Photo: Rural Health Professions Action Plan from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · CC BY 2.0A lower share of renter households than 92% of Canadian towns, at 9%
Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Vermilion River County, 5.5%. By contrast, on children under 15, Vermilion River County sits higher than 81% of Canadian towns: 20%. The 2021 Census found 2,995 households in the town; by July 2025 the population was about 8,282. Here, 43% of residents said they have no religion.
What stands out about the people of Vermilion River County
Fewer people than before
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Vermilion River County went from 8,453 to 7,994 residents (−5%), slower growth than in 97% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Slower growth than 97% of Canadian towns: Vermilion River County changed by −5% since 2016
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Alberta’s towns the median is +1%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Vermilion River County sits below 60% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (17%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Here just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Half of Vermilion River County’s residents are over 42.4, older than in 52% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Vermilion River County, 42.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women.
19% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 80% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Vermilion River County, 2.6. At 5%, the share of one-parent families is lower than in 92% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Vermilion River County: 63% of residents 15 and over are married, above 98% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law; in Vermilion River County, 7.1%. Just over a fifth of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%.
Vermilion River County ranks above 91% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 91%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 30% date from 2001 or later, 17% from before 1961. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Households here have a median income of $102,000 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
Vermilion River County’s median household took in $102,000 before tax, 19% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Alberta’s towns: $92,200. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 21% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
3.2% of residents are immigrants
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
1.3% of residents are not Canadian citizens (Canada’s towns: 5.8%). Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (43%), then in the Americas (25%). Vermilion River County has fewer immigrants than 89% of Canadian towns, at 3.2%.
Above 77% of Canadian towns: 6.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, Vermilion River County has 0.8%. Elsewhere, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 95%, and 2.3% speak French as well
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
0.9% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 97% of Canadian towns.
Vermilion River County ranks below 82% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 15%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 9.6% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
70% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 70% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 19th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Between South Pointe (30.5) and Electoral Area G, Nanaimo (60.8) lies the rest of the group. The closest ages to Vermilion River County’s belong to St. Norbert (41.6), Springfield North (42.2), Alta Vista (42.7) and Torbay (42.8).
Vermilion River County is older than every town around it
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. Distances here run 20–41 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Vermilion River County.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermilion River County | 8,282 | — | 42.4 | 17% | 3.2% |
| Vermilion | 4,192 | 19.6 km | 40.8 | 22% | 8% |
| Lloydminster (Part) | 21,267 | 39.3 km | 37.6 | 14% | 11% |
| Britannia No. 502 | 2,212 | 40.2 km | 38.8 | 12% | 2.9% |
| Lloydminster (Part) | 13,137 | 41.2 km | 32 | 7.1% | 20% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- 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.
Questions about Vermilion River County’s residents
How diverse is Vermilion River County?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 3.2%. A visible minority makes up 0.8% and Indigenous residents 6.5%.
What religion are people in Vermilion River County?
Most often Christian (56%) or no religion (43%); other religions make up 0.7%.
Is Vermilion River County good for families?
Children under 15 are 20% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 72% of households and one-parent families 5%. Schools near Vermilion River County are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Vermilion River County?
Median total household income in Vermilion River County was $102,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Vermilion River County?
The latest figure is an estimate: 8,282 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Vermilion River County counted 7,994, 5% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Vermilion River County?
Half the residents are older than 42.4 and half younger, older than 52% of Canadian towns; 20% are children under 15 and 17% are 65 or over.
Is Vermilion River County bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 2.3% are. Another 0% speak only French and 98% only English, and French is the first language of 0.9%.
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).