Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Fewer renter households than 95% of Canadian towns: 7.4%
Half of Souris’s residents are over 49.2, older than in 83% of Canadian towns. The town is home to some 1,981 people (July 2025 estimate), in 745 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, nearly a fifth of residents said they have no religion. The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 69% of Canadian towns: 22%.
−1% since 2016, a pace below 82% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Prince Edward Island’s towns the median is +11%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 12%.
Souris sits below 72% of Canadian towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9.6%)
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 11% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across Souris, 16% of residents are under 15.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.4 people, below 53% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Prince Edward Island’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here, 28% of households are one person living alone. On one-parent families, 8.1% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Above 77% of Canadian towns: 54% of residents 15 and over are married
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Common-law partners: 8.1%, below 72% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Households in single-detached houses make up 91% in Souris, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
10% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Older homes outnumber new: 30% predate 1961, 20% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for households in single-detached houses is 64% across Canada’s towns.
The midpoint household income is $80,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Souris: half had less than $80,000, 7% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Prince Edward Island’s towns, the household in the middle had $82,500. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 24% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Souris sits below 71% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (9.1%)
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Here 0.6% of residents are not Canadian citizens, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 5.8%. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns: 11%. The share of immigrants stands at 2.3%.
81% said they are Christian and 19% that they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of Indigenous residents is 1.7%, against 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
English is the mother tongue of 97%, and 6.5% speak French as well
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
0.8% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns. Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Souris comes in at 6.5%.
Souris ranks below 81% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 15%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 12%, against 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 66% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 66%.
Older than Souris: 2 of the 5 towns nearby
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. The nearest places to Souris with figures are 10–44 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Souris | 1,981 | — | 49.2 | 22% | 2.3% |
| Souris | 1,285 | 9.6 km | 51.2 | 31% | 2.1% |
| Morell | 1,422 | 30.2 km | 49.6 | 24% | 5.8% |
| Three Rivers | 9,322 | 31.0 km | 44.8 | 23% | 4.9% |
| Murray River, Part 1 | 1,638 | 43.4 km | 49.2 | 22% | 3.3% |
| East River, Part 1 | 2,657 | 44.1 km | 41.2 | 19% | 3.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against Prince Edward Island’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Prince Edward Island’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- 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.
Questions about Souris’s residents
What religion are people in Souris?
Most often Christian (81%) or no religion (19%); other religions make up 0.2%.
Is Souris good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 58% of households and one-parent families 8.1%. Schools near Souris are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Souris?
Median total household income in Souris was $80,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Souris?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,981 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Souris counted 1,766, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Souris?
Half the residents are older than 49.2 and half younger; 16% are children under 15 and 22% are 65 or over.
Is Souris bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6.5% are. Another 0% speak only French and 93% only English, and French is the first language of 0.8%.
How diverse is Souris?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 2.3%. A visible minority makes up 0% and Indigenous residents 1.7%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).