Watrous
Small town · Saskatchewan · Population 1,842
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
- 48.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 33%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28.7% · 2016: 39%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.9%2016: 17.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.8%2016: 10%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.8%2016: 21.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28%2016: 26.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%27.4%2016: 25.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.6%2011: 25.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.2%2011: 29.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.9%2011: 3.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%37.6%2016: 36.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.7%2011: 6.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.5%2016: 9.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.9%2016: 32.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.2%2016: 15.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.3%2016: 24.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.4%2016: 18.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%98.1%2016: 98.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1.4%2016: 1.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%89.7%2016: 89.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.6%2016: 1.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%9.7%2016: 9.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%71.8%2016: 73.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%28.2%2016: 25.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%76%2016: 76.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.6%2016: 7.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.8%2016: 5.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.2%2016: 1.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7%2016: 7.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.3%2016: 1.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%25.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%42.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85%2016: 87.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%11.1%2016: 10.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.6%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 1.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021