Alberta Population 2024

Alberta is a province in Western Canada, borders British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories (NWT) to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south. According to statcan, Alberta population in 2024 is estimated to be 4.77 million, fourth populous province after Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia, and area is 661,848 sq. km. (255,541 sq mi) is the sixth-largest in Canada. Alberta is renowned for its natural beauty, richness in fossils and for housing important nature reserves. Alberta was named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (1848-1939), the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. Princess Louise was the wife of John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, Governor General of Canada. Edmonton is the capital city of Alberta, is located at geographic centre of the province. It is the most northerly major city in Canada, and serves as a gateway and hub for resource development in northern Canada. Calgary is a city in the western Canadian province of Alberta, and is about 280 km south of Edmonton and 240 km north of Montana. Lethbridge is about 215 km south of Calgary, is the third city of Alberta with metropolitan status. Alberta's population has experienced a relatively high rate of growth since year 2000, mainly because of its expanding economy. Alberta's economy was one of the strongest in the world, due to its petroleum industry. In 2020, Alberta had the third-largest economy in Canada after Ontario and Quebec, with a GDP exceeding CA$307 billion.

By 2046, Alberta's population is expected to reach almost 6.4 million people, an increase of roughly 1.9 million people from 2020, as arrivals from other countries account for about 54% of the expected growth over the projection period. The population become more concentrated in urban centres, especially along the Edmonton-Calgary Corridor, 80% of Albertans are expected to live in this region by 2046.

As per 2016 census, Below is the population by Age and sex. Population of Alberta as per 2016 census is 4,067,175, increase of 412,918 people from the last 2011 census of Population with 3,645,257. By 2016 census the Population from 0 to 14 years are 779,155, 15 to 64 years are 2,787,805, 65 years and over are 500,215, 85 years and over are 63,385.

Age Group	Total	Male	Female
0 to 4 years	266,515	136,520	129,995
5 to 9 years	270,715	138,990	131,725
10 to 14 years	241,920	124,060	117,860
15 to 19 years	240,035	123,625	116,410
20 to 24 years	261,830	133,990	127,840
25 to 29 years	310,940	156,715	154,225
30 to 34 years	333,175	167,555	165,620
35 to 39 years	305,505	153,655	151,850
40 to 44 years	281,205	142,545	138,660
45 to 49 years	269,030	135,855	133,180
50 to 54 years	284,310	142,205	142,100
55 to 59 years	275,540	138,565	136,970
60 to 64 years	226,230	113,440	112,790
65 to 69 years	173,680	85,500	88,180
70 to 74 years	117,035	56,430	60,610
75 to 79 years	83,955	39,105	44,845
80 to 84 years	62,165	27,590	34,575
85 to 89 years	39,965	16,050	23,915
90 to 94 years	18,025	5,755	12,275
95 to 99 years	4,735	1,145	3,595
100 years and over	650	115	535

Ethnic groups in Alberta

According to Stats, Alberta's share of national immigration was 9.6% in the fourth quarter, which was lower than the same period in 2019 (12.3%) and the lowest share for the province since 2008. As of April 1, 2021, Alberta's population was 4,444,277. International migration showed some signs of recovery, supported by the highest levels of immigration and net NPRs seen throughout the pandemic. Below are the Alberta Citizenship stats as on 2016 census.

Residents	Population	Male	Female
Canadian citizens	3,622,740	1,825,135	1,797,600
Canadian citizens aged under 18	854,815	439,065	415,755
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over	2,767,920	1,386,070	1,381,850
Not Canadian citizens	355,410	173,365	182,045

People up to third generation are officially termed as non-immigrants and thereon the people inflow is termed as immigrants. Below table indicates Ontario immigration numbers per year:

