A higher share of Indigenous residents than 98% of Canadian towns, at 27%
Children under 15: 19% here and 16% across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 79% of households live in a single-detached house. Fewer immigrants than in 94% of Canadian towns: 1.9%. Statistics Canada puts Birch Hills’s population at 1,093 for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Birch Hills
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 27% of residents, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and 2.9% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Slower growth than 55% of Canadian towns: Birch Hills changed by +3% since 2016
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Saskatchewan’s towns, ±0%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 66% of Canadian towns: 22%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.3% in Birch Hills and 11% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Half of the town’s residents are under 41.6, younger than in 53% of Canadian towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
32% of households are one person living alone, more than in 69% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here 10% of households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%. As a reference point, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Average household size: 2.3 people.
Below 57% of Canadian towns: 9.9% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly a quarter of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Against that, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Birch Hills sits below 67% of Canadian towns for renter households (18%)
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
Just over a quarter of homes were built before 1961 and 16% in 2001 or later. To put it in context, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $78,500 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $78,500, the middle household in Birch Hills earned 9% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Saskatchewan’s towns have a median of $86,500. In 2020, 22% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
8.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 73% 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 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
With residents without Canadian citizenship at 1.4%, Birch Hills is behind 83% of Canadian towns on that count. Across Canada’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 89% of Canadian towns, at 52%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
2.4% of residents belong to a visible minority and 27% have an Indigenous identity, against 15% and 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, just over a third of residents said they have no religion.
English is the mother tongue of 95%, and 2.9% 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
Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 2.9% of residents speak English and French here. Residents whose mother tongue is French account for 1%.
Birch Hills ranks below 63% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 21%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 11%, beside a typical 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 50%
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.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 50%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Among its 5 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Birch Hills
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. No closer places have figures: these lie 29–42 km from Birch Hills.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birch Hills | 1,093 | — | 41.6 | 22% | 1.9% |
| St. Louis No. 431 | 1,080 | 29.2 km | 47.6 | 24% | 1.5% |
| Prince Albert No. 461 | 3,589 | 30.3 km | 41.6 | 16% | 3% |
| Prince Albert | 40,728 | 31.5 km | 35.2 | 16% | 9.6% |
| Buckland No. 491 | 3,550 | 37.8 km | 46 | 20% | 2.9% |
| Wakaw | 1,052 | 42.1 km | 48.8 | 32% | 3.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Saskatchewan’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
Questions about Birch Hills’s residents
Is Birch Hills bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 2.9% are. Another 0% speak only French and 97% only English, and French is the first language of 1%.
How diverse is Birch Hills?
Immigrants make up 1.9% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 2.4% are members of a visible minority, and 27% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Birch Hills?
Christian: 48%. No religion: 52%. Another religion: 0%.
Is Birch Hills good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 19%. 50% of households are couple families and 10% one-parent families. Schools near Birch Hills are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Birch Hills?
$78,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Birch Hills (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Birch Hills?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,093 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,066 in Birch Hills, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Birch Hills?
41.6 is the median age. Under 15: 19%. 65 and over: 22%.
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).