Red Deer

Riding (federal electoral district) · Statistics Canada / Elections Canada code 48034 · Alberta

Current Member of Parliament

Conservative

Representation history

No earlier terms are on record for this district. Our source, OpenParliament, publishes membership spans per member rather than per riding, so history here covers earlier terms served by the sitting member.

Census profile

Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (2023 boundaries)

Population

114,975

2021 count

Median household income

$86,000

2020 total income

Age and households

Median age38.8

Average age39.6

Average household size2.4

Aged 0–1418.3%

Aged 15–6466.3%

Aged 65 and over15.4%

Aged 85 and over1.7%

Income and low income (2020)

Median household income$86,000

Average household income$105,500

Median individual income$43,200

Low income (LIM-AT)9.7%

Low income (LICO-AT)3.5%

Two official ways of counting how many people here live on a low income after tax. They use different cut-offs, so the two figures differ.

Labour force (residents aged 15+)

Employment rate59.4%

Unemployment rate11.9%

Share of adults working or looking for work (participation rate)67.4%

Education (aged 15+)

No certificate, diploma or degree16.2%

High school diploma or equivalent32.2%

Any postsecondary credential51.6%

Bachelor's degree or higher17.1%

Housing

Owner households67.1%

Renter households32.9%

Owners spending 30%+ of income on shelter14.0%

Renters spending 30%+ of income on shelter34.6%

Owners in core housing need4.0%

Renters in core housing need19.8%

Core housing need means a home that is too expensive, too crowded or in poor repair, and the household could not afford a suitable one nearby.

Median monthly shelter cost (owned)$1,490

Median monthly shelter cost (rented)$1,170

Median dwelling value$340,000

Dwelling types

Single-detached house56.0%

Semi-detached house7.6%

Row house9.6%

Apartment in a duplex3.3%

Apartment, fewer than five storeys18.8%

Apartment, five storeys or more1.3%

Language

Knows English only94.2%

Knows French only0.0%

Knows both official languages5.1%

Knows neither official language0.7%

Mother tongue English83.1%

Mother tongue French1.1%

Mother tongue neither English nor French12.9%

Immigration and Indigenous identity

Immigrants15.6%

Immigrants who arrived 2016–20213.6%

Non-permanent residents0.8%

Indigenous identity6.5%

Getting to work

Car, truck or van92.3%

Public transit2.2%

Walking3.2%

Bicycle0.6%

Figures come from the 2021 Census of Population (income figures are for 2020), published by Statistics Canada for today’s 343 ridings (the 2023 boundaries) — the same boundaries shown here, so these are 2021 counts totted up for the ridings we use now. Statistics Canada deliberately nudges small counts up or down so no individual can be identified (random rounding) and withholds some figures entirely, so values are approximate and the parts may not add up to the total; a blank means the figure is not published for this riding. The “participation rate” here describes local residents aged 15 and over who are working or looking for work, and has nothing to do with an MP’s voting participation. Land area and population density are not published for ridings, so they are not shown.

Election results

Elections Canada, Official Voting Results