Immigrants	Population	Male	Female
Non-immigrants	3,062,775	1,550,445	1,512,335
Immigrants	845,220	412,320	432,895
Before 1981	163,460	81,620	81,840
1981 to 1990	86,350	41,690	44,660
1991 to 2000	131,560	62,930	68,630
2001 to 2010	256,055	125,235	130,820
2001 to 2005	109,145	53,425	55,720
2006 to 2010	146,910	71,810	75,100
2011 to 2016	207,790	100,845	106,945
Non-permanent residents	70,155	35,735	34,420

Immigrants by selected place of birth : The place of birth of father and place of birth of mother questions in the Census of Population help to determine the country in which each of the immigrant parents was born. The Alberta state officially categorizes its population into six groups, they are Native American/Alaskan Native, Pacific Islander, African American, European Whites, Asian, and Native Hawaiian. Below table is the Immigrants by selected place of birth:

Place of Birth	Population
Americas	103,540
Brazil	2,545
Colombia	9,535
El Salvador	7,255
Guyana	2,555
Haiti	1,270
Jamaica	6,845
Mexico	15,665
Peru	1,920
Trinidad and Tobago	3,415
United States	30,460
Other places of birth in Americas	22,075
Europe	189,770
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,555
Croatia	3,080
France	2,535
Germany	19,205
Greece	2,005
Hungary	3,665
Ireland	3,935
Italy	8,110
Netherlands	14,035
Poland	16,925
Portugal	4,050
Romania	7,725
Russian Federation	7,260
Serbia	2,255
Ukraine	8,150
United Kingdom	59,215
Other places of birth in Europe	23,060
Africa	89,740
Algeria	1,340
Egypt	5,320
Ethiopia	10,570
Kenya	5,120
Morocco	1,695
Nigeria	12,405
Somalia	7,060
South Africa, Republic of	7,355
Other places of birth in Africa	38,865
Asia	452,225
Afghanistan	5,190
Bangladesh	5,085
China	57,690
Hong Kong	19,110
India	91,660
Iran
Census data footnote
61"	8,910
Iraq	5,935
Japan	3,065
Korea, South	13,850
Lebanon	10,395
Pakistan	28,075
Philippines	123,830
Sri Lanka	4,835
Syria	4,800
Taiwan	3,455
Viet Nam	27,080
Other places of birth in Asia	39,250
Oceania and other places of birth	9,940

Generation status: When used for father and mother in combination with the question on the place of birth of person, they help to derive the generation status, and thereby establish whether the person is in the first, second, or third generation or more. The generation status provides information on the diversity of Canada's population and makes it possible to study how the children of immigrants are integrating into Canadian society. 23% of the Alberta population are First Generation immigrants, The persons who were born outside Canada, followed by 18.2% are Second Generation immigrants, The Children of First Generation who are born in Canada and 56.8% are the Third Generation Immigrants, Third generation or more refers to people who are born in Canada with both parents born in Canada, Grand Children of First Generation.

Immigrants by Generation	Population	Male	Female
First generation	938,500	460,015	478,480
Second generation	742,455	374,065	368,390
Third generation or more	2,297,195	1,164,420	1,132,775

The four main categories of immigrants to Alberta are Economic Immigrants (Canadian experience class, skilled workers and business people), Principal immigrants(people who moved for study purpose), Secondary Immigrants (dependents), the Family Class members (closely related persons of Canadian residents living in Canada), Humanitarian and Compassionate applicants (people accepted as immigrants for humanitarian grounds.

Immigrants Type	Population	Male	Female
Economic immigrants	387,275	195,845	191,430
Principal applicants	154,700	96,855	57,850
Secondary applicants	232,570	98,990	133,575
Immigrants sponsored by family	198,575	81,650	116,920
Refugees	103,785	57,130	46,650
Other immigrants	5,320	2,745	2,570

Aboriginal identity refers to whether the person identified with the Aboriginal peoples of Canada. This includes those who are First Nations (North American Indian), MÃ©tis or Inuk (Inuit) and/or those who are Registered or Treaty Indians (that is, registered under the Indian Act of Canada) and/or those who have membership in a First Nation or Indian band. Aboriginal peoples of Canada are defined in the Constitution Act, 1982, section 35 as including the Indian, Inuit and MÃ©tis peoples of Canada.

