St. Albert
Small city · Alberta · Population 68,232
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
- 42.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.7
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 41.2% (estimated) · 2016: 38.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18%2016: 18.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.8%2016: 12.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.6%2016: 24.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.2%2016: 28.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.4%2016: 15.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%32.4%2011: 36.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.4%2011: 28.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.9%2011: 8.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%21.4%2016: 18.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.9%2011: 8.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.1%2016: 5.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.4%2016: 23.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.2%2016: 10.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.4%2016: 30.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%32%2016: 29.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.2%2016: 88.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%10.6%2016: 10.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%86%2016: 86.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.6%2016: 2.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%11.4%2016: 10.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 18.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 18.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82.9%2016: 84.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17.1%2016: 15.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%70.4%2016: 73.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7%2016: 6.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.2%2016: 7.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.7%2016: 0.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%13.4%2016: 11.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.1%2016: 0.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%2.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%32.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%33.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%22.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.1%2016: 90.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2%2016: 4.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.4%2016: 2.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2%2016: 1.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021