Photo: Enzenberger · CC BY-SA 3.0Above 96% of Canadian towns: 18% of residents have an Indigenous identity
Renter households: 37%, above 70% of Canadian towns. The census found that a third of households are one person living alone in Wetaskiwin. 22% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 66% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 13,703 residents; the 2021 Census found 5,190 households.
What stands out about the people of Wetaskiwin
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
18% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 13% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
A town people move to
A year before the census, 19% of residents lived elsewhere, 1.7 times the typical share; over five years, 45% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A −1% change since 2016: slower than 81% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Alberta’s towns +1%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 9%.
Above 72% of Canadian towns: 18% of residents are under 15
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 60–64: 6.9% of residents. The usual figure: 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. The median age in Wetaskiwin is 42.4, higher than in 52% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Wetaskiwin, 42.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women.
More one-parent families than 86% of Canadian towns: 11%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. For one-parent families, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 8.2%.
Wetaskiwin ranks below 66% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 41%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The figure for common-law partners is 9.8% in Wetaskiwin and 11% across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Fewer households in single-detached houses than 57% of Canadian towns: 58%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for households in single-detached houses is 64% across Canada’s towns. 19% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 16% built before 1961.
Household income at the median: $69,500 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Wetaskiwin had $69,500 before tax, 19% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns the median is $92,200. In 2020, 29% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 91% of Canadian towns, at 19%
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
Nearly two in five immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. For comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (62%), then in Europe (23%).
Residents with no religion make up 44% in Wetaskiwin, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
For Wetaskiwin, the census puts visible minority residents at 14%. Elsewhere, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
85% have English as their mother tongue; 2.9% 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
5.6% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.3% speak neither official language. Wetaskiwin has fewer bilingual residents than 95% of Canadian towns, at 2.9%. Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 0.9%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 15% in Wetaskiwin, less than in 81% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 18% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
A job for 52% of residents aged 15 and over
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.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 52%; 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Oldest by rank: 16th of 41 towns of 13,381 to 14,030 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Sandy Hill is the youngest of them at 29.7; Sidney, at 62, the oldest. Hammonds Plains (42), Glebe-Dows Lake (42.1), Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills (42.5) and Strathcona (43.7): the towns nearest Wetaskiwin in median age.
Wetaskiwin and its 3 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wetaskiwin | 13,703 | — | 42.4 | 22% | 13% |
| Ermineskin 138 | 2,359 | 13.7 km | 22.6 | 5.1% | 0% |
| Millet | 1,967 | 15.5 km | 44.4 | 20% | 11% |
| Louis Bull 138B | 1,394 | 17.1 km | 19.4 | 3.4% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
Questions about Wetaskiwin’s residents
How diverse is Wetaskiwin?
Immigrants: 13% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 14%. Indigenous identity: 18%.
What religion are people in Wetaskiwin?
44% said they have no religion and 52% that they are Christian; 5% named another faith.
Is Wetaskiwin good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 44% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Wetaskiwin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Wetaskiwin?
Half of Wetaskiwin’s households had more than $69,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Wetaskiwin?
About 13,703, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 12,594 people in Wetaskiwin, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Wetaskiwin?
The median age is 42.4, older than 52% of Canadian towns. 18% are under 15 and 22% 65 or older.
Is Wetaskiwin bilingual?
2.9% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 97% English only. French is the mother tongue 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).