GravelbourgSaskatchewan
A town of 1,047 in Saskatchewan. It shrank by 9% between the 2016 and 2021 censuses.
Is Gravelbourg a good place to live?
On cost of living it is strong (A+). Households here earn well (A+). Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety and B for hazard risk.
Gravelbourg is graded subject by subject, but Canadian towns need 2,500 residents for an overall grade.
This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Safety is the police detachment's figure, shared with the towns and countryside around it. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
What makes Gravelbourg stand out
The 3 things Gravelbourg does most differently from other towns.
How Gravelbourg grades
Each subject compares Gravelbourg with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Gravelbourg is graded subject by subject, but Canadian towns need 2,500 residents for an overall grade.
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The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gravelbourg.
Trips to work from Gravelbourg are shorter than from Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: 15 min on average
82% of commuters took the car to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Gravelbourg | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 15 min | 18 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 82% | 91% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Rent takes less of local pay in Gravelbourg than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: 13% of household income
84% of households own their home, above Saskatchewan’s towns (71%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. Shelter took 30% or more of income for nearly one in ten households, lower than both Saskatchewan’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (18%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Gravelbourg | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 13% | 19% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 9% | 17% | 18% |
| Households owning their home | 84% | 71% | 74% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020.
People in Gravelbourg’s health region live to 79.9 on average, 1.6 years short of the typical Canadian town
Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the South West health region
In the health survey, 54% of adults in the region rated their health very good or excellent, higher than both Saskatchewan’s towns (49%) and Canadian towns (52%). Measured from where Gravelbourg’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 0.4 km away, under the typical 3.7 km.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Gravelbourg | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 54% | 49% | 52% |
| Smokers | 13% | 8.6% | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 79.9 | 80.2 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
January nights in Gravelbourg drop to −16.9°C (Saskatchewan towns −20.7°C, Canadian towns −13.5°C)
A normal year brings 366 mm of precipitation, near Saskatchewan’s towns (383 mm) and lower than Canadian towns (883 mm). The frost-free season runs from 20 May to 18 September, 120 days. A July afternoon in Gravelbourg typically reaches 26.0°C.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Gravelbourg | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation a year | 366 mm | 383 mm | 883 mm |
| January night low | −16.9°C | −20.7°C | −13.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 195 | 203 | 159 |
| July afternoon high | 26.0°C | 25.0°C | 25.5°C |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Assiniboia)
Wildfire low, radon 13%: how Gravelbourg stands on hazards
Measured across the Five Hills RHA: radon tests
Seismic risk runs low: $0.014 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. The national flood inventory has no study for Gravelbourg.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Gravelbourg | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 13% | 9.1% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.014 | $0.006 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
What November brings in Gravelbourg: −9°C at night, 2°C by day
The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Assiniboia. Precipitation in November averages 14 mm. Next comes December, with normal highs of −3°C and lows of −15°C. Snowfall in a normal November: 13 cm.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −4°C | −16°C | 35 mm |
| Spring | 11°C | −2°C | 97 mm |
| Summer | 25°C | 10°C | 171 mm |
| Autumn | 11°C | −2°C | 64 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Assiniboia); the forecast is on the Weather page
Gravelbourg’s MP is Fraser Tolmie (Conservative Party of Canada), for Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan
In the census’s list of municipalities, Gravelbourg is a town.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
The nearest public library to Gravelbourg is Assiniboia and District Public Library, 49 km away
Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in Saskatchewan, so this page has none for Gravelbourg.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Gravelbourg skews older, with 28% of residents 65 or over, more than in Saskatchewan’s towns and across Canadian towns
Immigrants make up just over one in ten residents, higher than both Saskatchewan’s towns (7.4%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 51.0% of Gravelbourg
In 2021 there were 505 women to 485 men; Canada as a whole is 50.9% women.
| Gravelbourg | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 55% | 65% | 64% |
| 65+ | 28% | 16% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 16% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 48% | 52% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Saskatchewan and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Violent crime weighs less where Gravelbourg is policed than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 74
Shared with the rest of the Gravelbourg detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000
Property crime in its police area ran at 23.4 per 1,000 residents a year, below Saskatchewan’s towns (48.4) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike. Its police area records 14.2 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Gravelbourg | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crime per 1,000 | 23.4 | 48.4 | 31.2 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 74 | 154 | 86 |
| Crime Severity Index | 65 | 119 | 67 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Wood Mountain Post Provincial Park, 62 km away, is the closest provincial park to Gravelbourg
The 10 km around town hold 3 protected areas. The largest named area nearby is Fish and Wildlife Development Fund, 126,136 ha, 9.5 km away. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 1% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. Grasslands National Park is the closest national park, 74 km from town.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Gravelbourg | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 1% | 1.7% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
3 schools serve Gravelbourg, 1 elementary school, 1 secondary school and 1 school for every grade
The schools around it answer to 2 boards, about level with Saskatchewan’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3).
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Beau SoleilIn GravelbourgElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
| École Gravelbourg SchoolIn GravelbourgAll grades | All grades | – | English public |
| Schools within 3 km | Gravelbourg | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · Ungraded on schools in Saskatchewan, because the province publishes no results school by school.
In Gravelbourg, 41% of homes go back before 1961
On the registers the town counts 3 historic places, one at the top. Of the dated places, Gravelbourg Ecclesiastical Buildings is the oldest, from 1917. The record has 2 provincial or municipal listings.
Historic places by designation · inside the town
| Heritage | Gravelbourg | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 41% | 17% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Gravelbourg
Famous people from Gravelbourg
15 notable people were born in Gravelbourg.
Questions about Gravelbourg
Do people in Gravelbourg speak French?
Many do: 37% are bilingual in English and French (Canadian towns’ median: 8%), and 0% speak French only.
Has Gravelbourg grown?
It lost people: 1,083 in 2016, 986 in 2021, 9% fewer, while the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 1,047.
What kind of homes are in Gravelbourg?
36% of households are one person, and the average is 2.1.
Who are the people of Gravelbourg?
At the 2021 census, 12% were immigrants and 11% belonged to a visible minority (Canadian towns’ median: 15%). 4% identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
About Gravelbourg
Town in Saskatchewan
TownRatings follows Statistics Canada’s map: Gravelbourg is one municipality in Saskatchewan, figures and all.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,047 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Saskatchewan
- Census division
- Division No. 3
- Census subdivision
- 4703071
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. 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).