Photo: Kjfmartin · CC BY-SA 3.0Above 85% of Canadian towns: 9% of residents have an Indigenous identity
Of the immigrants living here, 50% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 2,513 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,070 households. Residents aged 65 and over account for 24%. On one-person households, Esterhazy sits higher than four fifths of Canadian towns: 36%.
What stands out about the people of Esterhazy
Fewer people than before
Esterhazy went from 2,502 people in 2016 to 2,345 in 2021, −6%: slower growth than in 98% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Esterhazy changed by −6% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 98% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 7% higher again. Across Saskatchewan’s towns the median is ±0%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Older than 66% of Canadian towns: half of Esterhazy is over 44.8
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 7.5% of residents. One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 61% of Canadian towns. On children under 15, 16% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Esterhazy, 44.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 83% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families trails 77% of Canadian towns: 6.5%.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 69% of Canadian towns, at 52%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
One in ten residents 15 and over live common-law (Canada’s towns: 11%). Never married and not common-law: just over a fifth of adults (typical: 27%).
More households in single-detached houses than 71% of Canadian towns: 79%
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households is 25%; Esterhazy has 21%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Median household income: $91,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Esterhazy’s households had a total income above $91,000, 6% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Saskatchewan’s towns, the median household income is $86,500. COVID-19 benefits went to 15% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Residents who moved in within the year: 12%, a higher share than 57% of Canadian towns
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 here were most often born in Asia (60%), then in the Americas (16%). Against that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Where 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, Esterhazy has 6.8%.
Esterhazy ranks below 54% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 34%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents account for 13%. Across the comparison, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
88% have English as their mother tongue; 2.8% also speak French
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
0.9% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns. At home: English 94%, French 0.2%. Lower than in 95% of Canadian towns: 2.8% of residents speak English and French.
Esterhazy sits below 67% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (20%)
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
8.1% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 62% of residents aged 15 and over
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 62%.
In its size band (2,500 to 2,588), the 19th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
City Commercial Core is the youngest of them at 32.7; North Frontenac, at 61.6, the oldest. In age, Esterhazy keeps company with Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce (43.2), Castlemore Estates (43.2), Salisbury (45.2) and Anmore (45.6).
2 of the 5 nearest towns are older than Esterhazy
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. The nearest places to Esterhazy with figures are 34–66 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esterhazy | 2,513 | — | 44.8 | 24% | 11% |
| Langenburg | 1,256 | 33.5 km | 40.8 | 25% | 8.6% |
| Russell | 2,715 | 53.7 km | 43.2 | 24% | 11% |
| Melville | 4,547 | 59.6 km | 45.2 | 26% | 6.3% |
| Moosomin | 2,906 | 64.4 km | 41.2 | 22% | 15% |
| Grenfell | 1,203 | 66.4 km | 48.8 | 30% | 6.8% |
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 Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Saskatchewan’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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 Esterhazy’s residents
How diverse is Esterhazy?
Immigrants make up 11% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 13% are members of a visible minority, and 9% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Esterhazy?
Christian: 63%. No religion: 34%. Another religion: 3.3%.
Is Esterhazy good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 16%. 54% of households are couple families and 6.5% one-parent families. Schools near Esterhazy are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Esterhazy?
$91,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Esterhazy (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Esterhazy?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,513 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,345 in Esterhazy, 6% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Esterhazy?
44.8 is the median age, older than 66% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 16%. 65 and over: 24%.
Is Esterhazy bilingual?
English and French: 2.8% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 97%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.9%.
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).