Long, narrow Stony Plain was unaffected by the 2004 redistribution. The riding runs 85 kilometres west from Edmonton, following the Yellowhead Highway to the Pembina River. The riding is bordered on the south by the Saskatchewan River.
Construction and retail are the main employers here, contributing to average household income of $65,191. Fewer than six per cent of residents are low income. Seventy per cent were born in Alberta, while 7.5 per cent are immigrants. Almost nine per cent of residents are aboriginal. The riding has Alberta's third-lowest rate of non-English speakers: four per cent.
