GrenfellSaskatchewan

Grenfell’s grade for health: a D−

On average 20% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, above Saskatchewan’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%) alike. At 20%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 13% for Saskatchewan. Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 78.6, women 80.8 and men 76.5 (2022/2024). Across the region, nearly half of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Saskatchewan (49%). Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for Grenfell alone, so this card uses the figure for the South East health region.

The force covering Grenfell records more serious violence than Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns, at 272

No police detachment reports under Grenfell’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own · Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for the Broadview detachment area

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 164 over 2023–25, above Saskatchewan’s towns (119) and Canadian towns (67) alike. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 43.6 violent incidents are reported each year. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 53.1 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

2 schools in and around Grenfell: 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school

Secondary school means a trip of 40 km at the nearest, above Saskatchewan’s towns (1.1 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike.

Grenfell’s grade for jobs & income: a C

A trip to work takes 21 min on average.

Grenfell is a town of owners: 79% of households own their home, above Saskatchewan’s towns and Canadian towns

12% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than both Saskatchewan’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Summers stay cool in Grenfell: July afternoons reach 24.1°C, below Saskatchewan’s towns and Canadian towns

In January the thermometer sinks to −19.1°C overnight, between Saskatchewan’s towns (−20.7°C) and Canadian towns (−13.5°C). Most of the snow comes in December, about 21 cm. Frost usually lifts by 20 May and returns around 22 September: 123 days without it. A normal June brings 102 mm of precipitation, more than any other month.

Expect November days around −1°C in Grenfell, nights around −9°C

Into December, the normals move to −8°C and −16°C. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Broadview forecast, on the Weather page.

Grenfell’s MP is Steven Bonk (Conservative Party of Canada), for Souris—Moose Mountain

With no licence on the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan’s ridings map, Grenfell isn’t placed in a riding here.

No public library stands in Grenfell: the closest, Southeast Regional Library, is 24 km away

Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in Saskatchewan, so this page has none for Grenfell.

Older residents shape Grenfell: 30% are 65 or over, above Saskatchewan’s towns and Canadian towns

5.4% of residents belong to a visible minority, below both Saskatchewan’s towns (16%) and Canadian towns (15%). The share of residents under 15 is 18%.

25% of homes tested in Grenfell’s area are above the radon guideline

Seismic risk runs low: $0.006 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No one has filed a flood map for Grenfell on the national inventory.

From Grenfell, Crooked Lake Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (27 km)

The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. Count 3 protected areas within 10 km of town. The largest named area nearby is Fish and Wildlife Development Fund, 126,136 ha, 5.0 km away.

Grenfell keeps its older homes: 39% from before 1961