Photo: Amqui · CC BY-SA 4.05.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 96% of Canadian towns
90% of households live in a single-detached house (Canada’s towns: 64%). Provost No. 52 is home to some 2,092 people (July 2025 estimate), in 850 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 1.5% of residents are immigrants. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Provost No. 52
Fewer people than before
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Provost No. 52 went from 2,205 to 2,071 residents (−6%), slower growth than in 97% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
−6% since 2016: slower than 97% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 1%.
Half of Provost No. 52 is over 44.8, older than 66% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 9.9% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. 17% of residents are under 15. Among Alberta’s towns, Country Hills Village has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 36%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women.
A smaller share of one-person households than 68% of Canadian towns: 22%
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Set against 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 4.1% of households are one-parent families in Provost No. 52. The average household has 2.4 people. The usual figure: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 66% in Provost No. 52, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 19% of adults (typical: 27%). Set beside that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 6.1% of the total.
Only 14% of households rent their home in Provost No. 52
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 21% date from 2001 or later, 19% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Typically, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
$88,000 a year is the median household income here
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $88,000, the middle household in Provost No. 52 earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Alberta’s towns, the household in the middle had $92,200. COVID-19 benefits went to 21% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
1.5% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
In Provost No. 52, 1.2% of residents are not Canadian citizens, beside 5.8% across Canada’s towns.
Provost No. 52 sits above 62% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (3.9%)
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion account for 34%. Indigenous residents: 2.8% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
98% have English as their mother tongue; 0.7% also speak French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.5% here and 1.5% across Canada’s towns. Across Provost No. 52, 0.7% of residents speak English and French.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 11%, a lower share than 94% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 9.3% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
68% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 68%.
Every nearby town is younger than Provost No. 52
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Distances here run 17–60 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Provost No. 52.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provost No. 52 | 2,092 | — | 44.8 | 18% | 1.5% |
| Provost | 1,875 | 17.3 km | 39.6 | 18% | 6.1% |
| Macklin | 1,185 | 38.6 km | 38 | 15% | 3.3% |
| Special Area No. 4 | 1,171 | 52.7 km | 37.6 | 15% | 4.9% |
| Wainwright No. 61 | 4,576 | 56.0 km | 38.4 | 14% | 3.5% |
| Wainwright | 6,996 | 59.6 km | 38 | 17% | 13% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- 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.
Questions about Provost No. 52’s residents
Is Provost No. 52 good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 70% of households are couple families and 4.1% one-parent families. Schools near Provost No. 52 are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Provost No. 52?
$88,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Provost No. 52 (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Provost No. 52?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,092 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,071 in Provost No. 52, 6% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Provost No. 52?
44.8 is the median age. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 18%.
Is Provost No. 52 bilingual?
0.7% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.2% speak French only and 99% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.5%.
How diverse is Provost No. 52?
Immigrants make up 1.5% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0% are members of a visible minority, and 3.9% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Provost No. 52?
Christian: 66%. No religion: 34%. Another religion: 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).