Provost
Small town · Alberta · Population 1,900
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
- 39.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 34.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 47.3% · 2016: 31.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.4%2016: 20.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.5%2016: 12.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.2%2016: 27%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.5%2016: 23.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.9%2016: 16%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.8%2011: 32.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.5%2011: 24%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.2%2011: 6.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%32.7%2016: 31.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.9%2011: 7.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12%2016: 13%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%34.4%2016: 38.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%14.1%2016: 13.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.1%2016: 23.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13%2016: 11.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%98.9%2016: 98.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%0.8%2016: 1.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.5%2016: 93.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.6%2016: 0.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.9%2016: 6.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%79.6%2016: 76.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%20.4%2016: 24.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%79.6%2016: 78.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2%2016: 1.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.6%2016: 3.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.3%2016: 0.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.3%2016: 3.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%11.2%2016: 12.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%26.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%33.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%28.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92%2016: 85.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8%2016: 14.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021