Living in Sherwood Park

In Sherwood Park, unemployment is 9.1% (2021).

The population of Sherwood Park totalled 99,225 at the end of 2021. Sherwood Park's unemployment rate was 9.1% at the end of 2021. Annual PM2.5 levels for Sherwood Park stood at 8.9 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2616 sources

Population99,225people31 Dec 2021Official source · Statistics Canada

Median gross salary (region)3,399EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · www150.statcan.gc.ca

Average rent1,012EUR/month31 Dec 2025Metro-area figureOfficial source · CMHC Rental Market Survey: average rents for areas with population 10,000 and over, table 34-10-0133-01

Unemployment rate9.1%country median 8.4% — 8% aboveOfficial source · www150.statcan.gc.ca

Recorded crime7,390incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police

PM2.5, annual mean8.93µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), NAPS

More recorded crime than 74% of Canadian cities that publish it and dirtier air than 89% of Canadian cities that publish it.

Which Canada-wide rules apply when you move to Sherwood Park?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

The share of renter households spending 30% or more on housing reached 14.9% at the end of 2021.

No city-level rent figure is published for Sherwood Park. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€50

Mobile plan, 10 GB€24

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	49.79 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Bell Fibe 500 home internet¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	24.27 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Public Mobile 50GB plan⁹Official · national market
Households spending over 30% of income on rent	14.9 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Dwellings	38,203 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁰Official
Main residence dwellings	37,128 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,012 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	CMHC Rental Market Survey: average rents for areas with population 10,000 and over, table 34-10-0133-01²Official · metropolitan-area figure

Is Sherwood Park a good place to live?

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Remote worker57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 47–67%

Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on education · range 51–69%

Student43%strong on cost, weak on education · range 32–54%

Family51%strong on housing, weak on education · range 40–62%

Retirement40%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 27–53%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Sherwood Park?

The unemployment rate is 9.1 % (2021). Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca¹⁶

Unemployment across cities in CanadaUnemployment in Sherwood Park is 9.1%. Of 515 cities with data, 125 have unemployment of 6 to under 8%.

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Sherwood Park 9.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	61.6 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,399 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	www150.statcan.gc.ca¹⁵Official
Unemployment rate	9.1 %country median 8.4%	31 Dec 2021	www150.statcan.gc.ca¹⁶Official

What does a salary buy in Sherwood Park?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,534of €2,620 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€2,620
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · CMHC Rental Market Survey: average rents for areas with population 10,000 and over, table 34-10-0133-01 · 2025-12-31	− €1,012
Internet€50 · official · Bell Fibe 500 home internet · 2026-09-30	− €50
Mobile plan€24 · official · Public Mobile 50GB plan · 2026-09-30	− €24
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,534

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Sherwood Park. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

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Safety

How safe is Sherwood Park?

Police recorded about 7,390 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police⁴

Recorded crime across major citiesSherwood Park highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Winnipeg7,894

Edmonton7,108

Halifax6,020

Vancouver5,438

Calgary4,796

London4,743

Québec4,630

Ottawa4,298

Hamilton4,257

Toronto4,177

Gatineau3,756

Montreal3,674

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	7,390 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police⁴Official · county

Mobility and administration

Sherwood Park's nearest airport was YEG, 29 km away and offered 38 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	38 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁷Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	29 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	YEG	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Sherwood Park. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

IRCC newcomer language-learning services finder — State Language Course

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Sherwood Park?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 8.93 µg/m³ · Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), NAPS³

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.58.9WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in CanadaAnnual PM2.5 in Sherwood Park is 8.9 µg/m³. Of 123 cities with data, 46 have annual PM2.5 of 3 to under 4 µg/m³.

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Sherwood Park 8.9

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	8.93 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), NAPS³Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 7.54 · Feb 10.6 · Mar 24.05 · Apr 25.78 · May 29.28 · Jun 33 · Jul 35.51 · Aug 33.41 · Sep 31.58 · Oct 23.79 · Nov 16.38 · Dec 6.97 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -42.85 · Feb -38.49 · Mar -39.21 · Apr -19.81 · May -6.35 · Jun 0.52 · Jul 3.74 · Aug 2.2 · Sep -5.71 · Oct -13.9 · Nov -33.42 · Dec -35.55 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -10.8 · Feb -9.86 · Mar -4.06 · Apr 3.73 · May 10.61 · Jun 14.91 · Jul 17.78 · Aug 16.41 · Sep 10.92 · Oct 3.24 · Nov -4.36 · Dec -10.22 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

The city covered 1,170.7 km² at the end of 2021. The household count for Sherwood Park was 37,125 at the end of 2021. Sherwood Park's median age was 42.4 years at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Sherwood Park?

The published population was 99,225 people in May 2021. Source: Statistics Canada¹¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	1,171 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
City area	1,171 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁰Official
Population density	84.8 people/km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁰Official
Population	99,225 people	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹¹Official