Residents	Population
Aboriginal identity	258,640
Single Aboriginal responses	253,460
First Nations (North American Indian)	136,585
MÃ©tis	114,370
Inuk (Inuit)	2,500
Multiple Aboriginal responses	2,905
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhere	2,280
Non-Aboriginal identity	3,719,505

Total visible minority population:

Immigrants	Population
Total visible minority population	933,165
South Asian	230,930
Chinese	158,200
Black	129,390
Filipino	166,195
Latin American	55,090
Arab	56,700
Southeast Asian
	43,985
West Asian	20,980
Korean	21,275
Japanese	12,165
Visible minority,Â n.i.e.	9,900
Multiple visible minorities	28,360
Not a visible minority	3,044,980

Ethnic origin population

Ethnic groups	Population
North American Aboriginal origins	303,815
First Nations (North American Indian)	200,290
Inuit	3,900
MÃ©tis	113,735
Other North American origins	955,040
Acadian	5,545
American	72,355
Canadian	902,315
New Brunswicker	50
Newfoundlander	1,985
Nova Scotian	190
Ontarian	110
QuÃ©bÃ©cois	1,380
Other North American origins,Â n.i.e.	415
European origins	2,580,720
British Isles origins	1,581,265
Channel Islander	225
Cornish	210
English	899,440
Irish	596,750
Manx	945
Scottish	704,205
Welsh	80,455
British Isles origins,Â n.i.e.	90,865
French origins	411,560
Alsatian	200
Breton	60
Corsican	125
French	411,315
Western European origins (except French origins)	915,185
Austrian	39,530
Bavarian	110
Belgian	21,210
Dutch	195,720
Flemish	2,005
Frisian	685
German	712,955
Luxembourger	680
Swiss	24,310
Western European origins,Â n.i.e.	830
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)	329,990
Danish	60,380
Finnish	17,755
Icelandic	20,225
Norwegian	156,595
Swedish	97,840
Northern European origins,Â n.i.e.	13,515
Eastern European origins	685,270
Bulgarian	2,935
Byelorussian	2,200
Czech	20,865
Czechoslovakian,Â n.o.s.	10,055
Estonian	2,715
Hungarian	56,270
Latvian	3,245
Lithuanian	6,090
Moldovan	1,585
Polish	186,510
Romanian	34,230
Russian	107,800
Slovak	11,010
Ukrainian	369,090
Eastern European origins,Â n.i.e.	1,910
Southern European origins	215,725
Albanian	2,935
Bosnian	3,870
Catalan	85
Croatian	14,220
Cypriot	160
Greek	15,025
Italian	101,265
Kosovar	420
Macedonian	1,015
Maltese	1,560
Montenegrin	290
Portuguese	22,385
Serbian	7,755
Sicilian	330
Slovenian	3,885
Spanish	48,055
Yugoslavian,Â n.o.s.	5,120
Southern European origins,Â n.i.e.	245
Other European origins	22,805
Basque	425
Jewish	9,780
Roma (Gypsy)	465
Slavic,Â n.o.s.	995
Other European origins,Â n.i.e.	11,255
Caribbean origins	36,120
Antiguan	455
Bahamian	310
Barbadian	2,065
Bermudan	210
Carib	135
Cuban	2,175
Dominican	930
Grenadian	595
Guadeloupean	0
Haitian	2,235
Jamaican	17,325
Kittitian/Nevisian	95
Martinican	10
Montserratan	30
Puerto Rican	460
St. Lucian	595
Trinidadian/Tobagonian	5,180
Vincentian/Grenadinian	535
West Indian,Â n.o.s.	2,670
Caribbean origins,Â n.i.e.	2,305
Latin, Central and South American origins	78,405
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya)	1,980
