Special Area No. 2
Small town · Alberta · Population 1,860
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
- 40.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 38.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 20.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 19% (estimated) · 2016: 19.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%21%2016: 21.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.8%2016: 10.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.2%2016: 22.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.8%2016: 29.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.5%2016: 15.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%31%2011: 32.1% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%38.8%2011: 40% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%3.9%2011: 2.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.3%2016: 19.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%3.1%2011: 5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.3%2016: 11%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.3%2016: 37.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%14.1%2016: 12.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.4%2016: 33.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.9%2016: 5.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%98.7%2016: 98.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1.1%2016: 0.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.8%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%80.4%2016: 87.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.5%2016: 0.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%19.1%2016: 12.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%83.6%2016: 78.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17.2%2016: 20.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%96.1%2016: 86.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.6%2016: 0.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.3%2016: 11.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%22.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%39.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%98%2016: 93.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2%2016: 5.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021