Photo: Joli Rumi · CC BY-SA 4.0In Stettler, 24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
55% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Statistics Canada puts Stettler’s population at 6,035 for July 2025. On the census count, just over two in five residents said they have no religion. Higher than in just over two thirds of Canadian towns: 32% of households are one person living alone.
What stands out about the people of Stettler
Fewer people than before
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Stettler went from 5,952 to 5,695 residents (−4%), slower growth than in 95% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Stettler changed by −4% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 95% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 6%. Across Alberta’s towns the median is +1%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
A higher share of children under 15 than 68% of Canadian towns, at 18%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 6.8% of residents. For comparison, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Half of Stettler’s residents are over 43.2, older than in 57% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Stettler, 43.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 64% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
9.5% of households are one-parent families; across Canada’s towns the figure is 8.2%.
Only 9% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Stettler
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: nearly a quarter of adults (typical: 27%). For comparison, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
More households in single-detached houses than 55% of Canadian towns: 68%
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
Older homes outnumber new: 20% predate 1961, 19% date from 2001 or later. To put it in context, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The share of renter households is 27%, against 25% across Canada’s towns.
The midpoint household income is $76,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $76,000, the middle household in Stettler earned 12% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Alberta’s towns: $92,200. Pandemic benefits reached 26% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 13% in Stettler, more than in 64% of Canadian towns
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (43%), then in the Americas (21%). As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, immigrants are scarce here: 9.6%, fewer than in 65% of Canadian towns. Nothing unusual on residents without Canadian citizenship: 5.1%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
3.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 60% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 15% belong to a visible minority and 2.8% are Indigenous; here, 10% and 3.7%.
English is the mother tongue of 91%, and 1.8% speak French as well
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
Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 1.8% of residents speak English and French here. On the census count, 0.8% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 77% of Canadian towns, at 17%
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 12%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 57% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 57%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 13th oldest of 41 towns of 5,943 to 6,132 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages climb from 33.4 (Inkster Gardens) to 57.6 (Creston) across the group. Melfort (42.8), South Walkerville (43.2), Cochrane (43.6) and Lawfield (45.3): the towns nearest Stettler in median age.
Stettler and its 5 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. Distances here run 5–71 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Stettler.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stettler | 6,035 | — | 43.2 | 24% | 9.6% |
| Stettler County No. 6 | 5,966 | 4.5 km | 41.2 | 17% | 5% |
| Starland County | 1,820 | 63.4 km | 42.4 | 19% | 2.2% |
| Trochu | 1,191 | 65.2 km | 48.8 | 26% | 17% |
| Camrose County | 8,951 | 69.2 km | 43.6 | 19% | 4.4% |
| Ponoka | 8,212 | 70.6 km | 41.2 | 21% | 12% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Alberta’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
Questions about Stettler’s residents
Is Stettler good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 50% of households and one-parent families 9.5%. Schools near Stettler are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Stettler?
Half of Stettler’s households had more than $76,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Stettler?
About 6,035, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 5,695 people in Stettler, 4% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Stettler?
The median age is 43.2, older than 57% of Canadian towns. 18% are under 15 and 24% 65 or older.
Is Stettler bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 1.8% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 98% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.8% grew up with French.
How diverse is Stettler?
Immigrants: 9.6% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 10%. Indigenous identity: 3.7%.
What religion are people in Stettler?
42% said they have no religion and 57% that they are Christian; 1.2% named another faith.
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).