Photo: Wilson Hui from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.028% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity; in Westlock, 9.9%. With a median age of 46.8, Westlock is older than just over three quarters of Canadian towns. The town is home to some 5,363 people (July 2025 estimate), in 2,155 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
What stands out about the people of Westlock
Fewer people than before
Westlock went from 5,101 people in 2016 to 4,921 in 2021, −4%: slower growth than in 93% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Many older residents
28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 10% are 80 or over, and 36% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Slower than most: −4% since 2016, behind 93% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 9%. Across Alberta’s towns the median is +1%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
In Westlock, 15% of residents are under 15, fewer than in 67% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
In Westlock, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 65–69, with 7.1% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Westlock, 46.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
36% of households are one person living alone, more than in 81% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Westlock, 2.2. One in ten households are one-parent families, a higher share than in 75% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
In Westlock, 42% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 64% 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
9.6% of residents 15 and over live common-law (Canada’s towns: 11%). Singles who have never married make up 26% of adults, beside a typical 27%.
31% of households rent their home, a share 62% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
The share of households in single-detached houses is 68%, against 64% across Canada’s towns. 17% of homes were built before 1961 and 11% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Household income at the median: $63,200 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Westlock’s median household took in $63,200 before tax, 27% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns the median is $92,200. 24% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
6.3% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 53% of Canadian towns
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
Of the immigrants living here, 57% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. On average, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Census figures put immigrants at 9% in Westlock.
Residents with no religion make up 41% in Westlock, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%; Westlock has 9.8%. Measured more widely, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 87%, and 3.6% speak French as well
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
At home: English 94%, French 0.2%. Fewer bilingual residents than in 90% of Canadian towns: 3.6%. Residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.4%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
Only 14% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Westlock
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
49% 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. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 49%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 28% of residents are 65 or over.
Of 41 towns its size (5,262 to 5,465 people), the 11th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages climb from 26.6 (Chisasibi) to 60 (Electoral Area L, Cariboo) across the group. The closest ages to Westlock’s belong to Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (46), Norwood (46), Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay (47.2) and The Ravines of Rainbow Creek (48.5).
Among its 5 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Westlock
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Westlock has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 10–42 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westlock | 5,363 | — | 46.8 | 28% | 9% |
| Westlock County | 7,556 | 9.5 km | 44 | 20% | 4.2% |
| Legal | 1,253 | 28.4 km | 36.8 | 15% | 3.1% |
| Barrhead | 4,768 | 36.7 km | 47.6 | 30% | 12% |
| Alexander 134 | 1,139 | 37.3 km | 28.4 | 8.8% | 0% |
| Morinville | 10,763 | 41.7 km | 36.4 | 13% | 4.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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.
- 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 Westlock’s residents
What is the population of Westlock?
The latest figure is an estimate: 5,363 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Westlock counted 4,921, 4% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Westlock?
Half the residents are older than 46.8 and half younger, older than 76% of Canadian towns; 15% are children under 15 and 28% are 65 or over.
Is Westlock bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 3.6% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 96% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.4% grew up with French.
How diverse is Westlock?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 9%. A visible minority makes up 9.8% and Indigenous residents 9.9%.
What religion are people in Westlock?
Most often Christian (57%) or no religion (41%); other religions make up 2.8%.
Is Westlock good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 44% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Westlock are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Westlock?
Median total household income in Westlock was $63,200 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).