Photo: Masterhatch · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Carlyle is under 36.4, younger than 85% of Canadian towns
Nearly two thirds of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,571 residents; the 2021 Census found 620 households. The share of Indigenous residents stands at 6.8%. Higher than in 74% of Canadian towns: 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
What stands out about the people of Carlyle
Younger than most towns
Half of Carlyle’s residents are under 36.4 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 22% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A change of +1% since 2016 leaves Carlyle behind 70% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; ±0% across Saskatchewan’s towns. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 3% higher again.
In Carlyle, 22% of residents are under 15, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
In Carlyle, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. For Carlyle, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 17%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
In Carlyle, 31% of households are one person living alone, more than in 64% of Canadian towns
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.
In Carlyle the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. The census found that 8.9% of households are one-parent families in the town.
Carlyle: 13% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 68% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
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.
33% of households rent their home, a share 64% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. In Carlyle, 73% of households live in a single-detached house. As a reference point, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Half above, half below $91,000 a year in household income
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Carlyle: half had more than $91,000, 6% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Saskatchewan’s towns, the household in the middle had $86,500. COVID-19 benefits went to 24% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
More residents without Canadian citizenship than 57% of Canadian towns: 7.1%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Most immigrants were born in Asia (77%) or in the Americas (10%). The usual figure: 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. On immigrants, Carlyle sits lower than 65% of Canadian towns: 9.8%.
Above 58% of Canadian towns: 38% of residents said they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
11% of residents belong to a visible minority. Measured more widely, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 88%, and 1.7% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 94%, French 0.3%. Lower than in 98% of Canadian towns: 1.7% of residents speak English and French. On residents whose mother tongue is French, 1% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 70% of Canadian towns, at 19%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 6.3%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
70% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 70%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Every nearby town is older than Carlyle
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. Carlyle has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 41–70 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlyle | 1,571 | — | 36.4 | 17% | 9.8% |
| Redvers | 1,068 | 41.4 km | 40 | 24% | 3.1% |
| Oxbow | 1,290 | 44.7 km | 38.4 | 16% | 12% |
| Kipling | 1,091 | 58.5 km | 42 | 25% | 15% |
| Carnduff | 1,139 | 61.0 km | 40.8 | 24% | 8.1% |
| Estevan No. 5 | 1,293 | 70.4 km | 43.2 | 17% | 3.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Saskatchewan’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.
Questions about Carlyle’s residents
What is the average age in Carlyle?
36.4 is the median age. Under 15: 22%. 65 and over: 17%.
Is Carlyle bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 1.7% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 98% speak only English and 0% only French; 1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Carlyle?
Immigrants make up 9.8% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 11% are members of a visible minority, and 6.8% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Carlyle?
Christian: 61%. No religion: 38%. Another religion: 2%.
Is Carlyle good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 22%. 55% of households are couple families and 8.9% one-parent families. Schools near Carlyle are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Carlyle?
$91,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Carlyle (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Carlyle?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,571 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,524 in Carlyle, 1% more than 2016.
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).