Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 4.0More Indigenous residents than 79% of Canadian towns: 7.1%
In Moose Jaw the average household is 2.2 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 36,337 for July 2025. Census figures put households in buildings of five or more storeys at 4.3% locally. Children under 15 are more common here than in just over two thirds of Canadian towns.
Slower than most: −1% since 2016, behind 83% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 8% higher again. Across Saskatchewan’s towns the median is ±0%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
In Moose Jaw, 21% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 64% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Half of Moose Jaw’s residents are under 41.6, younger than in 53% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. No age band is larger than 60–64: 7.2% of residents. Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 11%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Moose Jaw, 41.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Moose Jaw ranks above 77% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 35%
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.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%; Moose Jaw has 9.6%. As a yardstick, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of common-law partners than 57% of Canadian towns, at 9.8%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 27% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
Moose Jaw ranks above 63% of Canadian towns on renter households: 32%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Here 71% of households live in a single-detached house, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 64%. Renter households: 25% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Older homes outnumber new: 38% predate 1961, 14% date from 2001 or later.
Household income at the median: $74,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Moose Jaw’s households had a total income below $74,000, 14% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Saskatchewan’s towns, the household in the middle had $86,500. COVID-19 benefits went to 23% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Above 69% of Canadian towns: 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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 share of immigrants trails 66% of Canadian towns: 9.3%. Measured more widely, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (49%), then in Europe (21%).
Above 73% of Canadian towns: 42% of residents said they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Moose Jaw, just over one in ten residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. The share of residents with no religion across Canada’s towns is 35%.
English is the mother tongue of 89%, and 5.4% speak French as well
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 5.4% of residents speak English and French here. The share of residents whose mother tongue is French stands at 1.4%.
Only 19% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Moose Jaw
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 11%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
56% 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. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 56%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 21st oldest of 41 towns of 33,844 to 38,928 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Between Strawberry Hill (35.2) and Sorel-Tracy (53.2) lies the rest of the group. Nearest to Moose Jaw in age: Leamington (41.2), Port Moody (41.6), Hastings-Sunrise (41.7) and Pierrefonds-Est (41.7).
Around Moose Jaw, 2 of 5 towns have a higher median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. Distances here run 6–59 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Moose Jaw.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Jaw | 36,337 | — | 41.6 | 21% | 9.3% |
| Moose Jaw No. 161 | 1,293 | 5.9 km | 37.2 | 15% | 3.3% |
| Caronport | 1,029 | 20.3 km | 27.8 | 9.2% | 4.4% |
| Lumsden No. 189 | 2,150 | 53.1 km | 46.4 | 19% | 2.1% |
| Lumsden | 2,059 | 56.0 km | 41.2 | 21% | 5.1% |
| Regina Beach | 1,322 | 59.3 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. 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. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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.
Questions about Moose Jaw’s residents
What is the population of Moose Jaw?
Statistics Canada estimates 36,337 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 33,665 in Moose Jaw, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Moose Jaw?
41.6 is the median age, younger than 53% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 18%. 65 and over: 21%.
Is Moose Jaw bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 5.4% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 94% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.4% grew up with French.
How diverse is Moose Jaw?
Immigrants make up 9.3% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 11% are members of a visible minority, and 7.1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Moose Jaw?
Christian: 54%. No religion: 42%. Another religion: 3.4%.
Is Moose Jaw good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 18%. 48% of households are couple families and 9.6% one-parent families. Schools near Moose Jaw are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Moose Jaw?
$74,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Moose Jaw (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).