Photo: Andrew Scheer · CC0Moosomin sits above 78% of Canadian towns for children under 15 (19%)
86% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Moosomin is home to some 2,906 people (July 2025 estimate), in 1,100 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put one-person households at 33% in the town. Higher than in 67% of Canadian towns: 22% of residents are 65 or over.
What stands out about the people of Moosomin
Fewer people than before
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Moosomin went from 2,743 to 2,657 residents (−3%), slower growth than in 92% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Since 2016, Moosomin has changed by −3%, slower than 92% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and ±0% across Saskatchewan’s towns. The July 2025 estimate adds another 9%.
Younger than 55% of Canadian towns: half of Moosomin is under 41.2
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
No age band is larger than 35–39: 6.8% of residents. At 11%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Moosomin, 41.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 64% of Canadian towns: 2.3 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.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%; Moosomin has 5.9%.
A smaller share of common-law partners than 75% of Canadian towns: 7.7%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here 54% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 46%. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 62% of Canadian towns: 73%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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. Measured more widely, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Census figures put renter households at 28% in Moosomin.
Household income at the median: $83,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $83,000, the middle household in Moosomin earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Saskatchewan’s towns: $86,500. COVID-19 benefits went to 20% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Moosomin: 8.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens, above 63% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (62%), then in Europe (22%). The wider picture: 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many residents who moved in within the year: 13% here, more than in 69% of Canadian towns. By contrast, 15% of residents are immigrants, against 17% across Canada’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 31%, a lower share than 62% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents: 4.1%, above 63% of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. The census found that 13% of residents belong to a visible minority in Moosomin.
English is the mother tongue of 86%, and 2.3% speak French as well
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Moosomin, 2.3%. 6% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.2% speak neither official language. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than in 62% of Canadian towns: 1.2%.
Moosomin ranks below 69% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 19%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 5.6%, against 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
63% 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. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. 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%.
41 towns of 2,865 to 2,943 people: this is the 19th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Between McKernan (30) and Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part (61.2) lies the rest of the group. Saint-Isidore (40.4), Normanview West (40.6), Norwood West (42) and Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (42.4): the towns nearest Moosomin in median age.
Moosomin sits below 3 of its 5 closest neighbours on median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. Distances here run 54–64 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Moosomin.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moosomin | 2,906 | — | 41.2 | 22% | 15% |
| Prairie View | 2,149 | 54.2 km | 41.6 | 23% | 4.1% |
| Wallace-Woodworth | 2,983 | 59.7 km | 40.4 | 19% | 7.7% |
| Virden | 3,322 | 61.5 km | 41.6 | 25% | 8.6% |
| Redvers | 1,068 | 63.3 km | 40 | 24% | 3.1% |
| Esterhazy | 2,513 | 64.4 km | 44.8 | 24% | 11% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Saskatchewan’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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.
Questions about Moosomin’s residents
What religion are people in Moosomin?
31% said they have no religion and 67% that they are Christian; 1.5% named another faith.
Is Moosomin good for families?
19% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 56% of households and one-parent families 5.9%. Schools near Moosomin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Moosomin?
Half of Moosomin’s households had more than $83,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Moosomin?
About 2,906, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,657 people in Moosomin, 3% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Moosomin?
The median age is 41.2, younger than 55% of Canadian towns. 19% are under 15 and 22% 65 or older.
Is Moosomin bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 2.3% are. Another 0% speak only French and 98% only English, and French is the first language of 1.2%.
How diverse is Moosomin?
Immigrants: 15% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 13%. Indigenous identity: 4.1%.
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).