Wood Buffalo, Alberta Population & Demographics

Statistic	Wood Buffalo	Alberta	National
Population	74,298	4,479,459	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	1	7	4
Median age	34.5	37.2	40.9
Male/Female ratio	0.8:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	68%	71%	66%
Families w/ kids at home	50%	46%	43%
Speak English only	91.8%	91.8%	68.8%
Speak French only	0.2%	0.1%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in Wood Buffalo is 83% lower than Alberta
The median age in Wood Buffalo is 7% lower than Alberta
In Wood Buffalo 9.16% of the population is South Asian
In Wood Buffalo 7.49% of the population is Black
In Wood Buffalo 7.23% of the population is Filipino

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Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
South Asian	9.2%
Black	7.5%
Filipino	7.2%
Arab	2.7%
Latin American	1.4%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
Philippines	5.4%
India	3.3%
Pakistan	1.5%
Nigeria	0.7%
United Kingdom	0.7%

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Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Wood Buffalo age breakdown

Source: The Wood Buffalo, AB data and statistics displayed above are derived from Statistics Canada and updated for 2021 by Environics Analytics.