Grande Prairie
Small city · Alberta · Population 64,141
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
- 34 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 31.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 31.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 49.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 62.5% (estimated) · 2016: 56.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%21.8%2016: 21.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.3%2016: 13.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%34.8%2016: 36.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%21.9%2016: 20.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%9.2%2016: 7.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%28.5%2011: 29.7% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%21.8%2011: 22.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.3%2011: 8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.2%2016: 22.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%14.1%2011: 16% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.8%2016: 14%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.3%2016: 31.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13%2016: 12.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.9%2016: 25.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%19.1%2016: 16.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91.9%2016: 91.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.6%2016: 7.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%83.8%2016: 85.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.1%2016: 2.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%14.1%2016: 11.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 9.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%65.7%2016: 65.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%34.3%2016: 34.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%61.6%2016: 63.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.1%2016: 6.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.4%2016: 4.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.5%2016: 3.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%18.5%2016: 17.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.6%2016: 0.7%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.4%2016: 3.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%4.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%22%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%42.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.8%2016: 92.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.4%2016: 2.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.7%2016: 3.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.4%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021