Spruce Grove
Town · Alberta · Population 37,645
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
- 36 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 35.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 34 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.7
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 46.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 49.6% (estimated) · 2016: 52.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%21.6%2016: 22.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.8%2016: 12.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%30.9%2016: 32.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23%2016: 22.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%12.8%2016: 10.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%31.8%2011: 35%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.3%2011: 28.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.4%2011: 8.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%21.5%2016: 19.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.9%2011: 10.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.7%2016: 9.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.9%2016: 30%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%14.5%2016: 14.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.1%2016: 29.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18.8%2016: 16.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.8%2016: 93.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.9%2016: 6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%89.6%2016: 90.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.7%2016: 2.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%8.6%2016: 7.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 13.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 13%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%76.3%2016: 76.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%23.6%2016: 23.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%63.4%2016: 64.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%12.7%2016: 11.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.8%2016: 5.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%14.8%2016: 14.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.5%2016: 0.6%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.3%2016: 2.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%1.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%18.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%47.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%12.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.1%2016: 92.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.1%2016: 2.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.8%2016: 2.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.2%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.8%2016: 1.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021