Prince Albert
Town · Saskatchewan · Population 37,756
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
- 35.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 35.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 35.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 45.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 46.7% · 2016: 47.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%21.7%2016: 21.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.7%2016: 13.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.1%2016: 26%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%21.7%2016: 23.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.9%2016: 15.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.5%2011: 23.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%21.1%2011: 22.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%14.7%2011: 13.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.3%2016: 29%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%14.5%2011: 12.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.9%2016: 14.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%34.1%2016: 29.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.2%2016: 11.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23%2016: 25.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%19.8%2016: 19.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.2%2016: 91.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.2%2016: 7.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.5%2016: 0.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%81.8%2016: 82.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.8%2016: 2.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%16.4%2016: 15.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 9.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%59.3%2016: 60.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%40.8%2016: 39.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%64.6%2016: 66.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.4%2016: 2.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.5%2016: 3.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.1%2016: 2.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%22%2016: 20%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%4.3%2016: 4.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%24.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%37.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.8%2016: 89.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.7%2016: 1.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.7%2016: 4.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.4%2016: 3.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021