International community in Sherwood Park

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data	10,495	100.0%
Asia	4,175	39.8%
Europe	4,060	38.7%
United Kingdom	1,970	18.8%
Philippines	1,795	17.1%
Americas	1,340	12.8%
India	1,055	10.1%
Africa	740	7.1%
United States of America	620	5.9%
Germany	490	4.7%
Other places of birth in Asia	450	4.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Other places of birth in Europe	430	4.1%
Netherlands	320	3.0%
Poland	305	2.9%
Other places of birth in Africa	300	2.9%
Other places of birth in Americas	275	2.6%
China	220	2.1%
South Africa, Republic of	200	1.9%
Oceania and other places of birth	175	1.7%
Italy	140	1.3%
Pakistan	135	1.3%
Nigeria	120	1.1%
Colombia	110	1.0%
Mexico	95	0.9%
Korea, South	90	0.9%
Lebanon	80	0.8%
Hong Kong	75	0.7%
Ukraine	70	0.7%
Jamaica	55	0.5%
Croatia	55	0.5%
Hungary	55	0.5%
Portugal	55	0.5%
Brazil	50	0.5%
Guyana	50	0.5%
Sri Lanka	50	0.5%
Trinidad and Tobago	45	0.4%
France	45	0.4%
Romania	45	0.4%
Egypt	45	0.4%
Iran	40	0.4%
Bangladesh	40	0.4%
Peru	35	0.3%
Russian Federation	35	0.3%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	35	0.3%
Afghanistan	35	0.3%
Turkey	35	0.3%
Viet Nam	35	0.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	25	0.2%
Syria	25	0.2%
Algeria	20	0.2%
Ethiopia	20	0.2%
Taiwan	20	0.2%
El Salvador	15	0.1%
Greece	15	0.1%
Serbia	10	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Citizenship

Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data	97,730	100.0%
Canadian citizens	94,400	96.6%
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over	73,320	75.0%
Canadian citizens aged under 18	21,080	21.6%
Not Canadian citizens	3,330	3.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Language spoken at home

Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data	98,240	100.0%
Single responses	96,925	98.7%
Official languages	93,530	95.2%
English	93,070	94.7%
Non-official languages	3,400	3.5%
Non-Indigenous languages	3,395	3.5%
Indo-European languages	1,880	1.9%
Multiple responses	1,320	1.3%
English and non-official language(s)	1,125	1.1%
Austronesian languages	885	0.9%
Indo-Iranian languages	850	0.9%

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Published group	People	Share
Indo-Aryan languages	810	0.8%
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	805	0.8%
Punjabi (Panjabi)	525	0.5%
Italic (Romance) languages	460	0.5%
French	455	0.5%
Spanish	375	0.4%
Germanic languages	300	0.3%
Balto-Slavic languages	265	0.3%
Slavic languages	255	0.3%
High German languages	235	0.2%
German	235	0.2%
Sino-Tibetan languages	220	0.2%
Chinese languages	215	0.2%
English and French	150	0.2%
Mandarin	135	0.1%
Dravidian languages	95	0.1%
Afro-Asiatic languages	85	0.1%
Semitic languages	80	0.1%
Gujarati	80	0.1%
Arabic	75	0.1%
Polish	75	0.1%
Yue (Cantonese)	70	0.1%
Ukrainian	60	0.1%
Low Saxon-Low Franconian languages	60	0.1%
Urdu	60	0.1%
Korean	60	0.1%
Russian	55	0.1%
Hindi	55	0.1%
Austro-Asiatic languages	45	0.0%
Serbo-Croatian	45	0.0%
Vietnamese	40	0.0%
Malayalam	40	0.0%
Tamil	40	0.0%
Iranian languages	40	0.0%
Portuguese	40	0.0%
Afrikaans	35	0.0%
Romanian	35	0.0%
Croatian	30	0.0%
Persian languages	30	0.0%
Sign languages	25	0.0%
American Sign Language	25	0.0%
Ilocano	25	0.0%
Tai-Kadai languages	20	0.0%
Turkic languages	20	0.0%
Uralic languages	20	0.0%
Hungarian	20	0.0%
Dutch	20	0.0%
Marathi	20	0.0%
Nepali	20	0.0%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	20	0.0%
Iranian Persian	20	0.0%
Lao	15	0.0%
Turkish	15	0.0%
French and non-official language(s)	15	0.0%
English, French and non-official language(s)	15	0.0%
Cebuano	15	0.0%
Serbian	15	0.0%
Kacchi	15	0.0%
Tibeto-Burman languages	10	0.0%
Thai	10	0.0%
Multiple non-official languages	10	0.0%
Pangasinan	10	0.0%
Telugu	10	0.0%
Baltic languages	10	0.0%
Czech	10	0.0%
Bengali	10	0.0%
Pashto	10	0.0%
Japanese	10	0.0%
Niger-Congo languages	10	0.0%
Nilo-Saharan languages	5	0.0%
Sign languages, n.i.e.	5	0.0%
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	5	0.0%
Chinese, n.o.s.	5	0.0%
Burmese	5	0.0%
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	5	0.0%
Indigenous languages	5	0.0%
Athabaskan languages	5	0.0%
Bisaya, n.o.s.	5	0.0%
Indonesian	5	0.0%
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	5	0.0%
Latvian	5	0.0%
Lithuanian	5	0.0%
Slovak	5	0.0%
Scandinavian languages	5	0.0%
Danish	5	0.0%
Indo-Aryan languages, n.i.e.	5	0.0%
Dari	5	0.0%
Italian	5	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	10.7 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Households	37,125 households	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Labour force participation rate	67.7 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Median age	42.4 years	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁴Official

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Is Sherwood Park part of Edmonton?

Sherwood Park is in the published commuting zone of Edmonton; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Edmonton city profile

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Sherwood Park?

The published population was 99,225 people in May 2021. Source: Statistics Canada.

Is the air quality good in Sherwood Park?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), NAPS.

How safe is Sherwood Park?

What is the unemployment rate in Sherwood Park?

The unemployment rate is 9.1 % (2021). Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

What is the typical salary around Sherwood Park?

The median gross salary is 3,399 EUR/month. Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

Is Sherwood Park a good place to live?

Sherwood Park may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Sherwood Park part of Edmonton?

Sherwood Park is in the published commuting zone of Edmonton; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

How many people born in Asia live in Sherwood Park?

The official country of birth distribution records 4,175 people (39.8%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police www150.statcan.gc.ca · checked 2026-09-25
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