Photo: Voldeg and Bolton · Public domainIn Melville, 8.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 85% of Canadian towns
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 26%, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Census figures put one-person households at 39% in Melville. This Saskatchewan town has more residents who moved in within the year than just over three quarters of Canadian towns, at 14%. With about 4,547 residents in July 2025, Melville counted 2,080 households at the 2021 Census.
Slower than most: −2% since 2016, behind 87% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 1%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Saskatchewan’s towns, ±0%.
A median age of 45.2: Melville is older than 69% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 6.9% of residents. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 61% of Canadian towns. On children under 15, 16% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Melville, 45.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Melville households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 83% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Census figures put one-parent families at 7.5% in Melville.
Melville ranks below 64% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 9.1%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 46% across Canada’s towns, 48% of residents 15 and over are married in Melville. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
78% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 70% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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. Against that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. The census found that 29% of households rent their home in Melville.
The median household brings in $69,500 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $69,500, the middle household in Melville earned 19% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Saskatchewan’s towns, the typical figure is $86,500. In 2020, 19% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
6.3% 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
Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 58% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 1% of residents. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (67%), then in Europe (22%). On immigrants, Melville sits lower than 76% of Canadian towns: 6.3%.
31% of residents said they have no religion, below 63% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 15% belong to a visible minority and 2.8% are Indigenous; here, 7% and 8.8%. Elsewhere, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 88%, and 3% 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
Residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.5% here and 1.5% across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 94% of Canadian towns: 3% of residents speak English and French.
Melville ranks below 76% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 17%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 11%, beside a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
54% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
54% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 26% are 65 or more.
Of 41 towns its size (4,465 to 4,633 people), the 14th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages climb from 31.6 (Fairfield Park) to 54.4 (Caraquet) across the group. The towns whose median age is nearest to Melville’s: Casselman (43.6), Red Hill (43.7), Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu (45.6) and Neuville (46).
3 in 5 nearby towns have a higher median age than Melville
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Distances here run 30–72 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Melville.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melville | 4,547 | — | 45.2 | 26% | 6.3% |
| Orkney No. 244 | 1,957 | 30.3 km | 46.8 | 20% | 7% |
| Yorkton | 17,543 | 38.7 km | 41.2 | 21% | 12% |
| Grenfell | 1,203 | 58.9 km | 48.8 | 30% | 6.8% |
| Esterhazy | 2,513 | 59.6 km | 44.8 | 24% | 11% |
| Fort Qu'Appelle | 2,247 | 71.8 km | 46.8 | 30% | 11% |
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. Two medians frame each figure: one for Saskatchewan’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
Questions about Melville’s residents
What religion are people in Melville?
Most often Christian (67%) or no religion (31%); other religions make up 2.1%.
Is Melville good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 49% of households and one-parent families 7.5%. Schools near Melville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Melville?
Median total household income in Melville was $69,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Melville?
The latest figure is an estimate: 4,547 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Melville counted 4,493, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Melville?
Half the residents are older than 45.2 and half younger, older than 69% of Canadian towns; 16% are children under 15 and 26% are 65 or over.
Is Melville bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 3% are. Another 0% speak only French and 97% only English, and French is the first language of 0.5%.
How diverse is Melville?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 6.3%. A visible minority makes up 7% and Indigenous residents 8.8%.
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).