Photo: Voldeg and Bolton · Public domainAbove 78% of Canadian towns: 19% of residents are under 15
Households in single-detached houses are more common here than in 70% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 2,190 households in Redcliff; by July 2025 the population was about 5,916. Locally, 45% of residents said they have no religion. Set against 27% across Canada’s towns, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone here.
Since 2016, Redcliff has changed by ±0%, slower than 79% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Alberta’s towns +1%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 6%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 16% in Redcliff, less than in 67% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 40–44: 8% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%. The median age in Redcliff is 40.4, lower than in 61% of Canadian towns. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Redcliff, 40.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
Redcliff households average 2.5 people, larger than in 58% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Nearly one in ten households are one-parent families, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over: 52%, a higher share than 68% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: nearly a quarter of adults (typical: 27%). As a yardstick, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 11%.
A lower share of renter households than 56% of Canadian towns, at 23%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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 in 2001 or later, more than the 18% built before 1961. Typically, 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.
Households here have a median income of $83,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Redcliff’s median household took in $83,000 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $92,200 is the median household income across Alberta’s towns. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 26% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
9.5% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Most immigrants were born in the Americas (39%) or in Europe (35%). Redcliff has fewer immigrants than 66% of Canadian towns, at 9.5%. The figure for residents without Canadian citizenship is 3.7% in Redcliff and 5.8% across Canada’s towns.
3.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 57% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents make up 5.4%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 84%, and 2.4% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Redcliff, 2.4%. 0.8% of residents have French as their mother tongue, a lower share than in 81% of Canadian towns.
Only 11% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Redcliff
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 17%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 57% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
57% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (5,795 to 6,048), the 17th youngest of 41 towns
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
At one end is Electoral Area B, Peace River (30.6), at the other Nutana Urban Centre (62). Next to Redcliff on this scale come Brokenhead (40), Lowertown West (40.1), Boyle Street (40.7) and Sainte-Martine (41.2).
Every neighbour of Redcliff has an older population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redcliff | 5,916 | — | 40.4 | 16% | 9.5% |
| Medicine Hat | 68,714 | 10.0 km | 42.4 | 21% | 9.9% |
| Cypress County | 7,855 | 12.0 km | 40.8 | 15% | 8.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Redcliff’s residents
How diverse is Redcliff?
Immigrants: 9.5% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 5.4%. Indigenous identity: 3.4%.
What religion are people in Redcliff?
45% said they have no religion and 51% that they are Christian; 3.8% named another faith.
Is Redcliff good for families?
19% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 58% of households and one-parent families 9.4%. Schools near Redcliff are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Redcliff?
Half of Redcliff’s households had more than $83,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Redcliff?
About 5,916, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 5,581 people in Redcliff, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Redcliff?
The median age is 40.4, younger than 61% of Canadian towns. 19% are under 15 and 16% 65 or older.
Is Redcliff bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 2.4% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 93% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.8% grew up with French.
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).