La Loche
Small town · Saskatchewan · Population 2,514
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
- 25.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 22.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 24 years
- Average household size
- 3.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 4 · 2011: 4.1 · 2016: 3.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 25.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28.1% · 2016: 24.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%33.7%2016: 32.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%15.1%2016: 19%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.9%2016: 26.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%18.9%2016: 16.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%4.8%2016: 4.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.6%2011: 23.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%6.2%2011: 4.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%27.6%2011: 22.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%20.7%2016: 18.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%26.9%2011: 35.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%47%2016: 60.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.4%2016: 16.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.5%2016: 6.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%9.4%2016: 10.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%7.7%2016: 5.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%98.8%2016: 97%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%0.8%2016: 0.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 2.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%23.2%2016: 12.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%76.6%2016: 87.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%31.7%2016: 34.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%67.6%2016: 65.2%
- Band or local government housing0.7%2016: 0.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%55.2%2016: 56.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%32.4%2016: 25.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%9.7%2016: 11.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.7%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.1%2016: 4.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%2.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%42.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%19.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%11%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%76%2016: 72%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3%2016: 2.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%17%2016: 22.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4%2016: 5.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021