Photo: Hero122 · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Raymond is under 35.2, younger than 90% of Canadian towns
Of the immigrants living here, 17% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Statistics Canada puts Raymond’s population at 4,594 for July 2025. Locally, 14% of households rent their home. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Raymond
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Raymond is 35.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are under 15 and 19% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Raymond went from 3,713 to 4,199 residents (+13%), faster growth than in 89% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Raymond grew +13% from 2016 to 2021, ahead of 89% 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
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +1% across Alberta’s towns. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 9%.
In Raymond, 26% of residents are under 15, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
More residents are 10–14 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 19% of the total.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Raymond, 35.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Raymond households average 3.1 people, larger than in 92% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Nearly a fifth of households are one person living alone; across Canada’s towns the figure is 27%. For Raymond, the census puts one-parent families at 7.1%.
Only 5.5% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Raymond
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly three in five residents 15 and over are married, against 46% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
A higher share of households in single-detached houses than 88% of Canadian towns, at 90%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. 29% of homes were built before 1961 and 29% in 2001 or later. For comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $86,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes sit at the middle in Raymond: half had more than $86,000, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns the median is $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 23% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 71% of Canadian towns: 14%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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 share of immigrants is 7.2%, against 17% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in the Americas (64%) and in Europe (31%).
Raymond ranks above 62% of Canadian towns on 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
Visible minority residents: 4.2%, below 71% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, Indigenous residents come to 2.8%.
96% have English as their mother tongue; 3% also speak French
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.6%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns. Fewer bilingual residents than in 94% of Canadian towns: 3%.
17% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 75% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
9.6% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
Employment: 53% of residents 15 and over had a job
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 53%; 19% of residents are 65 or over.
The 6th youngest of 41 towns of 4,501 to 4,686 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Fairfield Park is the youngest of them at 31.6; Shelburne, at 54.4, the oldest. In age, Raymond keeps company with Felker (34.3), Howick (35.2), Carlisle (36.3) and Parkridge (36.7).
Raymond is younger than 1 of its 3 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond | 4,594 | — | 35.2 | 19% | 7.2% |
| Stirling | 1,350 | 10.5 km | 32.4 | 14% | 7.8% |
| Magrath | 2,566 | 15.6 km | 36 | 19% | 3.3% |
| Warner County No. 5 | 4,533 | 18.6 km | 33.2 | 14% | 8.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Raymond’s residents
Is Raymond good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 26%. 65% of households are couple families and 7.1% one-parent families. Schools near Raymond are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Raymond?
$86,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Raymond (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Raymond?
Statistics Canada estimates 4,594 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 4,199 in Raymond, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Raymond?
35.2 is the median age, younger than 90% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 26%. 65 and over: 19%.
Is Raymond bilingual?
English and French: 3% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 97%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.6%.
How diverse is Raymond?
Immigrants make up 7.2% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 4.2% are members of a visible minority, and 3.9% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Raymond?
Christian: 72%. No religion: 27%. Another religion: 1%.
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).