Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Lumsden ranks above 84% of Canadian towns on children under 15: 20%
Renter households: 13% here and 25% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 48% of residents said they have no religion. Higher than in 82% of Canadian towns: 11% of households are one-parent families. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 2,059 residents; the 2021 Census found 700 households.
Lumsden changed by −1% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 86% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Saskatchewan’s towns ±0%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 14%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 61% of Canadian towns, at 21%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The median age in Lumsden is 41.2, lower than in 55% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. No age band is larger than 35–39: 8.1% of residents. Where 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, Lumsden has 10%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
A smaller share of one-person households than 77% of Canadian towns: 20%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Lumsden the average household is 2.5 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 86% of Canadian towns, at 57%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 18% of adults (typical: 27%). As a reference point, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners stands at 10%.
Households in single-detached houses make up 82% in Lumsden, more than in 76% 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. By way of comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 26% date from 2001 or later, 20% from before 1961.
Half of households earn more than $107,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Lumsden’s, at $107,000, is 24% higher. The figure for Saskatchewan’s towns: $86,500. Pandemic benefits reached 19% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 73% of Canadian towns: 8.9%
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 Europe (56%) and in the Americas (22%). On average, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Lumsden has fewer immigrants than 81% of Canadian towns, at 5.1%. Compared with 5.8% across Canada’s towns, 0.6% of residents are not Canadian citizens here.
More Indigenous residents than 76% of Canadian towns: 6.2%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 2.3% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. For Indigenous residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 2.8%.
96% have English as their mother tongue; 6.2% 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
Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.8%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns. Lumsden has fewer bilingual residents than 61% of Canadian towns, at 6.2%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 32% in Lumsden, more than in 59% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 3.4% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
In work on census day: 63% 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.
63% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Lumsden is younger than every town around it
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lumsden | 2,059 | — | 41.2 | 21% | 5.1% |
| Lumsden No. 189 | 2,150 | 5.7 km | 46.4 | 19% | 2.1% |
| Longlaketon No. 219 | 1,192 | 17.1 km | 44.8 | 17% | 2.3% |
| Regina Beach | 1,322 | 18.2 km | 49.6 | 26% | 5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
Questions about Lumsden’s residents
What is the median income in Lumsden?
Half of Lumsden’s households had more than $107,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Lumsden?
About 2,059, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,800 people in Lumsden, 1% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Lumsden?
The median age is 41.2. 20% are under 15 and 21% 65 or older.
Is Lumsden bilingual?
6.2% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 94% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.8%.
How diverse is Lumsden?
Immigrants: 5.1% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.3%. Indigenous identity: 6.2%.
What religion are people in Lumsden?
48% said they have no religion and 50% that they are Christian; 1.4% named another faith.
Is Lumsden good for families?
20% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 67% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Lumsden are on its Schools page.
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).