Photo: Raghavendra Kattinakere, ~rAGU · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Lakeland No. 521 is over 60.8, older than 99% of Canadian towns
Renter households: 3.3% here and 25% across Canada’s towns. Its population is up 42% on 2016. Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.2% of the total. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are common here: 16%, more than in 85% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Lakeland No. 521
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
13% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 1.2% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Lakeland No. 521 is 60.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 38% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Lakeland No. 521 went from 915 people in 2016 to 1,300 in 2021, +42%: faster growth than in 99% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Lakeland No. 521’s population changed by +42% since 2016, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 7% higher again. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and ±0% across Saskatchewan’s towns.
In Lakeland No. 521, 38% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The share of children under 15 is 9.2%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 90% of Canadian towns: 2 people on average
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.
32% of households are one person living alone; across Canada’s towns the figure is 27%. Locally, 1.7% of households are one-parent families.
Married residents 15 and over: 66%, a higher share than 99% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 13% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Measured more widely, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 5.5% of the total.
Lakeland No. 521 ranks above 94% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 93%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 37% date from 2001 or later, 7.4% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
$90,000 a year: where the middle household sits
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $90,000, the middle household in Lakeland No. 521 earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Saskatchewan’s towns: $86,500. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 18% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
0% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
Lakeland No. 521 sits above 91% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (13%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of visible minority residents (0.8%), Lakeland No. 521 is below 96% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, Indigenous residents come to 2.8%. Locally, 35% of residents said they have no religion.
92% have English as their mother tongue; 4.2% also speak French
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
2.3% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns. In Lakeland No. 521, 4.2% of residents speak English and French.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 18% in Lakeland No. 521, less than in 74% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 4.7% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
In work on census day: 44% of adults
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
44% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 38% are 65 or more.
Around Lakeland No. 521, 1 of 5 towns have a higher median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. Lakeland No. 521 has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 10–44 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland No. 521 | 1,393 | — | 60.8 | 38% | 0% |
| Paddockwood No. 520 | 1,155 | 9.6 km | 54.4 | 26% | 8.6% |
| Sturgeon Lake 101 | 1,285 | 22.1 km | 24 | 6.1% | 0% |
| Buckland No. 491 | 3,550 | 37.4 km | 46 | 20% | 2.9% |
| Shellbrook No. 493 | 1,671 | 37.6 km | 46 | 21% | 1.6% |
| Candle Lake | 1,032 | 44.2 km | 62.4 | 41% | 4.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Saskatchewan’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Lakeland No. 521’s residents
What is the average age in Lakeland No. 521?
A median age of 60.8. Children under 15 make up 9.2%, and people 65 and over 38%.
Is Lakeland No. 521 bilingual?
4.2% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 96% English only. French is the mother tongue of 2.3%.
How diverse is Lakeland No. 521?
0% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.8% belong to a visible minority and 13% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Lakeland No. 521?
64% are Christian and 35% have no religion; 0.8% follow another religion.
Is Lakeland No. 521 good for families?
Under 15: 9.2% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 65% of households. One-parent families: 1.7%. Schools near Lakeland No. 521 are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lakeland No. 521?
The median household in Lakeland No. 521 took in $90,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Lakeland No. 521?
Lakeland No. 521 had about 1,393 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,300, 42% more than 2016.
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).