Forty Mile County No. 8
Small town · Alberta · Population 3,471
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
- 31.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 31.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 30.2 years
- Average household size
- 3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 · 2011: 3 · 2016: 3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 19.2% · 2016: 25.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%27.9%2016: 28.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.7%2016: 15.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.5%2016: 21.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%21.3%2016: 24%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.2%2016: 10.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%40.1%2011: 42.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36%2011: 33.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%2.3%2011: 3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%18%2016: 16.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%3.5%2011: 2.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%34.2%2016: 28.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.1%2016: 25.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.6%2016: 6.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%18.2%2016: 26.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%8%2016: 12.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.1%2016: 95.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%0.6%2016: 0.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%3.3%2016: 4.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%50.3%2016: 50.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0%2016: 0%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%49.7%2016: 49.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%81.4%2016: 85.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%18.6%2016: 15%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%95.3%2016: 94.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- 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%4.7%2016: 5.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%25.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%39.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%16.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93%2016: 90.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.3%2016: 5.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 3.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021