Photo: R. Sieben · CC BY 3.0Wheatland County: 90% of households live in a single-detached house, above 88% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, the share of children under 15 is 16%; Wheatland County has 19%. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 10,150 for July 2025. Locally, a fifth of households are one person living alone. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in just over two thirds of Canadian towns.
−1% since 2016: slower than 82% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 16% higher again.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 64% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
No age band is larger than 55–59: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Half of Wheatland County’s residents are over 42.4, older than in 52% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Wheatland County, 42.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 67% of Canadian towns: 2.6 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: 4.8% here and 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 90% of Canadian towns, at 58%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly a quarter of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Fewer common-law partners than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns: 8.9%. On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Renter households: 16%, a lower share than 72% 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
28% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 21% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Renter households make up 25% across Canada’s towns.
The midpoint household income is $99,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $99,000, the middle household in Wheatland County out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 15%. Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 22% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 72% 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
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 1.9% here and 5.8% across Canada’s towns. On immigrants, Wheatland County sits lower than just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 5.1%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (55%) and in the Americas (19%).
Residents with no religion make up 42% in Wheatland County, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
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 3.4% in Wheatland County. Indigenous residents are more common here than in two thirds of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 80%, and 2.5% 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
Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 2.5% of residents speak English and French here. Lower than in 77% of Canadian towns: 0.9% of residents have French as their mother tongue. At home: English 83%, French 0.3%.
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
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Wheatland County, 16%, and 38% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 11%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
In work on census day: 66% of adults
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.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 66%.
Of 41 towns its size (9,971 to 10,321 people), the 16th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages here range from 33.2 in Mount Pleasant North to 58.8 in Blind Bay. By median age, Wheatland County sits among Runnymede-Bloor West Village (41.7), Kitimat (42.4), Maple Leaf (43.3) and Beckwith (44.4).
The towns around Wheatland County are all younger
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. Wheatland County has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 12–44 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatland County | 10,150 | — | 42.4 | 16% | 5.1% |
| Strathmore | 16,416 | 12.3 km | 40 | 18% | 8.9% |
| Siksika 146 | 3,645 | 19.5 km | 28 | 8.8% | 0% |
| Chestermere | 31,671 | 41.4 km | 37.6 | 10% | 28% |
| Irricana | 1,240 | 43.6 km | 40.8 | 14% | 9.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 Wheatland County’s residents
What is the average age in Wheatland County?
A median age of 42.4, older than 52% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 19%, and people 65 and over 16%.
Is Wheatland County bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 2.5% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 96% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.9% grew up with French.
How diverse is Wheatland County?
5.1% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 3.4% belong to a visible minority and 4.5% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Wheatland County?
57% are Christian and 42% have no religion; 1.6% follow another religion.
Is Wheatland County good for families?
Under 15: 19% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 66% of households. One-parent families: 4.8%. Schools near Wheatland County are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Wheatland County?
The median household in Wheatland County took in $99,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Wheatland County?
Wheatland County had about 10,150 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 8,738, about the same as 2016.
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).