Al Ritchie sits above 94% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (16%)
67% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many one-parent families: 13% here, more than in 92% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 8,087 residents in 3,565 households. Across Al Ritchie, just over two in five households rent their home.
What stands out about the people of Al Ritchie
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
16% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 11% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Al Ritchie’s median age is 35.5; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 18% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
A year before the census, 19% of residents lived elsewhere, 1.7 times the typical share; over five years, 48% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Half of Al Ritchie is under 35.5, younger than 89% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Where 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, Al Ritchie has 18%. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 11% in the neighbourhood.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Al Ritchie, 35.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Al Ritchie ranks above 80% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 36%
Private households by type and size.
Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 7.5% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 89% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
In Al Ritchie, 33% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 81% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 38% of adults, against a typical 27%. The usual figure: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners stands at 13%.
More households in single-detached houses than 54% of Canadian towns: 67%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
13% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Older homes outnumber new: 50% predate 1961, 9.3% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
$71,500 a year: where the middle household sits
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Al Ritchie had $71,500 before tax, 17% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Saskatchewan’s towns: $86,500. Pandemic benefits reached 34% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 19%, a higher share than 91% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Across Canada’s towns, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens; in Al Ritchie, 14%. Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. On the census count, just over a fifth of residents are immigrants.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 68% of Canadian towns, at 41%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (4.4%). 28% of residents belong to a visible minority, a higher share than in 65% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
75% have English as their mother tongue; 6.1% also speak French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 82%, French 0.6%. On bilingual residents, Al Ritchie sits lower than 62% of Canadian towns: 6.1%. 1.3% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 29%, a higher share than 55% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 11% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 64% of adults
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 64%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (7,965 to 8,216 people), the 11th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Taber is the youngest of them at 27.4; Haliburton Village, at 59.2, the oldest. Jackson (34.8), South Terwillegar (34.9), Wolseley (37.5) and Drayton Valley (37.6): the towns nearest Al Ritchie in median age.
Every nearby town is older than Al Ritchie
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Ritchie | 8,087 | — | 35.5 | 11% | 21% |
| Boothill | 2,613 | 1.2 km | 40 | 15% | 10% |
| Heritage | 5,172 | 1.3 km | 37.1 | 13% | 29% |
| Dewdney Place | 3,021 | 1.9 km | 54.7 | 39% | 22% |
| Downtown | 4,282 | 2.4 km | 51.4 | 34% | 21% |
| Dewdney East | 18,670 | 2.7 km | 36.5 | 13% | 24% |
| Cathedral Village | 7,311 | 3.5 km | 37.4 | 14% | 13% |
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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Saskatchewan’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
Questions about Al Ritchie’s residents
Is Al Ritchie good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 38% of households and one-parent families 13%. Schools near Al Ritchie are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Al Ritchie?
Half of Al Ritchie’s households had more than $71,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Al Ritchie?
The 2021 Census counted 8,087 people in Al Ritchie.
What is the average age in Al Ritchie?
The median age is 35.5, younger than 89% of Canadian towns. 18% are under 15 and 11% 65 or older.
Is Al Ritchie bilingual?
6.1% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 93% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.3%.
How diverse is Al Ritchie?
Immigrants: 21% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 28%. Indigenous identity: 16%.
What religion are people in Al Ritchie?
41% said they have no religion and 48% that they are Christian; 12% named another faith.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).