Photo: Jason Woodhead · CC BY 4.0Younger than 85% of Canadian towns: half of Taber is under 36.4
Most recent wave: just over two in five immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 13% in Taber. On Indigenous residents, Taber sits higher than 65% of Canadian towns: 4.3%. The 2021 Census found 3,345 households here; by July 2025 the population was about 10,175.
What stands out about the people of Taber
Younger than most towns
Taber’s median age is 36.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 22% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
+5% since 2016, a pace 57% of Canadian towns didn’t match
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 15%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Alberta’s towns, by more than +1%.
Above 92% of Canadian towns: 22% of residents are under 15
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
10–14 is the most common age band: 7.9% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 67% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Taber, 36.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 67% of Canadian towns: 2.6 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The census found that 8.4% of households are one-parent families in Taber. At 27%, the share of one-person households is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners: 7.5%, a lower share than 77% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over a quarter of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). On average, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 61% of Canadian towns: 72%
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
Older homes outnumber new: 22% predate 1961, 17% date from 2001 or later. Across Canada’s towns, households in single-detached houses come to 64%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. In Taber, 27% of households rent their home, beside 25% across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $82,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Taber had $82,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Alberta’s towns, the household in the middle had $92,200. Pandemic benefits reached 25% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
In Taber, 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 64% of Canadian towns
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in the Americas (53%) and in Asia (35%). Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. 18% of residents are immigrants, against 17% across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 62% of Canadian towns: 31%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
For Taber, the census puts visible minority residents at 11%. On religion, 67% answered Christian and 31% no religion, against 54% and 35% across Canada’s towns.
75% have English as their mother tongue; 1.1% also speak French
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
At home, 11% mostly speak another language; 1% speak neither English nor French. On bilingual residents, Taber sits lower than 99% of Canadian towns: 1.1%. The share of residents whose mother tongue is French trails 97% of Canadian towns: 0.3%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 11% in Taber, less than in 93% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 29% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 61% of residents aged 15 and over
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 61% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (9,989 to 10,363 people), the 5th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Between Mount Pleasant North (33.2) and Leeds and the Thousand Islands (52) lies the rest of the group. The closest ages to Taber’s belong to Falconridge (34.4), Laurentian Hills (35.8), Malahide (37.2) and Centreville Chicopee (37.4).
Every neighbour of Taber has a younger population
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Taber’s residents
Is Taber good for families?
Children under 15 are 22% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 56% of households and one-parent families 8.4%. Schools near Taber are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Taber?
Median total household income in Taber was $82,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Taber?
The latest figure is an estimate: 10,175 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Taber counted 8,862, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Taber?
Half the residents are older than 36.4 and half younger, younger than 85% of Canadian towns; 22% are children under 15 and 16% are 65 or over.
Is Taber bilingual?
1.1% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 98% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.3%.
How diverse is Taber?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 18%. A visible minority makes up 11% and Indigenous residents 4.3%.
What religion are people in Taber?
Most often Christian (67%) or no religion (31%); other religions make up 1.3%.
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).