Flagstaff County
Small town · Alberta · Population 3,694
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
- 45.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 20.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 15.8% (estimated) · 2016: 19.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.4%2016: 18%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.3%2016: 12.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.2%2016: 19.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.7%2016: 32.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.5%2016: 18%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%28.4%2011: 31.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%40.7%2011: 42% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.4%2011: 3.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%22.5%2016: 19.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4%2011: 4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.7%2016: 12.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.9%2016: 34.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%17.3%2016: 15.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.6%2016: 26.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11.8%2016: 10.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%98.2%2016: 98.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1.2%2016: 1.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.5%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%88.2%2016: 88.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%11.2%2016: 11.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%90.5%2016: 92.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%9.5%2016: 7.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92%2016: 92.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%7.6%2016: 6.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%33.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.1%2016: 95.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.3%2016: 1.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.2%2016: 2.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021