Wadena
Small town · Saskatchewan · Population 1,269
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
- 52.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 51.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 53.2 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28.9% · 2016: 36.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15%2016: 14.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.5%2016: 8.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.3%2016: 18.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.3%2016: 26.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%32.4%2016: 31.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%14.9%2011: 18.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.9%2011: 28.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.1%2011: 5.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%42.1%2016: 45.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5%2011: 4.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.8%2016: 8.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%38.8%2016: 30.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%19.4%2016: 17%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.3%2016: 29.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.7%2016: 17%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%98.8%2016: 98%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%0.8%2016: 0.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%91.7%2016: 87.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.4%2016: 0%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.9%2016: 12.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%81%2016: 78.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%19%2016: 21.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%82.8%2016: 82.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.4%2016: 8.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.8%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.6%2016: 7.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.5%2016: 1.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%27.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%44.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%5.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.1%2016: 85.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.9%2016: 11.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 2%
Statistics Canada, 2021