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Lajord No. 128Saskatchewan

Its population fell 20% from 2016 to 2021. A town in Saskatchewan, home to 1,191 people.

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Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain
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Lajord No. 128, Saskatchewan · Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain

Population
1,191
people, 2025 estimate
Median age
42.4
years · Saskatchewan’s towns: 41.4
Postsecondary
46%
of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%
Walk, cycle, transit
8%
walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is Lajord No. 128 a good place to live?

Police record less crime here than in most towns (B+). Its weakest subject is health (D−). At $376,000, the median home value in 2021 came to 3.6 times local household income. Hazards are a real consideration (C). Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for jobs & income and C+ for walkability.

Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Canadian towns get an overall grade from 2,500 residents, so Lajord No. 128 has subject grades only.

Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: no police service names this town, so its crime figure is the nearest police detachment's, shared with a wider area. 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.

WeakestD−Health

How Lajord No. 128 grades

Each subject compares Lajord No. 128 with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.

How grading works

Canadian towns get an overall grade from 2,500 residents, so Lajord No. 128 has subject grades only.

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Lajord No. 128 stand out

The 2 things Lajord No. 128 does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lajord No. 128.

HealthHealth D−

For health, Lajord No. 128 gets a D−

49%very good or excellent healthD−Health Grade

A hospital lies 31 km from the typical home, higher than both Saskatchewan’s towns (2.2 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 20% of adults, against 13% for Saskatchewan. People in the region live to 78.6 on average: 80.8 for women and 76.5 for men in 2022/2024. About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Saskatchewan, 49% against 49%. Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for Lajord No. 128 alone, so this card uses the figure for the South East health region.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Lajord No. 12849%
Saskatchewan’s towns49%
Canadian towns52%
HealthLajord No. 128SaskatchewanCanada
Smokers20%8.6%12%
Chronic conditions (average share)20%17%17%
Life expectancy at birth78.680.281.5
Very good or excellent health49%49%52%
78.6
years of life expectancy, 2022/2024
31 km
from homes to a hospital, on average
20%
of adults smoke, age-standardised
22 km
from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities

Natural hazardsHazard risk C

25% of homes tested in Lajord No. 128’s area are above the radon guideline

Lowwildfire bandCHazard risk Grade

Seismic risk in Lajord No. 128 sits near the middle: $0.018 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Lajord No. 128 doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Regina Qu'Appelle RHA.

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Lajord No. 12825%
Saskatchewan’s towns9.1%
Canadian towns6.6%
HazardsLajord No. 128SaskatchewanCanada
Radon tests above the guideline25%9.1%6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year$0.018$0.006$0.030
Low
wildfire band

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

SafetySafety B+

For the force that serves Lajord No. 128, the Crime Severity Index is 53, below Saskatchewan’s towns and Canadian towns

53Crime Severity Index

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Lajord No. 128 itself

The violent index for its police area came to 61, lower than both Saskatchewan’s towns (154) and Canadian towns (86). Property crime in the area its police cover: 21.2 per 1,000 people a year. Violent crime in the area its police cover: 11.6 per 1,000 people a year. Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across the White Butte detachment area, with Lajord No. 128 one part of it.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202360
202453
202546
2023–2025Lajord No. 128SaskatchewanCanada
Violent Crime Severity Index6115486
Crime Severity Index5311967
Property crime per 1,00021.248.431.2
Violent crime11.615.212
50
non-violent Crime Severity Index
42%
of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

Climate

Lajord No. 128 sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for rain and snow, with 390 mm a year

25.6°CJuly afternoons

In January the thermometer sinks to −20.0°C overnight, about level with Saskatchewan’s towns (−20.7°C) and below Canadian towns (−13.5°C). A normal June brings 85 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Most of the snow comes in December, about 21 cm. The frost-free season runs from 23 May to 14 September, 114 days.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−7.9°C
Spring9.6°C
Summer24.5°C
Autumn10.3°C
Normals, 1991–2020Lajord No. 128SaskatchewanCanada
Precipitation a year390 mm383 mm883 mm
Days with frost a year203203159
January night low−20.0°C−20.7°C−13.5°C
Snowfall a year105 cm91 cm141 cm
105 cm
of snow a year
203
days with frost a year
114
frost-free days, 23 May to 14 Sep
68
days with precipitation a year

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Regina (Airport))

Work & commuteJobs & income C+

Commuters in Lajord No. 128 travel further than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns, 31 min on average

8%walk, cycle or take transit

86% of commuters took the car to work at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van86%
Walk8%
Census 2021Lajord No. 128SaskatchewanCanada
Average trip31 min18 min26 min
Car or van86%91%89%
$102,000
median household income, 2020
31%
worked from home, May 2021
14%
of commuters work inside the municipality

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.

