High River
Town · Alberta · Population 14,324
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
- 44.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 44.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 54.9% · 2016: 44.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.1%2016: 18.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.9%2016: 10.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.3%2016: 24%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.1%2016: 25.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.7%2016: 21.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.5%2011: 25.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.6%2011: 34.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8%2011: 6.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.7%2016: 23.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.2%2011: 8.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.6%2016: 12.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%33%2016: 31.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.2%2016: 11.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.7%2016: 28.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18.3%2016: 16.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.2%2016: 94.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.3%2016: 5.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.5%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%83.5%2016: 84.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%15.4%2016: 14%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 19.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 22.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%75.4%2016: 77.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%24.5%2016: 22.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%50.4%2016: 51.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%17.8%2016: 18.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%12.6%2016: 13.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.8%2016: 1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%12.5%2016: 11%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.8%2016: 4.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%6.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%16.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%33.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%38.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92%2016: 90.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.5%2016: 0.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.9%2016: 5.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 1.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.9%2016: 1.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021