Arawak	105
Argentinian	1,385
Belizean	445
Bolivian	590
Brazilian	3,030
Chilean	8,105
Colombian	12,585
Costa Rican	575
Ecuadorian	890
Guatemalan	2,395
Guyanese	3,095
Hispanic	1,785
Honduran	760
Maya	580
Mexican	22,475
Nicaraguan	1,675
Panamanian	320
Paraguayan	340
Peruvian	2,740
Salvadorean	8,810
Uruguayan	315
Venezuelan	4,690
Latin, Central and South American origins,Â n.i.e.	3,430
African origins	136,510
Central and West African origins	33,170
Akan	130
Angolan	295
Ashanti	130
Beninese	200
Burkinabe	100
Cameroonian	2,040
Chadian	75
Congolese	4,095
Edo	555
Ewe	125
Gabonese	25
Gambian	110
Ghanaian	4,470
Guinean	455
Ibo	1,760
Ivorian	655
Liberian	1,040
Malian	70
MalinkÃ©	95
Nigerian	13,010
Peulh	105
Senegalese	575
Sierra Leonean	740
Togolese	150
Wolof	70
Yoruba	2,990
Central and West African origins,Â n.i.e.	1,865
North African origins	23,235
Algerian	1,620
Berber	685
Coptic	225
Dinka	565
Egyptian	8,525
Libyan	1,300
Maure	95
Moroccan	2,510
Sudanese	7,070
Tunisian	940
North African origins,Â n.i.e.	575
Southern and East African origins	56,560
Afrikaner	315
Amhara	450
Bantu,Â n.o.s.	700
Burundian	975
Djiboutian	170
Eritrean	7,960
Ethiopian	13,225
Harari	165
Kenyan	2,175
Malagasy	125
Mauritian	550
Oromo	1,355
Rwandan	1,420
Seychellois	35
Somali	14,100
South African	6,635
Tanzanian	1,030
Tigrian	700
Ugandan	1,155
Zambian	265
Zimbabwean	2,590
Zulu	295
Southern and East African origins,Â n.i.e.	3,875
Other African origins	26,150
Black,Â n.o.s.	2,525
Other African origins,Â n.i.e.	23,960
Asian origins	756,335
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	97,355
Afghan	8,540
Arab,Â n.o.s.	10,470
Armenian	1,780
Assyrian	560
Azerbaijani	615
Georgian	400
Hazara	365
Iranian	13,925
Iraqi	6,165
Israeli	1,565
Jordanian	1,325
Kazakh	565
Kurd	2,040
Kuwaiti	185
Kyrgyz	200
Lebanese	32,365
Palestinian	4,880
Pashtun	645
Saudi Arabian	390
Syrian	7,215
Tajik	265
Tatar	530
Turk	5,745
Turkmen	105
Uighur	270
Uzbek	485
Yemeni	930
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins,Â n.i.e.	2,445
South Asian origins	231,550
Bangladeshi	4,155
Bengali	1,660
Bhutanese	815
East Indian	174,510
Goan	495
Gujarati	855
Kashmiri	720
Nepali	4,600
Pakistani	29,265
Punjabi	15,645
Sinhalese	750
Sri Lankan	5,585
Tamil	1,050
South Asian origins,Â n.i.e.	4,845
East and Southeast Asian origins	431,135
Burmese	1,270
Cambodian (Khmer)	4,260
Chinese	188,280
Filipino	175,130
Hmong	0
Indonesian	3,005
Japanese	16,595
Karen	740
Korean	22,410
Laotian	2,050
Malaysian	2,970
Mongolian	1,565
Singaporean	370
Taiwanese	1,995
Thai	2,735
Tibetan	965
Vietnamese	36,780
East and Southeast Asian origins,Â n.i.e.	735
Other Asian origins	3,115
Other Asian origins,Â n.i.e.	3,115
Oceania origins	15,500
Australian	7,785
New Zealander	2,905
Pacific Islands origins	5,150
Fijian	3,325
Hawaiian	425
Maori	640
Polynesian,Â n.o.s.	205
Samoan	280
Pacific Islands origins,Â n.i.e.	375

Recent Immigration to Alberta

As per 2016 Canadian census, a total of 207,790 people who immigrated to Alberta between 2011 and 2016.

