Swift Current No. 137
Small town · Saskatchewan · Population 1,995
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
- 43.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 40.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 (estimated) · 2016: 2.7
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 29.8% (estimated) · 2016: 39.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18%2016: 19.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.5%2016: 14%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.8%2016: 21.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.8%2016: 31.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.3%2016: 13.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%33.3%2011: 37.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%40.1%2011: 39.7% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.8%2011: 5.4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%16.3%2016: 17%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.4%2011: 3.6% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.1%2016: 13%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%36.9%2016: 36%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.1%2016: 11.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.3%2016: 27%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.7%2016: 12.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.2%2016: 96.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.5%2016: 3.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%88.7%2016: 88.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.5%2016: 1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%10.8%2016: 10.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%85.7%2016: 87.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%13.6%2016: 12.1%
- Band or local government housing0.7%2006: 0.9% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%81%2016: 80.1%
- 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%0.7%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%18.4%2016: 19.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%21.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%20.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%97.6%2016: 95%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.2%2016: 1.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.2%2016: 2.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021