Photo: Wilson Hui from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0Westlock County ranks below 96% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 6%
86% of households live in a single-detached house, against 64% across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are common here: 45%, more than in 78% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 2,680 households in Westlock County; by July 2025 the population was about 7,556. For Westlock County, the census puts one-parent families at 5%.
Slower growth than 81% of Canadian towns: Westlock County changed by −1% since 2016
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +1% across Alberta’s towns. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 5% higher again.
19% of residents are under 15, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 60–64: 8% of residents. The median age in Westlock County is 44, higher than in 62% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over make up 20%, against 19% across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Westlock County, 44. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
Only 22% of households are one person living alone in Westlock County
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.
At 2.5 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. One-person households: 27% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 90% of Canadian towns: 58%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: just over a fifth of adults, against a typical 27%. The census found that 9.6% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Westlock County.
Renter households make up 13% in Westlock County, less than in 80% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The share of renter households across Canada’s towns is 25%. Newer homes outnumber old: 27% date from 2001 or later, 18% from before 1961.
Half of households earn more than $81,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $81,000, the middle household in Westlock County earned 6% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Alberta’s towns has $92,200 before tax. The pandemic’s benefits: 21% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
4.2% 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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (58%), then in the Americas (28%). Fewer immigrants than in 84% of Canadian towns: 4.2%. Here 1.5% of residents are not Canadian citizens, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 5.8%.
Westlock County ranks above 81% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 7.6%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 1.8% in Westlock County and 15% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of Indigenous residents is 2.8%.
Westlock County sits above 66% of Canadian towns for residents whose mother tongue is French (2.5%)
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
6.1% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.2% speak neither official language. Lower than in 73% of Canadian towns: 5.1% of residents speak English and French. The usual figure: 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 93% of Canadian towns: 11%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 14% here, 9.5% in the typical town. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 62% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 62%.
Ranked by age, 16th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
They run from Blairmore Suburban Centre, at 31.8, to Louiseville, at 57.6. Playter Estates-Danforth (43.5), Brazeau County (43.6), Clarenville (45.2) and Stoneybrook (45.4): the towns nearest Westlock County in median age.
Nearby, 2 of 5 towns have older populations than Westlock County
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. Westlock County has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 10–43 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westlock County | 7,556 | — | 44 | 20% | 4.2% |
| Westlock | 5,363 | 9.5 km | 46.8 | 28% | 9% |
| Barrhead | 4,768 | 31.6 km | 47.6 | 30% | 12% |
| Legal | 1,253 | 37.9 km | 36.8 | 15% | 3.1% |
| Barrhead County No. 11 | 6,186 | 38.3 km | 40.8 | 19% | 7.7% |
| Alexander 134 | 1,139 | 43.5 km | 28.4 | 8.8% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Westlock County’s residents
How diverse is Westlock County?
Immigrants: 4.2% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.8%. Indigenous identity: 7.6%.
What religion are people in Westlock County?
45% said they have no religion and 54% that they are Christian; 0.7% named another faith.
Is Westlock County good for families?
19% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 66% of households and one-parent families 5%. Schools near Westlock County are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Westlock County?
Half of Westlock County’s households had more than $81,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Westlock County?
About 7,556, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 7,186 people in Westlock County, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Westlock County?
The median age is 44, older than 62% of Canadian towns. 19% are under 15 and 20% 65 or older.
Is Westlock County bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.1% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 95% only English, and French is the first language of 2.5%.
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).