Country	Population
Philippines	59,390
India	28,820
China	10,525
Pakistan	6,910
United Kingdom	6,225
Nigeria	6,110
United States	4,645
Mexico	4,400
South Korea	3,840
Ethiopia	3,445
Syria	3,335
Iran	3,260
Nepal	2,620
Eritrea	2,390
Ukraine	2,345

Languages in Alberta

Language	Population
English only	3,698,765
French only	3,895
English and French	264,720
Neither English nor French	59,280

Language spoken at Home

Language Spoken at Home	Population
English	3,327,255
French	27,630
Non-official languages	482,725
Aboriginal languages	9,970
Algonquian languages	7,175
Blackfoot	1,110
Cree-Montagnais languages	5,875
Northern East Cree	20
Plains Cree	125
Swampy Cree	5
Woods Cree	600
Cree,Â n.o.s.	5,120
Eastern Algonquian languages	5
Mi'kmaq	5
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	190
Ojibway	185
Athabaskan languages	620
Northern Athabaskan languages	620
Beaver	10
Dene	540
Dogrib (Tlicho)	5
Gwich'in	5
Sarsi (Sarcee)	5
Slavey-Hare languages	60
South Slavey	55
Slavey,Â n.o.s.	5
Inuit languages	10
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	5
Inuit languages,Â n.i.e.	5
Iroquoian languages,Â n.i.e.	5
Michif	10
Siouan languages	2,125
Dakota	175
Stoney	1,945
Aboriginal languages,Â n.o.s.	25
Non-Aboriginal languages	472,760
Afro-Asiatic languages	43,770
Berber languages	200
Kabyle	90
Berber languages,Â n.i.e.	105
Cushitic languages	9,220
Bilen	280
Oromo	2,075
Somali	6,850
Cushitic languages,Â n.i.e.	15
Semitic languages	34,310
Amharic	4,915
Arabic	24,230
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	260
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	95
Harari	165
Hebrew	460
Maltese	15
Tigrigna	3,955
Semitic languages,Â n.i.e.	210
Afro-Asiatic languages,Â n.i.e.	45
Austro-Asiatic languages	16,355
Khmer (Cambodian)	960
Vietnamese	15,380
Austro-Asiatic languages,Â n.i.e	15
Austronesian languages	60,860
Bikol	70
Cebuano	2,110
Fijian	45
Hiligaynon	470
Ilocano	1,975
Malagasy	20
Malay	405
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	220
Pangasinan	45
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	55,105
Waray-Waray	125
Austronesian languages,Â n.i.e.	280
Creole languages	970
Haitian Creole	50
Creole,Â n.o.s.	655
Creole languages,Â n.i.e.	270
Dravidian languages	8,460
Kannada	210
Malayalam	4,060
Tamil	2,915
Telugu	1,245
Dravidian languages,Â n.i.e.	30
Hmong-Mien languages	70
Indo-European languages	230,270
Albanian	1,060
Armenian	215
Balto-Slavic languages	30,220
Baltic languages	410
Latvian	165
Lithuanian	250
Slavic languages	29,815
Belarusan	15
Bosnian	785
Bulgarian	825
Croatian	1,800
Czech	875
Macedonian	175
Polish	7,705
Russian	10,145
Serbian	2,100
Serbo-Croatian	315
Slovak	710
Slovene (Slovenian)	150
Ukrainian	4,180
Slavic languages,Â n.i.e.	55
Celtic languages	40
Scottish Gaelic	15
Welsh	15
Celtic languages,Â n.i.e.	10
Germanic languages	40,915
Afrikaans	1,705
Danish	150
Dutch	1,980
Frisian	60
German	36,295
Icelandic	30
