Photo: Ribbet32 · CC BY-SA 4.0Red Deer County sits below 83% of Canadian towns for renter households (12%)
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%; Red Deer County has 20%. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 22,076 for July 2025. 46% of residents said they have no religion. Few places have so few residents who moved in within the year: 8.8% here, fewer than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Red Deer County’s population moved +2% on 2016, less than in 63% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Alberta’s towns, +1%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 11%.
A median age of 46: Red Deer County is older than 72% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 9.4% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 10%. The highest share aged 65 or over among Alberta’s towns is Country Hills Village’s: 36%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Red Deer County, 46. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 111 men for every 100 women.
2.5 people per household, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here 5.2% of households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%.
Married residents 15 and over make up 57% in Red Deer County, more than in 87% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 22% of adults (typical: 27%). On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: nearly a tenth of the total.
Above 75% of Canadian towns: 81% of households live in a single-detached house
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The share of households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns is 64%. 31% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 15% built before 1961.
The median household brings in $94,000 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
Household incomes run high in Red Deer County: half had more than $94,000, 9% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Alberta’s towns, the typical figure is $92,200. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 24% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
6.9% of residents are immigrants
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
Recent arrivals are 23% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship account for 2.3%. Fewer immigrants than in 74% of Canadian towns: 6.9%.
A higher share of Indigenous residents than 72% of Canadian towns, at 5.3%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Red Deer County, 3.6% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 92%, and 3.6% 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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%; Red Deer County has 3.6%. Locally, 0.9% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 73% of Canadian towns, at 18%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 9%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 63% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 63% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 21,575 to 22,574 people: this is the 8th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver (31.4) and the oldest Cobourg (54.8). Next to Red Deer County on this scale come Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview (44.2), Lakeview (44.7), Joliette (46.8) and Riverside (47.5).
No nearby town is as old as Red Deer County
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
Questions about Red Deer County’s residents
What is the median income in Red Deer County?
Half of Red Deer County’s households had more than $94,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Red Deer County?
About 22,076, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 19,933 people in Red Deer County, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Red Deer County?
The median age is 46, older than 72% of Canadian towns. 16% are under 15 and 20% 65 or older.
Is Red Deer County bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 3.6% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 96% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.9% grew up with French.
How diverse is Red Deer County?
Immigrants: 6.9% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 3.6%. Indigenous identity: 5.3%.
What religion are people in Red Deer County?
46% said they have no religion and 53% that they are Christian; 1% named another faith.
Is Red Deer County good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 66% of households and one-parent families 5.2%. Schools near Red Deer County are on its Schools page.
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).