Photo: RTBoughner at English Wikipedia · Public domainMackenzie sits above 90% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (12%)
The figure for one-person households is 33% in Mackenzie and 27% across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: nearly a tenth of the total. Half of the town’s residents are over 43.6, older than in 59% of Canadian towns. The town is home to some 3,442 people (July 2025 estimate), in 1,515 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Mackenzie
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 12% of residents, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, and 5% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Fewer people than before
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Mackenzie went from 3,714 to 3,281 residents (−12%), slower growth than in 99% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Slower than most: −12% since 2016, behind 99% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 5%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across British Columbia’s towns, +6%.
Mackenzie sits below 59% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (17%)
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Against a figure of 16% across Canada’s towns, the share of children under 15 in Mackenzie comes in at 17%. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Mackenzie, 43.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 74% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Fewer one-parent families than in 61% of Canadian towns: 7.6%.
Mackenzie ranks above 79% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 16%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Compared with 46% across Canada’s towns, 44% of residents 15 and over are married here. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Below 64% of Canadian towns: 19% of households rent their home
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
2.2% of homes were built before 1961 and 1.6% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. On average, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Here 67% of households live in a single-detached house, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 64%.
The middle household earns $88,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes sit at the middle in Mackenzie: half had more than $88,000, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $87,000, the median across British Columbia’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 27% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
In Mackenzie, 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 55% 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 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Of the immigrants living here, 42% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Few places have so few immigrants: 7.3% here, fewer than in 73% of Canadian towns. Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 2.3% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
62% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents trails 69% of Canadian towns: 4.7%. Residents with no religion make up 35% across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 92%, 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
Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Mackenzie has 3.8%. On residents whose mother tongue is French, Mackenzie sits higher than just over three fifths of Canadian towns: 2%.
In Mackenzie, 14% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 86% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Mackenzie, 14%, and 37% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%).
59% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 59% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 3,379 to 3,506 people: this is the 18th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The span goes from 32.8 (Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier) up to 61.2 (Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap). Next to Mackenzie on this scale come Riverdale East (43.2), Buchanan (43.4), Virginia Park (43.8) and Hampton Heights (43.8).
Older than Mackenzie: 1 of the 3 towns nearby
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Mackenzie has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 102–110 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackenzie | 3,442 | — | 43.6 | 17% | 7.3% |
| Chetwynd | 2,484 | 101.8 km | 36 | 12% | 10% |
| Electoral Area E, Peace River | 2,737 | 108.2 km | 42 | 17% | 5.9% |
| Hudson's Hope | 1,019 | 110.0 km | 46.8 | 24% | 14% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of British Columbia’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.
Questions about Mackenzie’s residents
What is the median income in Mackenzie?
Half of Mackenzie’s households had more than $88,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Mackenzie?
About 3,442, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 3,281 people in Mackenzie, 12% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Mackenzie?
The median age is 43.6, older than 59% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 17% 65 or older.
Is Mackenzie 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 2%.
How diverse is Mackenzie?
Immigrants: 7.3% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 4.7%. Indigenous identity: 12%.
What religion are people in Mackenzie?
62% said they have no religion and 37% that they are Christian; 1.5% named another faith.
Is Mackenzie good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 49% of households and one-parent families 7.6%. Schools near Mackenzie are on its Schools page.
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).