Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainMore Indigenous residents than 83% of Canadian towns: 8.1%
Here 19% of residents are under 15, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 16%. For Stony Plain, the census puts households in buildings of five or more storeys at 2.5%. Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in four fifths of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 7,130 households locally; by July 2025 the population was about 19,662.
+5% since 2016, a pace 54% of Canadian towns didn’t match
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +1% across Alberta’s towns. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 9%.
Half of Stony Plain is under 40.8, younger than 58% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 20%, against 19% across Canada’s towns. The largest age band is 10–14: 7% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Stony Plain, 40.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women.
Stony Plain ranks above 75% of Canadian towns on one-parent families: 10%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
A household here has 2.4 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. For one-parent families, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 8.2%. One-person households: just over a quarter of the total.
Stony Plain sits above 58% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (49%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 23% of adults, beside a typical 27%. The usual figure: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 10% in Stony Plain.
In Stony Plain, 58% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 58% of Canadian towns
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
52% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 4.1% built before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%. In Stony Plain, 27% of households rent their home, beside 25% across Canada’s towns.
Households here have a median income of $92,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Stony Plain’s median household took in $92,000 before tax, 7% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $92,200 is the median household income across Alberta’s towns. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 26% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
7.9% 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
Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Stony Plain has 7.9%. Most immigrants were born in Europe (48%) or in Asia (33%). 3.2% of residents are not Canadian citizens, a lower share than in 64% of Canadian towns.
In Stony Plain, 47% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 81% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of visible minority residents (5.2%), Stony Plain is below just over two thirds of Canadian towns. As a reference point, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
91% have English as their mother tongue; 5.7% also speak French
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
At 2%, residents whose mother tongue is French sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 67% of Canadian towns.
Stony Plain sits below 86% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (14%)
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 10% (typical 9.5%). Against that, 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
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 57%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (19,270 to 20,122 people), the 18th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Mitchell is the youngest of them at 28.8; Niagara-on-the-Lake, at 57.2, the oldest. In age, Stony Plain keeps company with Greensborough (40.7), Highland (40.8), Tétreaultville (42.2) and Louis-Riel (43.1).
Around Stony Plain, 1 of 4 towns have a higher median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Plain | 19,662 | — | 40.8 | 20% | 7.9% |
| Parkland County | 34,286 | 6.2 km | 45.2 | 18% | 7.5% |
| Spruce Grove | 44,575 | 6.7 km | 36 | 13% | 9.4% |
| Enoch Cree Nation | 1,947 | 18.0 km | 26.8 | 6.8% | 0% |
| Rosenthal | 4,873 | 19.1 km | 33.5 | 5.2% | 48% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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. Provincial and national yardsticks: Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Stony Plain’s residents
Is Stony Plain bilingual?
English and French: 5.7% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 94%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 2%.
How diverse is Stony Plain?
Immigrants make up 7.9% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 5.2% are members of a visible minority, and 8.1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Stony Plain?
Christian: 52%. No religion: 47%. Another religion: 1.6%.
Is Stony Plain good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 19%. 55% of households are couple families and 10% one-parent families. Schools near Stony Plain are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Stony Plain?
$92,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Stony Plain (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Stony Plain?
Statistics Canada estimates 19,662 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 17,993 in Stony Plain, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Stony Plain?
40.8 is the median age, younger than 58% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 19%. 65 and over: 20%.
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).