Photo: Tourismhumboldt · CC BY-SA 3.0In Humboldt, 19% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 88% of Canadian towns
Three in five immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census found 2,495 households in Humboldt; by July 2025 the population was about 6,551. On the census count, 25% of residents are 65 or over. Few places have as many households in single-detached houses: 77% here, more than in 69% of Canadian towns.
Since 2016, Humboldt has changed by +3%, slower than 58% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 9%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Saskatchewan’s towns, by more than ±0%.
Children under 15 make up 19% in Humboldt, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, against 10% in Humboldt. No age band is larger than 60–64: 6.9% of residents. The median age in the town is 43.6, higher than in nearly three fifths of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Humboldt, 43.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
One-person households: 31%, a higher share than 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.
The figure for one-parent families is 6.6% in Humboldt and 8.2% across Canada’s towns. Against that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Average household size: 2.3 people.
Humboldt sits below 78% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (7.3%)
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 22% of adults (typical: 27%). As a yardstick, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Below 61% of Canadian towns: 20% of households rent their home
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Typically, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Median household income: $80,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Humboldt’s, at $80,000, is 7% lower. The median across Saskatchewan’s towns is $86,500. Pandemic benefits reached 20% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
7.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 59% 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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (74%) and in Europe (14%). To put it in context, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. A year before the census, 12% lived somewhere else: more than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. In Humboldt, 13% of residents are immigrants, beside 17% across Canada’s towns.
Indigenous residents make up 4.1% in Humboldt, more than in 63% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
14% of residents belong to a visible minority. Across Canada’s towns, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
English is the mother tongue of 86%, and 2.2% speak French as well
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
0.6% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 97% of Canadian towns: 2.2% of residents speak English and French.
Humboldt ranks below 64% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 21%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 7.1%, against 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
60% of residents 15 and over were in work
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 60%.
In its size band (6,439 to 6,661), the 19th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is City View (33.5) and the oldest Centre (61.2). Closest in median age to Humboldt are Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (42.4), Garden Village (42.9), Bramalea Woods (43.8) and Royalwood (44.6).
Humboldt sits below 3 of its 5 closest neighbours on median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. The nearest places to Humboldt with figures are 4–77 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt | 6,551 | — | 43.6 | 25% | 13% |
| Humboldt No. 370 | 1,039 | 3.8 km | 43.6 | 18% | 1% |
| Lanigan | 1,597 | 39.8 km | 42 | 22% | 9.7% |
| Watrous | 2,154 | 62.8 km | 48.8 | 27% | 10% |
| Wakaw | 1,052 | 65.1 km | 48.8 | 32% | 3.7% |
| St. Louis No. 431 | 1,080 | 77.0 km | 47.6 | 24% | 1.5% |
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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- 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.
Questions about Humboldt’s residents
What religion are people in Humboldt?
79% are Christian and 19% have no religion; 1.6% follow another religion.
Is Humboldt good for families?
Under 15: 19% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 57% of households. One-parent families: 6.6%. Schools near Humboldt are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Humboldt?
The median household in Humboldt took in $80,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Humboldt?
Humboldt had about 6,551 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 6,033, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Humboldt?
A median age of 43.6, older than 59% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 19%, and people 65 and over 25%.
Is Humboldt bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 2.2% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 98% only English, and French is the first language of 0.6%.
How diverse is Humboldt?
13% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 14% belong to a visible minority and 4.1% have an Indigenous identity.
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).