CreightonSaskatchewan

Renting in Creighton costs 12% of household income, less than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns

84% of households own their home, higher than both Saskatchewan’s towns (71%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 8% of households, below both Saskatchewan’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (18%).

The force covering Creighton records more serious violence than Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns, at 326

Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Creighton detachment area

Property crime in the area its police cover: 120.4 per 1,000 people a year. Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 246 over 2023–25, higher than both Saskatchewan’s towns (119) and Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 69.2 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Trips to work from Creighton are shorter than from Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: 10 min on average

89% of commuters drove to work at the census.

Creighton’s hazards at a glance: a moderate wildfire record and 14% of area homes over the radon guideline

Fire reaches the land around Creighton now and then: 62% within 25 km since 1986 (1.65% a year), below the high band. Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.004 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. No flood study for Creighton is on the national inventory. Creighton doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Mamawetan/Keewatin/Athabasca health region.

Winter nights bite in Creighton: January lows of −24.1°C, colder than Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns

Frosty days number 207 in a normal year, near Saskatchewan’s towns (203) and higher than Canadian towns (159). A July afternoon in Creighton typically reaches 23.7°C. For the wettest month, look to July: 86 mm on average.

Expect November days around −4°C in Creighton, nights around −11°C

In November, the normal is 26 mm of rain and snow. By December, a normal day reaches −13°C and a night falls to −21°C. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Flin Flon forecast.

Creighton’s MP is Buckley Belanger (Liberal Party of Canada), for Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River

From Saskatchewan come 14 MPs, 13 of them with the Conservative Party of Canada.

The nearest public library to Creighton is Flin Flon Public Library, 2.4 km away

Without open library statistics in Saskatchewan, the page names Creighton’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.

The 4 schools of Creighton: 1 elementary school, 2 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade

The closest elementary school is 2.6 km away, higher than both Saskatchewan’s towns (0.4 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km). Secondary school means a trip of 3.7 km at the nearest, higher than both Saskatchewan’s towns (1.1 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

More of Creighton’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: 17%

Children under 15 make up 14%, below both Saskatchewan’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (16%). Those 65 and older account for 23% of residents.

The nearest provincial park to Creighton is Palsa Hazel Ecological Reserve / Grass River Provincial Park, 40 km away

No national park lies within 100 km. There is one protected area within 10 km. Amisk Lake Recreation Site (411 ha) is the biggest, 9.6 km from town.

Lives run shorter around Creighton: 70.0 years, 11.5 below the typical Canadian town’s region

The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Creighton is well placed: 2.5 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.