Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand · CC096% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Here 8.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. The median age in Vulcan County is 39.2, lower than in 69% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 4,465 for July 2025. The share of visible minority residents stands at 1.5%.
What stands out about the people of Vulcan County
A town of families
22% of residents are under 15, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 4.1% of households are one-parent families and households average 2.5 people. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Faster growth than 65% of Canadian towns: Vulcan County changed by +6% since 2016
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Alberta’s towns, +1%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 5%.
22% of residents are under 15, a share 92% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 10–14: 8.4% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. In Vulcan County, 17% of residents are 65 or over. Higher than in just over two thirds of Canadian towns: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Vulcan County, 39.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
In Vulcan County, 22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 71% of Canadian towns
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.
The average household has 2.5 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%. Here, 4.1% of households are one-parent families.
Vulcan County: 62% of residents 15 and over are married, above 97% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 24% of adults, against a typical 27%. 6.1% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 85% of Canadian towns.
Below 67% of Canadian towns: 18% of households rent their home
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
Older homes outnumber new: 32% predate 1961, 22% 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 benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%.
Half above, half below $87,000 a year in household income
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $87,000, the middle household in Vulcan County earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Alberta’s towns, the median household income is $92,200. In 2020, 16% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
9.2% 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
Across Canada’s towns, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens; in Vulcan County, 2.5%. Lower than in 66% of Canadian towns: 9.2% of residents are immigrants. Most immigrants were born in the Americas (52%) or in Europe (38%).
Residents with no religion: 39%, a higher share than 64% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here, 1.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity. For residents with no religion, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 35%.
English is the mother tongue of 65%, and 1.3% 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
Set against 1.5% across Canada’s towns, 0.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue in Vulcan County. Lower than in 99% of Canadian towns: 1.3% of residents speak English and French. At home, 25% mostly speak another language; 2.9% speak neither English nor French.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 80% of Canadian towns: 16%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 10%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
67% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 67% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
15th lowest median age among 41 towns of 4,388 to 4,547
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Glenridding Heights is the youngest of them at 31.9; Beresford, at 54.4, the oldest. The closest ages to Vulcan County’s belong to Vanderhoof (38.4), Montgomery (39.2), Golden (39.6) and Eastmount (40).
Vulcan County is younger than 4 of its 5 nearest neighbours
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. Distances here run 6–53 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Vulcan County.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vulcan County | 4,465 | — | 39.2 | 17% | 9.2% |
| Vulcan | 1,922 | 6.2 km | 60.8 | 43% | 7.3% |
| Nanton | 2,522 | 42.9 km | 52.8 | 31% | 11% |
| Claresholm | 4,242 | 50.9 km | 56.8 | 36% | 10% |
| Siksika 146 | 3,645 | 51.1 km | 28 | 8.8% | 0% |
| High River | 15,508 | 52.8 km | 44.8 | 25% | 19% |
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. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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.
Questions about Vulcan County’s residents
What religion are people in Vulcan County?
Most often Christian (61%) or no religion (39%); other religions make up 0.1%.
Is Vulcan County good for families?
Children under 15 are 22% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 69% of households and one-parent families 4.1%. Schools near Vulcan County are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Vulcan County?
Median total household income in Vulcan County was $87,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Vulcan County?
The latest figure is an estimate: 4,465 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Vulcan County counted 4,237, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Vulcan County?
Half the residents are older than 39.2 and half younger, younger than 69% of Canadian towns; 22% are children under 15 and 17% are 65 or over.
Is Vulcan County bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 1.3% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 96% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.5% grew up with French.
How diverse is Vulcan County?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 9.2%. A visible minority makes up 1.5% and Indigenous residents 1.8%.
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).