Photo: Kayoty · CC BY-SA 3.0More Indigenous residents than 99% of Canadian towns: 92%
The figure for one-parent families is 20% in Buffalo Narrows and 8.2% across Canada’s towns. In Buffalo Narrows, 77% of households live in a single-detached house. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are common here: 13%, more than in 83% of Canadian towns. Some 1,064 people live here, by the estimate for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Buffalo Narrows
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 92% of residents, more than in 99% of Canadian towns. 14% are Registered or Treaty Indians and 7.4% grew up speaking an Indigenous language. Identity & religion ↓
Fewer people than before
Buffalo Narrows went from 1,110 people in 2016 to 1,014 in 2021, −9%: slower growth than in 99% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Younger than most towns
Buffalo Narrows’s median age is 34; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
−9% since 2016: slower than 99% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Saskatchewan’s towns, ±0%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 5%.
Half of Buffalo Narrows is under 34, younger than 94% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
0–4 is the most common age band: 8.4% of residents, 1.8 times the share across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 11%. Buffalo Narrows has more children under 15 than 98% of Canadian towns, at 26%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 76% of Canadian towns: 2.7 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%; Buffalo Narrows has 24%.
Buffalo Narrows sits below 84% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (32%)
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
46% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Common-law partners account for 13%.
Buffalo Narrows ranks above 60% of Canadian towns on renter households: 30%
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
8.9% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $84,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Buffalo Narrows’s, at $84,000, is close to it. Within Saskatchewan’s towns, the household in the middle had $86,500. In 2020, 42% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
0% of residents are immigrants
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
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. The census found that 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Buffalo Narrows.
In Buffalo Narrows, 31% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 64% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Against that, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 86%, and 1% 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
Residents whose mother tongue is French are rarer here than in 71% of Canadian towns. An Indigenous language is the mother tongue of 7.4%. 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 1% in Buffalo Narrows.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 77% of Canadian towns: 17%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 21%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 52%
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.
With 11% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 52% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Buffalo Narrows
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. Distances here run 58–125 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Buffalo Narrows.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Narrows | 1,064 | — | 34 | 11% | 0% |
| Île-à-la-Crosse | 1,484 | 57.9 km | 31 | 11% | 0.7% |
| La Loche | 3,124 | 90.8 km | 25.6 | 4.8% | 0.4% |
| Pinehouse | 1,064 | 125.1 km | 25.4 | 5.4% | 0% |
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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Saskatchewan’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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 Buffalo Narrows’s residents
What religion are people in Buffalo Narrows?
68% are Christian and 31% have no religion; 1.3% follow another religion.
Is Buffalo Narrows good for families?
Under 15: 26% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 38% of households. One-parent families: 20%. Schools near Buffalo Narrows are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Buffalo Narrows?
The median household in Buffalo Narrows took in $84,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Buffalo Narrows?
Buffalo Narrows had about 1,064 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,014, 9% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Buffalo Narrows?
A median age of 34. Children under 15 make up 26%, and people 65 and over 11%.
Is Buffalo Narrows bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 1% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 99% speak only English and 0% only French; 1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Buffalo Narrows?
0% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0% belong to a visible minority and 92% have an Indigenous identity.
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).