Photo: Jeffrey Wallace · CC BY-SA 4.07.5% of households rent their home, fewer than in 95% of Canadian towns
The share of residents with no religion tops 92% of Canadian towns: 55%. With about 4,778 residents in July 2025, Woodlands County counted 1,735 households at the 2021 Census. Children under 15: 19% of the total. One-person households are rarer here than in 79% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Woodlands County
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 12% of residents, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, and 3.5% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Fewer people than before
Woodlands County went from 4,744 people in 2016 to 4,558 in 2021, −4%: slower growth than in 94% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Woodlands County changed by −4% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 94% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 5% higher again.
Woodlands County sits below 68% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (16%)
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Woodlands County has 10%. With a median age of 43.6, Woodlands County is older than nearly three fifths of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Woodlands County, 43.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women.
Woodlands County households average 2.6 people, larger than in 67% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
4.9% of households are one-parent families, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
In Woodlands County, 59% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: a fifth of adults, against a typical 27%. In Woodlands County, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
Households in single-detached houses make up 79% in Woodlands County, more than in 72% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
Nearly one in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $104,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $104,000, the middle household in Woodlands County out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 21%. Household incomes across Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 26% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
In Woodlands County, 8.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 76% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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 (49%), then in the Americas (36%). Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 92% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%. Of the immigrants living here, 17% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
Woodlands County ranks above 90% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 12%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 1.5% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. On average, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 94%, and 3.8% speak French as well
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
The share of bilingual residents trails 89% of Canadian towns: 3.8%. At home: English 98%, French 0.4%.
In Woodlands County, 7.7% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 16% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 62% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 62%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 4,686 to 4,873 people: this is the 20th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is Empire Park (30.9) and the oldest Electoral Area B, Nanaimo (63.2). The towns whose median age is nearest to Woodlands County’s: Flin Flon (Part) (42.8), Château-Richer (43.6), Saint-Jacques (44) and Dutton (44).
Nearby, 2 of 5 towns have older populations than Woodlands County
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. No closer places have figures: these lie 9–68 km from Woodlands County.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlands County | 4,778 | — | 43.6 | 16% | 5.2% |
| Whitecourt | 10,708 | 9.4 km | 34.8 | 9.5% | 9.7% |
| Mayerthorpe | 1,419 | 31.7 km | 49.2 | 31% | 6.4% |
| Yellowhead County | 10,966 | 63.5 km | 44.8 | 19% | 6.3% |
| Barrhead County No. 11 | 6,186 | 66.0 km | 40.8 | 19% | 7.7% |
| Swan Hills | 1,430 | 67.7 km | 42 | 13% | 5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- 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.
Questions about Woodlands County’s residents
What is the average age in Woodlands County?
Half the residents are older than 43.6 and half younger, older than 59% of Canadian towns; 19% are children under 15 and 16% are 65 or over.
Is Woodlands County bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 3.8% are. Another 0% speak only French and 96% only English, and French is the first language of 1.5%.
How diverse is Woodlands County?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 5.2%. A visible minority makes up 1.5% and Indigenous residents 12%.
What religion are people in Woodlands County?
Most often Christian (44%) or no religion (55%); other religions make up 0.9%.
Is Woodlands County good for families?
Children under 15 are 19% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 68% of households and one-parent families 4.9%. Schools near Woodlands County are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Woodlands County?
Median total household income in Woodlands County was $104,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Woodlands County?
The latest figure is an estimate: 4,778 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Woodlands County counted 4,558, 4% fewer than 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).