TrochuAlberta
It shrank by 6% between the 2016 and 2021 censuses. Some 1,191 people live in this town, in Alberta.
Is Trochu a good place to live?
Trochu’s strongest subject is jobs & income (A). It is strong on walkability as well (A). The weak point is safety (C−). Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for cost of living, B for schools and B− for health.
Trochu is graded subject by subject, but Canadian towns need 2,500 residents for an overall grade.
This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Safety less sure: no police service names this town, so its crime figure is the nearest police detachment's, shared with a wider area. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Trochu grades
Each subject compares Trochu with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Trochu is graded subject by subject, but Canadian towns need 2,500 residents for an overall grade.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Trochu stand out
The 3 things Trochu does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Trochu.
Trips to work from Trochu are shorter than from Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 18 min on average
89% of commuters drove, near both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Trochu | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 18 min | 26 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 89% | 88% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Trochu is graded a C− for safety
These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Trochu itself
Violent incidents in its police area came to 19.6 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Alberta’s towns (14.2) and Canadian towns (12). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 36.4 property crimes are reported each year. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Three Hills detachment area, Trochu included.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Trochu | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 19.6 | 14.2 | 12 |
| Crime Severity Index | 111 | 110 | 67 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 36.4 | 45 | 31.2 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Hazards in Trochu: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 7.5% of tested homes
Source area for radon tests: the David Thompson Regional Health Authority
Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No flood study for Trochu is on the national inventory.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Trochu | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.013 | $0.013 | $0.030 |
| Radon tests above the guideline | 7.5% | 7.5% | 6.6% |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Summer runs warm in Trochu: July highs of 26.3°C, above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns
Precipitation totals 483 mm a year, between Alberta’s towns (431 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). Winter lows in Trochu average −17.6°C in January. Gardeners get 128 frost-free days, from 14 May to 21 September. Snow peaks in March: 23 cm in a normal year.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Trochu | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| July afternoon high | 26.3°C | 23.5°C | 25.5°C |
| January night low | −17.6°C | −14.7°C | −13.5°C |
| Precipitation a year | 483 mm | 431 mm | 883 mm |
| Days with frost a year | 195 | 193 | 159 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Drumheller East)
Trochu Valley School is the only school in and around Trochu
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trochu Valley School Middle fifth in AlbertaLargest secondary schoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | All grades · Grades K–12 | 286 | English public |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26
What November brings in Trochu: −10°C at night, 3°C by day
December follows at −4°C by day and −16°C by night. November usually brings some 20 cm of snow. Expect about 17 mm of rain and snow over November. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 26°C and January nights −18°C.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −4°C | −17°C | 42 mm |
| Spring | 12°C | −2°C | 106 mm |
| Summer | 25°C | 10°C | 258 mm |
| Autumn | 12°C | −2°C | 77 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Drumheller East); the forecast is on the Weather page
Battle River—Crowfoot, which takes in Trochu, is held by Pierre Poilievre (Conservative Party of Canada)
Trochu is a town by Statistics Canada’s count of municipalities.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
The nearest public library to Trochu is T. S. Rendall Library, 14 km away
Trochu Library serves 1,058 people from a single building.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
An older town: 26% of people in Trochu are 65 or over, more than in both Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns
Children under 15 make up 15% of residents. A fifth of residents belong to a visible minority, below Alberta’s towns (29%) but above Canadian towns (15%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 50.3% of Trochu
Of the 2021 count, 500 were women and 495 men (women across Canada: 50.9%).
| Trochu | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 59% | 67% | 64% |
| 65+ | 26% | 15% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 20% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 47% | 54% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Alberta and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Trochu’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 2.4 years: life expectancy 79.1
Closer to home, a hospital is just 0.5 km from the average resident of Trochu, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Smokers make up 15% of the region’s adults, higher than both Alberta’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 52%; Alberta as a whole is at 53%.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Trochu | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy at birth | 79.1 | 81.2 | 81.5 |
| Smokers | 15% | 12% | 12% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Health survey and life expectancy: one figure for all of the Central Zone
Protected land is absent from the 10 km around Trochu
The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. For a provincial park, Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park lies 13 km off.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Trochu | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 0% | 0.4% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Trochu is graded a B− for cost of living
A year’s rent came to 18% of the median household income, lower than both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). The owner-occupied share of households is 76%.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Trochu | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 18% | 20% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 19% | 21% | 18% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020.
Everything we know about Trochu
Famous people from around Trochu
2 notable people were born in Trochu; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
About Trochu
Town in Alberta
TownRatings follows Statistics Canada’s map: Trochu is one municipality in Alberta, figures and all.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,191 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Alberta
- Census division
- Division No. 5
- Census subdivision
- 4805049
Trochu’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trochu | 1,191 | — | — | B− | C− | B− |
| Kneehill County | 5,129 | 13 | C | B | C− | C |
| Three Hills | 3,502 | 14 | B+ | C+ | C− | C+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Trochu
What kind of homes are in Trochu?
78% of homes are single-detached houses, against 64% for the median of Canadian towns, and 1% are in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. A household averages 2.2 people; 33% are one person living alone.
Is Trochu growing?
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses it fell from 1,058 to 998 residents (5.7% down; Canadian towns’ median grew 4.1%); Statistics Canada now estimates 1,191.
How old are the people of Trochu?
Its median age is 48.8, where Canadian towns sit at 45.2.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. 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).