Vegreville
Small town · Alberta · Population 5,689
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
- 45.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 42.3% · 2016: 40.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.3%2016: 16.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.4%2016: 11.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23%2016: 23.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.4%2016: 27.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.9%2016: 22.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.9%2011: 22.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.6%2011: 27.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.9%2011: 9.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36.3%2016: 34.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.3%2011: 6.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%15.2%2016: 14.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28.4%2016: 28.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%14%2016: 13.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.9%2016: 27.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.3%2016: 15.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.6%2016: 96.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2%2016: 2.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%84.6%2016: 82.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%14.3%2016: 16.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%70.4%2016: 69.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%29.6%2016: 30.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%75%2016: 75.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.9%2016: 4.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.5%2016: 3.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.6%2016: 0.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%14.2%2016: 13.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.8%2016: 2.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%20.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%45.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.6%2016: 87.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.5%2016: 8.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 2.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.7%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021