Norwegian	60
Swedish	145
Vlaams (Flemish)	60
Yiddish	15
Germanic languages,Â n.i.e.	425
Greek	1,015
Indo-Iranian languages	111,975
Indo-Aryan languages	98,610
Bengali	4,530
Gujarati	8,025
Hindi	9,945
Kashmiri	50
Konkani	75
Marathi	845
Nepali	3,710
Oriya (Odia)	95
Punjabi (Panjabi)	51,010
Sindhi	1,240
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	1,480
Urdu	17,600
Iranian languages	12,720
Kurdish	850
Pashto	1,640
Persian (Farsi)	10,230
Indo-Iranian languages,Â n.i.e.	650
Italic (Romance) languages	44,830
Catalan	35
Italian	2,840
Portuguese	3,905
Romanian	4,135
Spanish	33,910
Italic (Romance) languages,Â n.i.e.	10
Japanese	2,245
Kartvelian languages	160
Georgian	160
Korean	12,775
Mongolic languages	335
Mongolian	335
Niger-Congo languages	5,600
Akan (Twi)	845
Bamanankan	10
Edo	70
Ewe	80
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	105
Ga	40
Ganda	95
Igbo	265
Lingala	85
Rundi (Kirundi)	280
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	350
Shona	410
Swahili	1,090
Wolof	170
Yoruba	690
Niger-Congo languages,Â n.i.e.	1,015
Nilo-Saharan languages	1,525
Dinka	800
Nilo-Saharan languages,Â n.i.e.	725
Sign languages	1,095
American Sign Language	325
Sign languages,Â n.i.e	765
Sino-Tibetan languages	82,380
Chinese languages	80,880
Cantonese	38,275
Hakka	315
Mandarin	37,125
Min Dong	20
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	1,245
Wu (Shanghainese)	340
Chinese,Â n.o.s.	3,550
Chinese languages,Â n.i.e.	10
Tibeto-Burman languages	1,500
Burmese	280
Karenic languages	665
Tibetan	420
Tibeto-Burman languages,Â n.i.e.	140
Tai-Kadai languages	1,130
Lao	465
Thai	655
Tai-Kadai languages,Â n.i.e	10
Turkic languages	2,390
Azerbaijani	155
Turkish	1,945
Uyghur	80
Uzbek	135
Turkic languages,Â n.i.e.	70
Uralic languages	2,130
Estonian	25
Finnish	105
Hungarian	1,995
Other languages,Â n.i.e.	240
Multiple responses	189,040
English and French	6,885
English and non-official language	178,070
French and non-official language	1,125
English, French and non-official language	2,965

Alberta population in 2023 is estimated to be 4.34 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 4.3 million, population in 2021 is to be 4.26 million.

Status	Total	Male	Female
Married or living common law	1,969,300	988,410	980,895
Married	1,648,945	828,155	820,790
Living common law	320,350	160,250	160,100
Not married and not living common law	1,318,720	651,430	667,290
Never married	905,700	505,310	400,390
Separated	76,150	34,000	42,150
Divorced	195,850	82,040	113,815
Widowed	141,020	30,080	110,940

Income Distribution

Income Range	Population
Under $10,000	389,580
$10,000 to $19,999	385,235
$20,000 to $29,999	364,915
$30,000 to $39,999	305,680
$40,000 to $49,999	286,615
$50,000 to $59,999	247,830
$60,000 to $69,999	205,840
$70,000 to $79,999	165,640
$80,000 to $89,999	132,720
$90,000 to $99,999	114,010
$100,000 and over	455,410
$100,000 to $149,999	274,185
$150,000 and over	181,225