OxbowSaskatchewan

Oxbow gets a D− for health

Shared with the rest of the South East health region: health survey and life expectancy

By their own account, nearly half of adults here are in very good or excellent health, close to Saskatchewan’s towns (49%) and below Canadian towns (52%). The region has more smokers than Saskatchewan, a fifth of adults to 13%. Lives in the region last 78.6 years on average (2022/2024): 80.8 for women, 76.5 for men. What sets Oxbow apart within its region is distance: 51 km to a hospital on average, over 30 km for 100% of residents.

Renting in Oxbow costs 11% of household income, less than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns

81% of households own their home, above both Saskatchewan’s towns (71%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 12% of households, below Saskatchewan’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Oxbow gets a B+ for jobs & income

Commutes averaged 24 min, between Saskatchewan’s towns (18 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Oxbow is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Water Security Agency

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Sun Country RHA

Seismic risk runs low: $0.005 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. More homes than usual carry radon here, 14% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%.

January nights in Oxbow drop to −19.4°C (Saskatchewan towns −20.7°C, Canadian towns −13.5°C)

There are 197 days of frost in a typical year, about level with Saskatchewan’s towns (203) and above Canadian towns (159). Gardeners get 122 frost-free days, from 17 May to 17 September. A July afternoon in Oxbow typically reaches 25.9°C. A normal January brings 21 cm of snow, the most of any month.

Children make up 20% of Oxbow, above Saskatchewan’s towns and Canadian towns

Just over one in ten residents came to Canada as immigrants, above Saskatchewan’s towns (7.4%) and Canadian towns (6.4%) alike. People 65 and over make up 16% of the town.

Violent crime weighs less where Oxbow is policed than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 45

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Oxbow itself

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 58 over 2023–25, lower than both Saskatchewan’s towns (119) and Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 28.1 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Where it is policed, 10.4 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Carnduff detachment area, Oxbow included.

Oxbow’s one school is Oxbow Prairie Horizons School

Oxbow in November: highs near 1°C, lows near −9°C

December follows at −6°C by day and −16°C by night. November usually brings some 19 cm of snow. In November, the normal is 20 mm of rain and snow. ECCC’s forecast for Oxbow is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Steven Bonk (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Souris—Moose Mountain, the riding that includes Oxbow

No provincial riding is named for Oxbow, because the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan’s boundary file gives no terms of reuse.

Redvers Branch Library is Oxbow’s public library

From the centre of Oxbow, it is 0.5 km away.

Few places match Oxbow for protected land nearby: more than 8 in 10 Canadian towns

The closest provincial park is Cannington Manor Provincial Park, 54 km from the edge of town. No national park lies within 100 km.