Photo: Adam sk · CC BY-SA 3.0Oxbow sits below 99% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (2.8%)
Of the immigrants living here, 63% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Higher than in 85% of Canadian towns: 20% of residents are under 15. Oxbow is home to some 1,290 people (July 2025 estimate), in 490 households at the 2021 Census. 16% of residents are 65 or over.
What stands out about the people of Oxbow
Fewer people than before
Oxbow went from 1,328 people in 2016 to 1,286 in 2021, −3%: slower growth than in 92% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Oxbow changed by −3% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 92% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Saskatchewan’s towns, ±0%. By July 2025, Statistics Canada’s estimate had barely moved.
Half of Oxbow is under 38.4, younger than 74% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (12%), Oxbow is above nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. 10–14 is the most common age band: 7.8% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
More one-person households than 60% of Canadian towns: 30%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Oxbow, 2.5. On average, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. One-parent families: 7.1% of the total.
Married residents 15 and over: 52%, a higher share than 67% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law in Oxbow. Single and never married: 27% of adults, against a typical 27%.
Above 76% of Canadian towns: 82% of households live in a single-detached house
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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: 21% date from 2001 or later, 20% from before 1961. Lower than in 66% of Canadian towns: 18% of households rent their home. By way of comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Median gross household income: $95,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Oxbow had $95,000 before tax, 10% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Saskatchewan’s towns, the median household income is $86,500. In 2020, 25% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
12% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Most immigrants were born in Asia (53%) or in Africa (27%). Set against 17% across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents are immigrants in Oxbow.
Oxbow ranks below 55% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 34%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
9.2% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. In Oxbow, 2.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
English is the mother tongue of 87%, and 1.6% speak French as well
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 92%, French 0.4%. Oxbow has fewer bilingual residents than 99% of Canadian towns, at 1.6%.
Only 12% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Oxbow
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 8.5%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
63% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 63%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Median age: 4 of the 5 towns around Oxbow are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Distances here run 28–60 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Oxbow.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxbow | 1,290 | — | 38.4 | 16% | 12% |
| Carnduff | 1,139 | 28.1 km | 40.8 | 24% | 8.1% |
| Carlyle | 1,571 | 44.7 km | 36.4 | 17% | 9.8% |
| Redvers | 1,068 | 50.8 km | 40 | 24% | 3.1% |
| Estevan No. 5 | 1,293 | 56.2 km | 43.2 | 17% | 3.5% |
| Estevan | 11,391 | 60.0 km | 38.8 | 16% | 12% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Saskatchewan’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about Oxbow’s residents
Is Oxbow bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 1.6% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 98% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.6% grew up with French.
How diverse is Oxbow?
Immigrants: 12% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 9.2%. Indigenous identity: 2.4%.
What religion are people in Oxbow?
34% said they have no religion and 67% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
Is Oxbow good for families?
20% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 57% of households and one-parent families 7.1%. Schools near Oxbow are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Oxbow?
Half of Oxbow’s households had more than $95,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Oxbow?
About 1,290, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,286 people in Oxbow, 3% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Oxbow?
The median age is 38.4. 20% are under 15 and 16% 65 or older.
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).