Kamsack
Small town · Saskatchewan · Population 1,779
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
- 47.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 36.3% · 2016: 37.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.1%2016: 17.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.8%2016: 11.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.7%2016: 18.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.8%2016: 26.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%27%2016: 26.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.6%2011: 17.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.8%2011: 29%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.1%2011: 8.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%39.6%2016: 37.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.9%2011: 5.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%22.4%2016: 16.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27.3%2016: 32.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.7%2016: 12.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.8%2016: 24.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.7%2016: 14.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%98.2%2016: 97.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.1%2016: 2.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%83.7%2016: 85.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.6%2016: 0.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%15.7%2016: 14%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%71.7%2016: 67.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%27.7%2016: 32.9%
- Band or local government housing0.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%89.2%2016: 87.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.2%2016: 4.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.5%2016: 1.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.5%2016: 0.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.9%2016: 4.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%2016: 1.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%40.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%44.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%10.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%3.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.4%2016: 81.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%10.9%2016: 16.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 1.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021