Lesser Slave River No. 124
Small town · Alberta · Population 2,861
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
- 48.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 23%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 21.7% · 2016: 28.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.8%2016: 18.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.4%2016: 11.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.6%2016: 20.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%33.2%2016: 33.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21%2016: 15.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.6%2011: 32.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36.9%2011: 36.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6%2011: 3.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24.5%2016: 18.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9%2011: 9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%21.7%2016: 17.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.4%2016: 34.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%16.1%2016: 11.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.1%2016: 29.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10%2016: 6.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97%2016: 96.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.8%2016: 3.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%91.4%2016: 90.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.4%2016: 1.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.2%2016: 7.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%88.9%2016: 88.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%10.7%2016: 11.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%78.2%2016: 82.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.4%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.4%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%20.9%2016: 17%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%19.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%37.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%33.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95%2016: 96.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.3%2016: 0.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.8%2016: 2%
Statistics Canada, 2021