Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Lanigan ranks above 86% of Canadian towns on children under 15: 20%
Just over four in five immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Here, 7.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Higher than in 70% of Canadian towns: 22% of residents are 65 or over. The 2021 Census found 580 households in Lanigan; by July 2025 the population was about 1,597.
A +4% change since 2016: faster than 50% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 11%.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 71% of Canadian towns, at 12%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
No age band is larger than 10–14: 8% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The median age in Lanigan is 42, lower than in 51% of Canadian towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 53% of Canadian towns: 2.4 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.
Locally, 28% of households are one person living alone. One-parent families are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 7.8%.
Lanigan sits below 91% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (4.8%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: nearly a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%. Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Households in single-detached houses: 78%, a higher share than 69% of Canadian towns
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house. Census figures put renter households at 22% in Lanigan.
Median gross household income: $87,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes sit at the middle in Lanigan: half had more than $87,000, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Saskatchewan’s towns have a median of $86,500. The pandemic’s benefits: 17% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
9.7% 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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (63%) and in Europe (11%). Lanigan has fewer immigrants than 65% of Canadian towns, at 9.7%. Little separates the share of residents without Canadian citizenship here, 5%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
In Lanigan, 29% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 69% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 11% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 35% across Canada’s towns. 3.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
English is the mother tongue of 85%, and 2.5% speak French as well
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
Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Lanigan has 2.5%. Across Lanigan, 1.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 83% of Canadian towns: 15%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Lanigan, 15%, and 42% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 9.4%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
In work on census day: 59% of adults
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 59%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Every nearby town is older than Lanigan
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. The nearest places to Lanigan with figures are 36–42 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanigan | 1,597 | — | 42 | 22% | 9.7% |
| Watrous | 2,154 | 35.6 km | 48.8 | 27% | 10% |
| Humboldt | 6,551 | 39.8 km | 43.6 | 25% | 13% |
| Humboldt No. 370 | 1,039 | 42.3 km | 43.6 | 18% | 1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Saskatchewan’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
Questions about Lanigan’s residents
What religion are people in Lanigan?
70% are Christian and 29% have no religion; 1.4% follow another religion.
Is Lanigan good for families?
Under 15: 20% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 58% of households. One-parent families: 7.8%. Schools near Lanigan are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lanigan?
The median household in Lanigan took in $87,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Lanigan?
Lanigan had about 1,597 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,433, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Lanigan?
A median age of 42. Children under 15 make up 20%, and people 65 and over 22%.
Is Lanigan bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 2.5% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 97% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Lanigan?
9.7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 11% belong to a visible minority and 3.2% 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).