Slave Lake
Small town · Alberta · Population 6,836
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: 31.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 32 years
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 · 2011: 2.9 · 2016: 2.8
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 51.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 57% · 2016: 50.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%23.5%2016: 23.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.7%2016: 14.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%32%2016: 32.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%22.8%2016: 22.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%9.1%2016: 6.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%31.2%2011: 34.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%21%2011: 21.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.4%2011: 9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%21.6%2016: 19.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%15.8%2011: 17.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%15.4%2016: 14.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28.3%2016: 29.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.1%2016: 9.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.5%2016: 27.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.1%2016: 18.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.1%2016: 95.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.7%2016: 3.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%80.7%2016: 82.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.5%2016: 1.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%17.8%2016: 15.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 12.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 9.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%65.7%2016: 67.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%34.3%2016: 32.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%50.9%2016: 52.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.7%2016: 5.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.7%2016: 7.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.6%2016: 0.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%15.8%2016: 17.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%18.3%2016: 17.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%1.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%38.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.8%2016: 90%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.3%2016: 0.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8.9%2016: 8.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 1.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.4%2016: 0.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021