Canwood No. 494
Small town · Saskatchewan · Population 1,351
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 50.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 49.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.5 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 20.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 8.8% · 2016: 21.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.3%2016: 17%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.9%2016: 9.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%17%2016: 16.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.6%2016: 35.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.5%2016: 20.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.5%2011: 28.4% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%41.7%2011: 44.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%3.5%2011: 5.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27%2016: 22.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.3%2011: 1.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.9%2016: 13.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%33.8%2016: 34.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13.8%2016: 16.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%33.8%2016: 22.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.3%2016: 11.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%85.6%2016: 85.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%14.1%2016: 14.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%87.8%2016: 87.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%7.8%2016: 8.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.4%2016: 4.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%88.7%2016: 90.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%11.3%2016: 9.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%93.9%2016: 93.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%6.1%2016: 6.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%25.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%16.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%21.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.3%2016: 92.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0%2016: 3.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.5%2016: 4.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021