According to the 2021 Canadian census[2] Languages: 85.7% English, 3.6% Tagalog, 1.7% Spanish, 1.6% French, Religions: 50.7% Christian (20.0% Catholic, 4.8% United Church, 2.5% Anglican, 2.1% Lutheran, 1.0% Pentecostal, 20.2% Other), 45.0% No religion, 1.9% Muslim Median income: $43,200 (2020) Average income: $56,050 (2020) This riding was created in 1907 from Calgary and Strathcona ridings.

At the time this was a vast riding taking in much of Central Alberta between the two major cities of Calgary and Edmonton.

Once an overwhelmingly rural constituency, it has been consistently reduced in geographic size over the years due to Red Deer's continued growth.

Like most other Alberta ridings outside Calgary and Edmonton, the major right-wing party of the day usually won here by blowout margins.

The riding was reinstated by the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, reuniting the City of Red Deer and combining it with rural areas to its southeast.