Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainRenter households: 7.9%, a lower share than 94% of Canadian towns
The median age in Orkney No. 244 is 46.8, higher than in 76% of Canadian towns. Its population is much the same as in 2016. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 7.3%. Indigenous residents: 7%, above 79% of Canadian towns.
Slower than most: ±0% since 2016, behind 74% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and ±0% across Saskatchewan’s towns.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 64% of Canadian towns, at 12%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 9.6% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 20%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women.
Only 23% of households are one person living alone in Orkney No. 244
Private households by type and size.
Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
At 2.5 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Locally, 4.6% of households are one-parent families. Typically, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Orkney No. 244: 59% of residents 15 and over are married, above 93% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The figure for common-law partners is 9.6% in Orkney No. 244 and 11% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
More households in single-detached houses than 88% of Canadian towns: 89%
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 25% date from 2001 or later, 22% from before 1961. Measured more widely, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
The midpoint household income is $90,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Orkney No. 244’s, at $90,000, is close to it. For Saskatchewan’s towns, the median household income is $86,500. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 19% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
7% of residents are immigrants
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
Across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are immigrants; in Orkney No. 244, 7%. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (46%), then in Africa (19%). Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 60% of Canadian towns.
Residents with no religion: 39%, a higher share than 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
By its share of visible minority residents (4.3%), Orkney No. 244 is below 71% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
93% have English as their mother tongue; 2.1% 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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is 1.5%; Orkney No. 244 has 0.5%. In Orkney No. 244, 2.1% of residents speak English and French.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 18%, a lower share than 73% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 9.7% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 64%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 64%.
2 of the 5 nearest towns are older than Orkney No. 244
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. No closer places have figures: these lie 13–71 km from Orkney No. 244.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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.
Questions about Orkney No. 244’s residents
What is the average age in Orkney No. 244?
Half the residents are older than 46.8 and half younger; 17% are children under 15 and 20% are 65 or over.
Is Orkney No. 244 bilingual?
2.1% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 97% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.5%.
How diverse is Orkney No. 244?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 7%. A visible minority makes up 4.3% and Indigenous residents 7%.
What religion are people in Orkney No. 244?
Most often Christian (60%) or no religion (39%); other religions make up 0.8%.
Is Orkney No. 244 good for families?
Children under 15 are 17% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 67% of households and one-parent families 4.6%. Schools near Orkney No. 244 are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Orkney No. 244?
Median total household income in Orkney No. 244 was $90,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Orkney No. 244?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,957 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Orkney No. 244 counted 1,883, about the same as 2016.
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).