Photo: Myke2020 · Public domainAbove 81% of Canadian towns: 7.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity
52% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The median age in Vegreville is 45.2, higher than in 69% of Canadian towns. With about 6,153 residents in July 2025, Vegreville counted 2,465 households at the 2021 Census. In Vegreville, 36% of households are one person living alone.
Since 2016, Vegreville has changed by ±0%, slower than 79% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 8% higher again. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Alberta’s towns, +1%.
24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 7.3% of residents. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Vegreville has 10%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Vegreville, 45.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 74% 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.
At 8.9%, the share of one-parent families is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
8.7% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 67% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
44% of residents 15 and over are married, against 46% across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Households in single-detached houses: 75%, a higher share than 65% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Where 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns, Vegreville has 30%. Older homes outnumber new: 21% predate 1961, 11% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for households in single-detached houses is 64% across Canada’s towns.
Median household income: $70,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Vegreville’s median household took in $70,000 before tax, 19% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns, half of households had more than $92,200 before tax. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 21% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 70% of Canadian towns: 13%
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (48%), then in Europe (25%). Across the comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 4.2%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns.
Vegreville ranks above 55% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 37%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Vegreville, 8.7% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
85% have English as their mother tongue; 2% also speak French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%; Vegreville has 2%. For Vegreville, the census puts residents whose mother tongue is French at 1.1%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 16%, a lower share than 78% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 15% 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.
54% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
54% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 24% are 65 or more.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
They run from Grosvenor Park, at 32.9, to Tay Valley, at 57.2. In age, Vegreville keeps company with Nouveau Greenfield Park (43.9), Beauceville (45.2), Dutch Settlement (45.4) and Electoral Area A, Cariboo (46.4).
Vegreville is older than every town around it
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. The nearest places to Vegreville with figures are 18–44 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegreville | 6,153 | — | 45.2 | 24% | 11% |
| Minburn County No. 27 | 3,142 | 17.6 km | 45.2 | 22% | 4.2% |
| Two Hills | 1,698 | 31.9 km | 30.4 | 19% | 33% |
| Two Hills County No. 21 | 3,626 | 40.5 km | 37.6 | 18% | 17% |
| Tofield | 2,122 | 42.3 km | 42.4 | 24% | 6.4% |
| Beaver County | 6,245 | 43.6 km | 43.6 | 19% | 5.7% |
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. Two medians frame each figure: one for Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about Vegreville’s residents
Is Vegreville bilingual?
2% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 98% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.1%.
How diverse is Vegreville?
Immigrants make up 11% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 8.7% are members of a visible minority, and 7.7% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Vegreville?
Christian: 61%. No religion: 37%. Another religion: 2.2%.
Is Vegreville good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 16%. 45% of households are couple families and 8.9% one-parent families. Schools near Vegreville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Vegreville?
$70,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Vegreville (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Vegreville?
Statistics Canada estimates 6,153 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 5,689 in Vegreville, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Vegreville?
45.2 is the median age, older than 69% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 16%. 65 and over: 24%.
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).