Peace River
Small town · Alberta · Population 6,619
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
- 35.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 33.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 33.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 45.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 50.3% (estimated) · 2016: 53.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%20.2%2016: 21.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%15%2016: 12.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.8%2016: 32.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.8%2016: 22.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%12.1%2016: 9.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.6%2011: 29% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23%2011: 24.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.8%2011: 8.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.5%2016: 25.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11%2011: 11.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.4%2016: 14.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27.9%2016: 22.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.7%2016: 13.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.9%2016: 26.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.3%2016: 22.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%87.8%2016: 87.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%11.7%2016: 11.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.7%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%80.4%2016: 79.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%3.5%2016: 4.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%16.1%2016: 16.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%59.1%2016: 62.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%41.1%2016: 37.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%61.8%2016: 61.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.1%2016: 5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.4%2016: 3.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.1%2016: 2.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%21.2%2016: 19%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%6.4%2016: 7.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%11%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%41.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92%2016: 90.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.2%2016: 7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 0.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021