Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainTofield: 19% of residents are under 15, above 79% of Canadian towns
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (24%), Tofield is above 76% of Canadian towns. Here, 77% of households live in a single-detached house. This Alberta town has more one-person households than three fifths of Canadian towns, at 30%. There are 2% fewer residents than in 2016.
Tofield changed by −2% from 2016 to 2021, behind 88% 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
The July 2025 estimate adds another 4%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.6%, a lower share than 85% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 10–14, with 7.1% of residents. Half of Tofield’s residents are over 42.4, older than in 52% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
One-parent families make up 9.3% in Tofield, more than in 66% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The average household has 2.4 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
Tofield ranks below 58% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 9.7%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up just over a fifth of adults, beside a typical 27%. Married residents 15 and over account for 47%. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Tofield sits below 54% of Canadian towns for renter households (24%)
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
Just over one in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%.
Median household income here: $74,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $74,000, the middle household in Tofield earned 14% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $92,200, the median across Alberta’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 25% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
6.4% 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
Most immigrants were born in Asia (50%) or in Europe (42%). Lower than in 76% of Canadian towns: 6.4% of residents are immigrants. 39% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Tofield sits above 61% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (38%)
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, Tofield has 4.7%. Across Canada’s towns, 35% of residents said they have no religion. Here, 3.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
92% have English as their mother tongue; 4.9% 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
Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Tofield has 4.9%. Here, 1.8% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 17% in Tofield, less than in 77% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 11% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 58% of adults
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment here, 58%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
Median age: 4 of the 5 towns around Tofield are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Tofield has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 11–44 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tofield | 2,122 | — | 42.4 | 24% | 6.4% |
| Beaver County | 6,245 | 10.9 km | 43.6 | 19% | 5.7% |
| Camrose | 20,800 | 42.0 km | 43.2 | 24% | 10% |
| Vegreville | 6,153 | 42.3 km | 45.2 | 24% | 11% |
| Strathcona County | 107,345 | 43.1 km | 42.4 | 18% | 11% |
| Lamont County | 3,918 | 43.6 km | 47.6 | 23% | 4.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Alberta’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
Questions about Tofield’s residents
What is the population of Tofield?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,122 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,045 in Tofield, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Tofield?
42.4 is the median age. Under 15: 19%. 65 and over: 24%.
Is Tofield bilingual?
4.9% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 95% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.8%.
How diverse is Tofield?
Immigrants make up 6.4% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 4.7% are members of a visible minority, and 3.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Tofield?
Christian: 59%. No religion: 38%. Another religion: 2.2%.
Is Tofield good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 19%. 52% of households are couple families and 9.3% one-parent families. Schools near Tofield are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Tofield?
$74,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Tofield (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).