Photo: Shoju foge · CC BY-SA 3.0One-person households: 35%, a higher share than 77% of Canadian towns
Most recent wave: 55% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Census figures put Indigenous residents at 5.6% in Vermilion. At 22%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 67% of Canadian towns. With about 4,192 residents in July 2025, Vermilion counted 1,680 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Vermilion
Fewer people than before
Vermilion went from 4,084 people in 2016 to 3,948 in 2021, −3%: slower growth than in 93% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Vermilion changed by −3% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 93% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Alberta’s towns, by more than +1%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 6%.
More children under 15 than 67% of Canadian towns: 18%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The median age in Vermilion is 40.8, lower than in 58% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. No age band is larger than 35–39: 6.8% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Vermilion, 40.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 64% of Canadian towns: 2.3 people on average
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.
One-parent families: 7.7% of the total.
Common-law partners make up 9.5% in Vermilion, less than in 60% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 25% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Census figures put married residents 15 and over at 47% in Vermilion. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
In Vermilion, 78% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 70% 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
22% of homes were built before 1961 and 19% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The share of households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns is 64%. Here nearly a quarter of households rent their home, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 25%.
Before tax, the median household income is $78,500 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Vermilion had $78,500 before tax, 9% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns the median is $92,200. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 24% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
8% 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
Against a figure of 17% across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants in Vermilion comes in at 8%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (57%) and in Europe (27%). 11% lived at another address a year earlier, more than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 71% of Canadian towns, at 42%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 9.9% in Vermilion. To put it in context, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
88% have English as their mother tongue; 2.6% 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
Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Vermilion has 2.6%. At home: English 94%, French 0.3%. The town has fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than just over four fifths of Canadian towns, at 0.8%.
20% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 68% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
9.4% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
Employment: 60% of residents 15 and over had a job
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.
More people work here than in the typical town: 60%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 16th youngest of 41 towns this size
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
They run from Banff Trail, at 31.7, to Barry's Bay, at 58.4. Jackson Heights (40.5), Malmo Plains (40.8), Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine (41.2) and Ozerna (42.5): the towns nearest Vermilion in median age.
Around Vermilion, 1 of 5 towns have a higher median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. The nearest places to Vermilion with figures are 20–59 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermilion | 4,192 | — | 40.8 | 22% | 8% |
| Vermilion River County | 8,282 | 19.6 km | 42.4 | 17% | 3.2% |
| Lloydminster (Part) | 21,267 | 55.7 km | 37.6 | 14% | 11% |
| Wainwright | 6,996 | 57.4 km | 38 | 17% | 13% |
| Lloydminster (Part) | 13,137 | 57.7 km | 32 | 7.1% | 20% |
| Britannia No. 502 | 2,212 | 59.4 km | 38.8 | 12% | 2.9% |
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. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Vermilion’s residents
What is the population of Vermilion?
About 4,192, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 3,948 people in Vermilion, 3% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Vermilion?
The median age is 40.8, younger than 58% of Canadian towns. 18% are under 15 and 22% 65 or older.
Is Vermilion bilingual?
English and French: 2.6% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 97%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 0.8%.
How diverse is Vermilion?
Immigrants: 8% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 9.9%. Indigenous identity: 5.6%.
What religion are people in Vermilion?
42% said they have no religion and 54% that they are Christian; 4.2% named another faith.
Is Vermilion good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 51% of households and one-parent families 7.7%. Schools near Vermilion are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Vermilion?
Half of Vermilion’s households had more than $78,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $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).