Sherwood No. 159
Small town · Saskatchewan · Population 1,219
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
- 36.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.5 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 (estimated) · 2016: 2.4 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 19.6% (estimated) · 2016: 31.9% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%8.6%2016: 10.3% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.9%2016: 13.9% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%43%2016: 30.4% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23%2016: 30.9% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%12.7%2016: 13.9% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.3%2011: 30.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%40%2011: 36.1% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%3.6%2011: 5.6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%21.8%2016: 21% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.3%2011: 8.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.5%2016: 9.5% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%25.7%2016: 25% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.8%2016: 14.3% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%16.2%2016: 31% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%35.1%2016: 19% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97%2016: 94.1% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.8%2016: 4.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.2%2016: 92.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.8%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.1%2016: 6% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%89.3%2016: 85.5% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%8.9%2016: 14.5% (estimated)
- Band or local government housing1.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%81.8%2016: 77.3% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.8%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%16.4%2016: 22.7% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%21.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%28.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%100%2016: 97.3% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021