Photo: Nuggets · CC BY 3.0More residents with no religion than 92% of Canadian towns: 55%
In Yellowhead County, 14% of households rent their home, beside 25% across Canada’s towns. Some 10,966 people live locally, by the estimate for July 2025. Children under 15 account for 19%. At 8.5%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is lower than in 77% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Yellowhead County
Fewer people than before
Yellowhead County went from 10,995 people in 2016 to 10,426 in 2021, −5%: slower growth than in 96% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
−5% since 2016: slower than 96% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +1% across Alberta’s towns.
Half of Yellowhead County is over 44.8, older than 66% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
No age band is larger than 60–64: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Among Alberta’s towns, Country Hills Village has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 36%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Yellowhead County, 44.8. 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.
One-person households: 24%, a lower share than 61% of Canadian towns
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.
The typical household size is 2.5 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. The share of one-parent families stands at 5.6%.
55% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 80% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
A fifth of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Measured more widely, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 12% of the total.
79% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 72% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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 74% of Canadian towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 30% date from 2001 or later, 8.7% from before 1961. The share of households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns is 64%. One in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
$90,000 a year: the median household income
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Yellowhead County had $90,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Alberta’s towns has $92,200 before tax. In 2020, 25% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
6.3% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
2.1% of residents are not Canadian citizens; across Canada’s towns the figure is 5.8%. Lower than in 76% of Canadian towns: 6.3% of residents are immigrants. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (57%) and in Asia (19%).
8.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 83% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of visible minority residents (1.8%), Yellowhead County is below 87% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for Indigenous residents is 2.8% across Canada’s towns.
92% have English as their mother tongue; 4.2% also speak French
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 97%, French 0.2%. Lower than in 84% of Canadian towns: 4.2% of residents speak English and French. 1.3% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 9.3% in Yellowhead County, less than in 97% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 17% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 55%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 19% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 55% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (10,734 to 11,177), the 16th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The group spans Lethbridge County, youngest at 32.8, to Thornbury, oldest at 58.8. Montecito (44.4), Walkerton (44.8), Laurentian (45.4) and Princess-Rosethorn (46.2): the towns nearest Yellowhead County in median age.
Of the 4 towns nearest Yellowhead County, 1 are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. The nearest places to Yellowhead County with figures are 28–69 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellowhead County | 10,966 | — | 44.8 | 19% | 6.3% |
| Edson | 8,692 | 27.5 km | 38.4 | 14% | 10% |
| Whitecourt | 10,708 | 62.4 km | 34.8 | 9.5% | 9.7% |
| Woodlands County | 4,778 | 63.5 km | 43.6 | 16% | 5.2% |
| Mayerthorpe | 1,419 | 69.2 km | 49.2 | 31% | 6.4% |
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. 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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
Questions about Yellowhead County’s residents
How diverse is Yellowhead County?
Immigrants: 6.3% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.8%. Indigenous identity: 8.4%.
What religion are people in Yellowhead County?
55% said they have no religion and 44% that they are Christian; 1.4% named another faith.
Is Yellowhead County good for families?
19% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 62% of households and one-parent families 5.6%. Schools near Yellowhead County are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Yellowhead County?
Half of Yellowhead County’s households had more than $90,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Yellowhead County?
About 10,966, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 10,426 people in Yellowhead County, 5% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Yellowhead County?
The median age is 44.8, older than 66% of Canadian towns. 19% are under 15 and 19% 65 or older.
Is Yellowhead County bilingual?
4.2% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 96% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.3%.
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).