Demographics of Alberta

Alberta has experienced a relatively high rate of growth in recent years, due in large part to its economy.

[2] Many of Alberta's cities and towns have also experienced high rates of growth in recent history.

[16] Indigenous and visible minority identity (2021):[24][25] The question on knowledge of languages allows for multiple responses.

Just over 1 percent of Albertans are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, descended from pioneers who emigrated from Utah around the turn of the 20th century; there are three temples in the province.

There are also many Jehovah's Witnesses and Reformed Christians, as well a significant population of Seventh-day Adventists in and around Lacombe where the Canadian University College is located.

The 2021 census reported that immigrants (individuals born outside Canada) comprise 970,975 persons or 23.2 percent of the total population of Alberta.

Over the past five decades, Alberta has had the highest net increase from interprovincial migration of any province.