Vermilion
Small town · Alberta · Population 3,948
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: 39.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 46.3% · 2016: 42.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.6%2016: 17.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.4%2016: 13%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.6%2016: 26.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%22.6%2016: 24.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.8%2016: 18.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.4%2011: 25.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.5%2011: 25%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.7%2011: 6.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.8%2016: 35.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.5%2011: 9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.4%2016: 10%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27.4%2016: 30.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13.4%2016: 13.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.6%2016: 30.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%19.6%2016: 15.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.1%2016: 97.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.6%2016: 2.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%88.3%2016: 88.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.8%2016: 1.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%10.9%2016: 10.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%77%2016: 74.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%23.3%2016: 25.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%78.2%2016: 74.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.9%2016: 1.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.9%2016: 5.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3%2016: 3.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%9.6%2016: 10.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.5%2016: 3.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%21.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%33.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.6%2016: 84%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.7%2016: 12%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.5%2016: 2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 1.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021