Fort Macleod
Small town · Alberta · Population 3,297
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
- 42.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 41.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43.6% · 2016: 39%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.5%2016: 17.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.5%2016: 11%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.4%2016: 21.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.9%2016: 27.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.3%2016: 22.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.1%2011: 26%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.1%2011: 31.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.6%2011: 9.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31%2016: 30.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.2%2011: 7.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%20.2%2016: 17.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28.2%2016: 32.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%14.6%2016: 14.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.2%2016: 23.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%9.1%2016: 12.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%98.3%2016: 97.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1.6%2016: 2.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%86.6%2016: 84.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.6%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%12.8%2016: 14.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%77.4%2016: 77.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%22.6%2016: 22.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%77%2016: 78.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.6%2016: 2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.9%2016: 2.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.7%2016: 0.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.1%2016: 3.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.5%2016: 1.2%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%9.3%2016: 11.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%32.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88%2016: 87.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8.7%2016: 9.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.1%2016: 2.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021