Wilkie
Small town · Saskatchewan · Population 1,195
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
- 45.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 48 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 31.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.1% · 2016: 31.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.8%2016: 16.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.2%2016: 8.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.2%2016: 21%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.8%2016: 29.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.8%2016: 23.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.5%2011: 22.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.4%2011: 34.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.8%2011: 8.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.3%2016: 33%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%3.9%2011: 3.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.3%2016: 19%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%43.5%2016: 28.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.8%2016: 13.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.2%2016: 27.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13%2016: 10.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.8%2016: 97.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.2%2016: 1.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%91.8%2016: 90.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.4%2016: 0.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.8%2016: 8.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%84.3%2016: 87.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%14.7%2016: 11.3%
- Band or local government housing1%2016: 0.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%93.1%2016: 90.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.9%2016: 4.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2%2016: 4.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%34.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%41.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%16.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%5.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%76.3%2016: 77.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%19.6%2016: 21.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%3.1%2016: 2.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021