NipawinSaskatchewan

For the force that serves Nipawin, the Crime Severity Index is 182, above Saskatchewan’s towns and Canadian towns

Measured across the Nipawin detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 26.9 violent incidents are reported each year. Property crime in its police area ran at 89.5 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Saskatchewan’s towns (48.4) and Canadian towns (31.2).

Nipawin and its edges hold 3 schools: 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school

Teenagers have 36 km to go to the closest secondary school, above Saskatchewan’s towns (1.1 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike.

Lives run shorter around Nipawin: 77.0 years, 4.5 below the typical Canadian town’s region

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the North Central East health region

At 18%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 13% for Saskatchewan. Across the region, 47% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Saskatchewan as a whole reaches 49%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Nipawin is well placed: 0.9 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

High radon around Nipawin: 16% of homes tested in the area exceed 200 Bq/m³

Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.005 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Fire reaches the land around Nipawin now and then: 3.4% within 25 km since 1986 (0.09% a year), below the high band. No one has filed a flood map for Nipawin on the national inventory.

Renting in Nipawin costs 17% of household income, less than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns

Households that own their home make up 69%. 16% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, near Saskatchewan’s towns (17%) and lower than Canadian towns (18%).

Nipawin has colder winters than Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −23.4°C

July afternoons reach 23.8°C on average, lower than both Saskatchewan’s towns (25.0°C) and Canadian towns (25.5°C). Gardeners get 114 frost-free days, from 23 May to 15 September. December is the snowiest month, with 28 cm on average. A normal July brings 88 mm of precipitation, more than any other month.

More of Nipawin’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: 21%

Nearly a quarter of residents have reached 65. Visible minorities make up 6.7% of the population, lower than both Saskatchewan’s towns (16%) and Canadian towns (15%). One measure of family life: 20% of residents are under 15.

A normal November in Nipawin runs from −12°C to −3°C

November normally sees 16 mm of precipitation. Snowfall in a normal November: 18 cm. The month after, December, normally sees −10°C afternoons and −20°C nights. ECCC’s forecast for Nipawin is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Prince Albert gave Randy Hoback a 17,126-vote lead in 2021, bigger than in 95% of ridings

Nipawin is a town by Statistics Canada’s count of municipalities.

No public library stands in Nipawin: the closest, White Fox Public Library, is 12 km away

After it comes Carrot River Public Library (Moose Range No.

Commuters in Nipawin have a short way to work, 16 min on average, less than in Saskatchewan’s towns and Canadian towns

The car took 90% of commuters, close to both Saskatchewan’s towns (91%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Narrow Hills Provincial Park, 63 km away, is the closest provincial park to Nipawin

Within 100 km there is no national park. The protected share within 10 km is 4.1%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. Fish and Wildlife Development Fund (126,136 ha) is the biggest, 0.5 km from town.