the residents are older than 43.2 and half younger, older than 57% of Canadian towns; 20% are children under 15 and 18% are 65 or over.
Is Ponoka County bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 2% are. Another 0% speak only French and 98% only English, and French is the first language of 0.7%.
How diverse is Ponoka County?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 7.6%. A visible minority makes up 1.4% and Indigenous residents 6.4%.
What religion are people in Ponoka County?
Most often Christian (57%) or no religion (42%); other religions make up 1.5%.
Is Ponoka County good for families?
Children under 15 are 20% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 70% of households and one-parent families 4.6%. Schools near Ponoka County are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ponoka County?
Median total household income in Ponoka County was $92,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Ponoka County?
The latest figure is an estimate: 10,670 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Ponoka County counted 9,998, 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).