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Against a figure of 35% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Strathcona County comes in at 42%. The town is home to some 107,345 people (July 2025 estimate), in 37,125 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 19% of households are one person living alone. On residents who moved in within the year, Strathcona County sits lower than 72% of Canadian towns: 9%.
A change of +1% since 2016 leaves Strathcona County behind 70% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 8%. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +1% across Alberta’s towns.
Children under 15 make up 18% in Strathcona County, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The largest age band is 55–59: 7.5% of residents. Higher than in 68% of Canadian towns: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Across Canada’s towns, nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Strathcona County, 18%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Strathcona County, 42.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Strathcona County households average 2.6 people, larger than in 67% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Strathcona County, 7.8% of households are one-parent families.
56% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 84% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
23% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. In Strathcona County, 8.2% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
Strathcona County ranks above 73% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 80%
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 make up 0.9%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house. 38% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 4.2% built before 1961.
Median household income: $124,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Strathcona County: half had more than $124,000, 44% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $92,200 is the median household income across Alberta’s towns. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 24% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
11% of residents are immigrants
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
3.4% of residents are not Canadian citizens, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (40%) or in Europe (39%). Fewer immigrants than in 63% of Canadian towns: 11%.
Indigenous residents: 4.7%, a higher share than 68% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 15% across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents in Strathcona County comes in at 9.4%. For comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
88% have English as their mother tongue; 6.6% 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
At home: English 95%, French 0.5%. Strathcona County sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.7%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 5.3% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town.
An employment rate of 62%
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.
62% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
In its size band (79,371 to 149,527), the 21st oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 34.4 in Fort McMurray to 51.6 in Lindsay. The towns whose median age is nearest to Strathcona County’s: Newmarket (41.6), St. John's (42), Victoria (42.8) and Brossard (42.8).
No nearby town is as old as Strathcona County
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- 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 Strathcona County’s residents
What is the population of Strathcona County?
The latest figure is an estimate: 107,345 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Strathcona County counted 99,225, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Strathcona County?
Half the residents are older than 42.4 and half younger, older than 52% of Canadian towns; 18% are children under 15 and 18% are 65 or over.
Is Strathcona County bilingual?
6.6% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 93% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.7%.
How diverse is Strathcona County?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 11%. A visible minority makes up 9.4% and Indigenous residents 4.7%.
What religion are people in Strathcona County?
Most often Christian (55%) or no religion (42%); other religions make up 3.6%.
Is Strathcona County good for families?
Children under 15 are 18% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 65% of households and one-parent families 7.8%. Schools near Strathcona County are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Strathcona County?
Median total household income in Strathcona County was $124,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).