One-parent families make up 12% in Satoo, more than in 88% of Canadian towns
Most recent wave: 43% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Census day 2021: 2,517 residents and 950 households in Satoo. Indigenous residents account for 6.8%. Nearly a fifth of residents are under 15, a higher share than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Half of Satoo is under 41.7, younger than 52% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The biggest five-year age group is 35–39, with 7.6% of residents. The highest share aged 65 or over among Alberta’s towns is Country Hills Village’s: 36%. Satoo sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Satoo, 41.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 72% of Canadian towns: 2.7 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Set against 27% across Canada’s towns, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone in Satoo.
10% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 54% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
28% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Here, 47% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of renter households than 54% of Canadian towns, at 24%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. On the census count, 64% of households live in a single-detached house. The comparison figure for renter households is 25% across Canada’s towns. One in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
Median household income: $92,300 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Satoo’s households had a total income above $92,300, 7% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns, half of households had more than $92,200 before tax. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 31% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 11% in Satoo, more than in 70% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
9.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Across Satoo, 25% of residents are immigrants. The comparison figure for residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8% across Canada’s towns.
Above 66% of Canadian towns: 29% of residents belong to a visible minority
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 40%, against 35% across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (5.7%). As a reference point, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 71%, and 6.3% speak French as well
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Satoo sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 2.2%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. At home, 13% mostly speak another language; 1.4% speak neither English nor French.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 79% of Canadian towns, at 16%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 11%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 55% of residents aged 15 and over
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 55% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 19% of residents are 65 or over.
17th lowest median age among 41 towns of 2,500 to 2,588
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The group spans City Commercial Core, youngest at 32.7, to North Frontenac, oldest at 61.6. Next to Satoo on this scale come Pembina (40.8), Brooke-Alvinston (41.6), Unity (42) and Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska (42.4).
Every nearby town is younger than Satoo
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Satoo’s residents
What is the population of Satoo?
2,517, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Satoo alone.
What is the average age in Satoo?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 52% of Canadian towns. 19% are under 15 and 19% 65 or older.
Is Satoo bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 6.3% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 92% speak only English and 0.2% only French; 2.2% grew up with French.
How diverse is Satoo?
Immigrants: 25% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 29%. Indigenous identity: 6.8%.
What religion are people in Satoo?
40% said they have no religion and 52% that they are Christian; 8.3% named another faith.
Is Satoo good for families?
19% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 53% of households and one-parent families 12%. Schools near Satoo are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Satoo?
Half of Satoo’s households had more than $92,300 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).