Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Above 90% of Canadian towns: 53% of residents said they have no religion
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns, against 8.1% in Turner Valley. With about 2,784 residents in July 2025, Turner Valley counted 1,075 households at the 2021 Census. The share of households in single-detached houses stands at 85%. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 23% here, more than in 71% of Canadian towns.
A +2% change since 2016: slower than 64% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 7%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Alberta’s towns, +1%.
Turner Valley ranks below 87% of Canadian towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Compared with 16% across Canada’s towns, 18% of residents are under 15 here. The median age in Turner Valley is 46, higher than in 72% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Turner Valley, 46. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Turner Valley sits below 64% of Canadian towns for one-person households (23%)
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Turner Valley, 2.4. For comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. The share of one-parent families stands at 8.4%.
Turner Valley sits above 73% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (53%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: just over a fifth of adults, against a typical 27%. Here, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
In Turner Valley, 14% of households rent their home, fewer than in 78% 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 45% date from 2001 or later, 17% from before 1961. Set beside that, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Median gross household income: $86,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Turner Valley had $86,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns, half of households had more than $92,200 before tax. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 25% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
9.2% 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
Across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are immigrants; in Turner Valley, 9.2%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (63%) and in the Americas (15%). 2.9% of residents are not Canadian citizens, fewer than in 66% of Canadian towns.
Indigenous residents make up 7.5% in Turner Valley, more than in 81% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%; Turner Valley has 3.1%. Against that, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
94% have English as their mother tongue; 4.6% 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
7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 4.6% in Turner Valley. Here, 1.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 18%, a lower share than 72% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 8.9% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
57% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
57% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 16th of 41 towns of 2,745 to 2,822 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages climb from 28.8 (Kuujjuaq) to 57.6 (Saint-Côme) across the group. By median age, Turner Valley sits among Léry (46), Wakefield (46), Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay (47.6) and Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part (48.8).
2 of the 3 nearest towns are older than Turner Valley
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. Distances here run 4–23 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Turner Valley.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turner Valley | 2,784 | — | 46 | 23% | 9.2% |
| Black Diamond | 2,910 | 3.9 km | 50.8 | 30% | 8.5% |
| Foothills County | 25,789 | 22.6 km | 48.4 | 20% | 13% |
| Okotoks | 33,482 | 23.1 km | 39.2 | 15% | 13% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Alberta’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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 Turner Valley’s residents
Is Turner Valley bilingual?
4.6% 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 1.1%.
How diverse is Turner Valley?
9.2% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 3.1% belong to a visible minority and 7.5% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Turner Valley?
46% are Christian and 53% have no religion; 1.1% follow another religion.
Is Turner Valley good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 59% of households. One-parent families: 8.4%. Schools near Turner Valley are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Turner Valley?
The median household in Turner Valley took in $86,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Turner Valley?
Turner Valley had about 2,784 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 2,611, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Turner Valley?
A median age of 46, older than 72% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 23%.
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).