OutlookSaskatchewan
2,629 people live in this town in Saskatchewan. Its census division is Division No. 11.
Is Outlook a good place to live?
Outlook does well on nearly every count. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A). Owners valued their homes at a median $250,000 in 2021, which is 3.4 years of the typical household’s pay. Recorded crime is low (A−). All told, that adds up to an A+ overall and a rank of #2 of 102 in Saskatchewan. Nationally, it does better than 98% of Canadian towns.
Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021.
This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Safety is the police detachment's figure, shared with the towns and countryside around it. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Outlook grades
Each subject compares Outlook with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Outlook stand out
The 3 things Outlook does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Outlook.
The police who cover Outlook record less serious crime than Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 42
For violence alone, its police area’s index was 40, lower than both Saskatchewan’s towns (154) and Canadian towns (86). Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 18.8 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed. Violence across its police area runs at 6.9 per 1,000 residents a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Outlook | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 40 | 154 | 86 |
| Crime Severity Index | 42 | 119 | 67 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 18.8 | 48.4 | 31.2 |
| Violent crime | 6.9 | 15.2 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Area behind the Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures: the Outlook detachment area
Working-age people in Outlook have jobs more often than in 72% of Canadian towns
The car took 86% of commuters, about level with Canadian towns (89%) and below Saskatchewan’s towns (91%). The average trip to work takes 18 min.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Outlook | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 18 min | 18 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 86% | 91% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.
Renting in Outlook costs 15% of household income, less than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns
Just over one in ten households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Saskatchewan’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (18%). Households that own their home make up 75%.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Outlook | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 11% | 17% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 15% | 19% | 20% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $250,000 | $324,000 | $406,000 |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Home values are owners’ own estimates at the May 2021 census, and incomes are for 2020.
Outlook’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 1.6 years: life expectancy 79.9
By their own account, 54% of adults here are in very good or excellent health, above Saskatchewan’s towns (49%) and Canadian towns (52%) alike. For Outlook itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 0.9 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the South West health region, Outlook included.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Outlook | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 54% | 49% | 52% |
| Smokers | 13% | 8.6% | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 79.9 | 80.2 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Less rain and snow fall on Outlook than on 94% of Canadian towns: 418 mm a year
A normal June brings 88 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Winter lows average −16.9°C in January, higher than Saskatchewan’s towns (−20.7°C) yet lower than Canadian towns (−13.5°C). Frost usually lifts by 17 May and returns around 23 September: 128 days without it. November is the snowiest month, with 18 cm on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Outlook | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation a year | 418 mm | 383 mm | 883 mm |
| January night low | −16.9°C | −20.7°C | −13.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 189 | 203 | 159 |
| Snowfall a year | 99 cm | 91 cm | 141 cm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Rock Point)
Radon is Outlook’s main hazard: 20% of tested homes in its area top Health Canada’s guideline
Source area for radon tests: the Heartland RHA
Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.006 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No one has filed a flood map for Outlook on the national inventory.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Outlook | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 20% | 9.1% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.006 | $0.006 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Outlook and its edges hold 2 schools: 1 elementary school and 1 school for every grade
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outlook Elementary SchoolIn OutlookElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
| Outlook High SchoolIn OutlookAll grades | All grades | – | English public |
Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · Why no schools grade in Saskatchewan? The province publishes no results school by school.
A normal November in Outlook runs from −8°C to freezing
Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Outlook forecast, on the Weather page. Into December, the normals move to −6°C and −15°C. A normal November brings 21 mm of rain and snow.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −7°C | −16°C | 46 mm |
| Spring | 10°C | −2°C | 97 mm |
| Summer | 24°C | 11°C | 193 mm |
| Autumn | 10°C | −1°C | 83 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Rock Point); the forecast is on the Weather page
In 2021, Fraser Tolmie carried Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan by 16,894 votes, a margin wider than nine in ten Canada’s ridings
For federal votes, Outlook belongs to Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP); Fraser Tolmie (Conservative Party of Canada) holds it.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
No public library stands in Outlook: the closest, Hanley Branch Library, is 46 km away
Library statistics aren’t published openly in Saskatchewan, so there are no visit or loan figures for Outlook.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Protected land around Outlook beats nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns
Biggest among them: Fish and Wildlife Development Fund, 126,136 ha, 0.8 km off. For a provincial park, Danielson Provincial Park lies 25 km off. National parks are all over 100 km off. One unnamed beach is mapped within 5 km.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Outlook | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 11% | 1.7% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 7 | 2 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Outlook has more immigrants than Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: 10% of residents
5.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than Saskatchewan’s towns (11%) yet higher than Canadian towns (2.8%). Visible minorities make up nearly a tenth of the population, lower than both Saskatchewan’s towns (16%) and Canadian towns (15%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 52.2% of Outlook
1,220 women and 1,115 men at the 2021 census; across Canada, women are 50.9%.
| Outlook | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 53% | 65% | 64% |
| 65+ | 28% | 16% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 19% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 49% | 52% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Saskatchewan and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
The registers record 1 historic place in Outlook
Before 1961 is when 21% of the homes went up, higher than both Saskatchewan’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (18%).
Historic places by designation · inside the town
Among them
- Outlook station 1909
| Heritage | Outlook | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 21% | 17% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Outlook
Famous people from Outlook
5 notable people were born in Outlook.
Photo credits
Shay Stephenson: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0 · Logan Stephenson: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0
About Outlook
Town in Saskatchewan
The boundary here is Statistics Canada’s: Outlook is one census subdivision in Saskatchewan, and TownRatings describes all of it.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 2,629 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Saskatchewan
- Census division
- Division No. 11
- Census subdivision
- 4711027
Questions about Outlook
Is Outlook a young town or an old one?
The typical resident is 44 (Canadian towns: 45.2), with seniors at 28% of the population and under-15s at 19%.
What kind of homes are in Outlook?
Single-detached houses make up 78% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments. 35% of households are one person, and the average is 2.2.
Who are the people of Outlook?
9% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% for the median of Canadian towns; 6% have an Indigenous identity and 10% are immigrants.
Is Outlook growing?
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses it went from 2,279 to 2,336 residents (up 2.5%; Canadian towns’ median: 4.1%), and Statistics Canada now estimates 2,629.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. 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).