Photo: Wtshymanski · Public domainIndigenous residents make up 21% in Nipawin, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
A fifth of residents are under 15; across Canada’s towns the figure is 16%. Nipawin is home to some 5,033 people (July 2025 estimate), in 1,920 households at the 2021 Census. Residents aged 65 and over: 23% of the total. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 33%, more than in 72% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Nipawin
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
21% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 12% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Nipawin’s population moved +4% on 2016, less than in 52% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 10%.
Nipawin is younger than 55% of Canadian towns: a median age of 41.2
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The biggest five-year age group is 5–9, with 6.9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 11%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Nipawin, 41.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Nipawin households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 64% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Nipawin, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
48% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 54% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
A quarter of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Across the comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 10% in Nipawin.
Nipawin: 77% of households live in a single-detached house, above 69% of Canadian towns
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
29% of homes were built before 1961 and 11% in 2001 or later. The benchmark for households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns: 64%. Nipawin has more renter households than three fifths of Canadian towns, at 31%.
Median household income: $66,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $66,000, the middle household in Nipawin earned 23% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Saskatchewan’s towns, the typical figure is $86,500. In 2020, 22% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Nipawin: 15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 80% 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
5.9% of residents are immigrants; across Canada’s towns the figure is 17%. Against that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship account for 3.9%.
In Nipawin, 40% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 65% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 6.7% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. To put it in context, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
86% have English as their mother tongue; 1.7% also speak French
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
Set against 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 1.7% of residents speak English and French in Nipawin. 6.1% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.3% speak neither official language. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than in 89% of Canadian towns: 0.6%.
18% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 72% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 15% (typical 9.5%). Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
In work on census day: 54% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 54%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 15th youngest of 41 towns this size
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Northern Bruce Peninsula is the oldest at 61.6, River-Osborne the youngest at 31.6. Next to Nipawin on this scale come Saint-Germain-de-Grantham (40.4), Westmount (40.8), Anthony Henday South East (41.5) and Meinzinger Park-Lakeside (41.6).
Among its 4 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Nipawin
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. The nearest places to Nipawin with figures are 19–68 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nipawin | 5,033 | — | 41.2 | 23% | 5.9% |
| Torch River No. 488 | 1,277 | 18.8 km | 52 | 28% | 2.1% |
| Moose Range No. 486 | 1,047 | 30.4 km | 40 | 20% | 7% |
| Tisdale | 3,052 | 56.0 km | 46.4 | 29% | 5.7% |
| Melfort | 6,028 | 68.0 km | 42.8 | 24% | 7.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into 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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
Questions about Nipawin’s residents
Is Nipawin good for families?
20% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 50% of households and one-parent families 8.3%. Schools near Nipawin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Nipawin?
Half of Nipawin’s households had more than $66,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Nipawin?
About 5,033, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 4,570 people in Nipawin, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Nipawin?
The median age is 41.2, younger than 55% of Canadian towns. 20% are under 15 and 23% 65 or older.
Is Nipawin bilingual?
English and French: 1.7% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 98%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.6%.
How diverse is Nipawin?
Immigrants: 5.9% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 6.7%. Indigenous identity: 21%.
What religion are people in Nipawin?
40% said they have no religion and 58% that they are Christian; 2.1% named another faith.
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).