HousingCost of living C+

Most households in Lajord No. 128 own their home: 93%, more than in Saskatchewan’s towns or across Canadian towns

$376,000median home value, 2021C+Cost of living Grade

Shared with the rest of the Regina metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

A year’s rent came to 17% of the median household income, lower than both Saskatchewan’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (20%). 16% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, near Saskatchewan’s towns (17%) and lower than Canadian towns (18%).

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Lajord No. 128$376,000
Saskatchewan$324,000
Canadian towns$406,000
Census 2021Lajord No. 128SaskatchewanCanada
Households owning their home93%71%74%
Rent as a share of income17%19%20%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter16%17%18%
$1,478
monthly rent for a two-bedroom
$1,120
median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · The 2021 census asked owners what their home was worth; those values, and 2020 incomes, are what this compares.

Weather

Expect November days around freezing in Lajord No. 128, nights around −10°C

0°Ca normal November afternoon

A normal December brings highs of −7°C, lows of −17°C. November normally sees 15 mm of precipitation. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Regina.

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November0°C
December−7°C
January−9°C
February−7°C
SeasonHighLowRain and snow
Winter−8°C−18°C35 mm
Spring10°C−3°C89 mm
Summer25°C10°C195 mm
Autumn10°C−3°C71 mm
−10°C
a normal November night
15 mm
of rain and snow in a normal November

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Regina (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Lajord No. 128’s MP is Steven Bonk (Conservative Party of Canada), for Souris—Moose Mountain

In the census’s list of municipalities, Lajord No.

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B

The nearest public library to Lajord No. 128 is White City Branch Library, 18 km away

The next is Pilot Butte Library (Pilot Butte), 23 km away.

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Who lives here

Fewer of Lajord No. 128’s people belong to a visible minority than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: 3%

42.4median age

7.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, between Saskatchewan’s towns (11%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Under 15: 18% of residents. The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents.

Lajord No. 128SaskatchewanCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree18%
Postsecondary qualification46%

Women and men · all residents

48.7% of Lajord No. 128’s residents are women

Census 2021 put women at 480 and men at 505; women are 50.9% of Canada.

Who lives in Lajord No. 128
Lajord No. 128SaskatchewanCanada
Under 1518%18%16%
15 to 6464%65%64%
65+18%16%19%
No certificate, diploma or degree18%15%16%
Postsecondary qualification46%52%56%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Saskatchewan and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

Outdoors

Only 0.1% of the land within 10 km of Lajord No. 128 is protected

0.1%of the land within 10 km protected

National parks are all over 100 km off. 2 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. Echo Valley Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 43 km.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Lajord No. 1280.1%
Saskatchewan’s towns1.7%
Canadian towns2.3%
OutdoorsLajord No. 128SaskatchewanCanada
Protected land within 10 km0.1%1.7%2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km124
43 km
to Echo Valley Provincial Park

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Lajord No. 128

15pages on Lajord No. 128
Nearby attractions

Kronau Heritage Museum and 4 more within 40 km

One place to visit is mapped within 5 km of Lajord No. 128; with it, the best known within 40 km.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata · ODCAF · federal and Québec heritage registers · CPCAD

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (4)

Famous people from around Lajord No. 128

No notable person born in Lajord No. 128 is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.

How we find them →
Photo credits

John Vernon: ABC Television, Public domain

About Lajord No. 128

Town in Saskatchewan

For Lajord No. 128, TownRatings uses Statistics Canada’s census-subdivision boundary in Saskatchewan, and every figure on its pages covers that whole area.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population
1,191 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory
Saskatchewan
Census division
Division No. 6
Metro area
Regina
Census subdivision
4706011

Lajord No. 128’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

White CitySouth Qu'Appelle No. 157BalgonieEdenwold No. 158White CitySouth Qu'Appelle No. 157BalgonieEdenwold No. 158Lajord No. 128
How the neighbours grade
TownPeoplekmOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lajord No. 1281,191——C+B+D−
White City4,37917A−A−B+B−
South Qu'Appelle No. 1571,25618——B+D−
Balgonie2,02019—A−B+B−
Edenwold No. 1584,93219A−BB+B−

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about Lajord No. 128

Who are the people of Lajord No. 128?

At the 2021 census, 5% were immigrants and 3% belonged to a visible minority (Canadian towns’ median: 15%). 7% identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit.

Is Lajord No. 128 growing?

It went from 1,232 people in 2016 to 985 in 2021, down 20%, while the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 1,191.

What kind of homes are in Lajord No. 128?

Mostly 93% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 2.5 people on average, and 19% have just one.

How old are the people of Lajord No. 128?

Its median age is 42.4, where Canadian towns sit at 45.2.

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).