Cold Lake
Town · Alberta · Population 15,661
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 32.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 31.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 31.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 50%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 61.5% (estimated) · 2016: 54.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%22.9%2016: 22.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.3%2016: 13%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%36.5%2016: 37.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%20.2%2016: 20.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%8.1%2016: 6.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.3%2011: 35.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.4%2011: 24.8% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.7%2011: 6.8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.7%2016: 22.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.9%2011: 11.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.1%2016: 8.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28.7%2016: 28.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.6%2016: 14.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30.8%2016: 30.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18.8%2016: 17.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%87.5%2016: 85.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.3%2016: 0.6%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%12%2016: 13.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%85.4%2016: 84.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%4.9%2016: 6.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%9.7%2016: 8.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 8.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 9.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%63.9%2016: 67.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%36.1%2016: 32.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%65.7%2016: 66.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%10.6%2016: 10.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.4%2016: 4.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.7%2016: 0.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%14%2016: 12.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.6%2016: 5.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%9.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%21.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%37.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.2%2016: 90%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.4%2016: 2.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.3%2016: 5.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0.9%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021