Pelican Narrows 184BSaskatchewan

1,923 people live in this First Nations reserve in Saskatchewan. The reserve belongs to the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation.

Population

1,923

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

20.6

years · Saskatchewan’s towns: 41.4

Postsecondary

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

14%

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is Pelican Narrows 184B a good place to live?

Crime is the sore point (D−). It lags on jobs & income as well (C).

Pelican Narrows 184B is a First Nations reserve, so it has no overall grade and no place in ranked lists: Statistics Canada suppresses or doesn’t collect much of a reserve’s data, and its grades couldn’t be set fairly beside other towns’.

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. A First Nations reserve: subject grades only, with no overall grade and no place in ranked lists.

WeakestD⁻Safety

What makes Pelican Narrows 184B stand out

The 3 things Pelican Narrows 184B does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree

Education

9% have a postsecondary qualification

Canadian towns centre on 56%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

Only 4% are 65 or over

Next to 19%, the median among Canadian towns

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Unemployment rate, Census 2021

Work

23% unemployment

The median of Canadian towns: 10%

19% of residents 15 and over were in work, May 2021.

How Pelican Narrows 184B grades

Each subject compares Pelican Narrows 184B 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 grading works

SafetyCrime runs among the highest comparedD⁻Open →Jobs & incomeBelow the middle of the towns comparedCOpen →Hazard riskGraded on two hazards, earthquakes and radon, with nearby wildfire counted only against itB⁺Open →WalkabilityAbout average among the towns comparedBOpen →

Cost of livingNot graded: not enough data–

SchoolsIn Saskatchewan, there’s no schools grade: the province publishes no results school by school.–

HealthNot graded: not enough data–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pelican Narrows 184B.

SafetySafety D⁻

Violent crime weighs more where Pelican Narrows 184B is policed than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 3,036

Property crime in its police area ran at 508.2 per 1,000 residents a year, above Saskatchewan’s towns (48.4) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike. Violence across its police area runs at 355.8 per 1,000 residents a 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 Pelican Narrows detachment area, Pelican Narrows 184B included.

1,675Crime Severity Index

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

20231,788

20241,678

20251,559

2023–2025	Pelican Narrows 184B	Saskatchewan	Canada
Crime Severity Index	1,675	119	67
Violent Crime Severity Index	3,036	154	86
Violent crime	355.8	15.2	12
Property crime per 1,000	508.2	48.4	31.2

1,145

non-violent Crime Severity Index

47%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

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Safety1,675 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Pelican Narrows 184B’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Pelican Narrows 184B safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

Who lives here

More of Pelican Narrows 184B’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: 100%

20.6median age

Pelican Narrows 184BSaskatchewanCanada

SaskatchewanCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

39%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree64%

Postsecondary qualification9%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 48.6% of Pelican Narrows 184B

Census 2021 put women at 895 and men at 945; women are 50.9% of Canada.

Who lives in Pelican Narrows 184B
	Pelican Narrows 184B	Saskatchewan	Canada
Under 15	39%	18%	16%
15 to 64	57%	65%	64%
65+	4.1%	16%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	64%	15%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	9.3%	52%	56%

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Ages20.6 median age · 4% are 65 or over Households345 households · 5.4 people per household English and French0% speak French but not English

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Saskatchewan and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

Health

People in Pelican Narrows 184B’s health region live to 70.0 on average, 11.5 years short of the typical Canadian town

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Far North health region

Homes here are 81 km from a hospital on average, above Saskatchewan’s towns (2.2 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km) alike.

81 kmfrom homes to a hospital, on average

Life expectancy at birth · years, at birth

Pelican Narrows 184B70.0

Saskatchewan’s towns80.2

Canadian towns81.5

Health	Pelican Narrows 184B	Saskatchewan	Canada
Life expectancy at birth	70.0	80.2	81.5

70.0

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

81 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

151 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

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Getting care81 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 151 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 72.8, men 67.3

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities

Work & commuteJobs & income C

Commuters in Pelican Narrows 184B have a short way to work, 10 min on average, less than in Saskatchewan’s towns and Canadian towns

The car took 86% of commuters, about level with Canadian towns (89%) and below Saskatchewan’s towns (91%).

14%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van86%

Walk14%

Census 2021	Pelican Narrows 184B	Saskatchewan	Canada
Average trip	10 min	18 min	26 min
Car or van	86%	91%	89%

$63,200

median household income, 2020

worked from home, May 2021

29%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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Unemployment23% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work14% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to90 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Pelican Narrows 206

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.

Climate

Pelican Narrows 184B has cooler summers than Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 23.0°C

Frost comes on 223 days a year, higher than both Saskatchewan’s towns (203) and Canadian towns (159). The coldest nights come in January, when Pelican Narrows 184B averages a low of −26.2°C. The frost-free season runs from 1 June to 16 September, 106 days. Rain and snow peak in July, at 98 mm.

23.0°CJuly afternoons

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−13.2°C

Spring5.7°C

Summer21.6°C

Autumn5.0°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Pelican Narrows 184B	Saskatchewan	Canada
January night low	−26.2°C	−20.7°C	−13.5°C
July afternoon high	23.0°C	25.0°C	25.5°C
Days with frost a year	223	203	159
Precipitation a year	489 mm	383 mm	883 mm

143 cm

of snow a year

223

days with frost a year

106

frost-free days, 1 Jun to 16 Sep

days with precipitation a year

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The yearJuly highs 23.0°C, January lows −26.2°C Rain and snow489 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow143 cm of snow a year Weather station54 km to the station · Island Falls

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Island Falls)

Natural hazardsHazard risk B⁺

Pelican Narrows 184B’s hazards at a glance: a moderate wildfire record and 14% of area homes over the radon guideline

Fire reaches the land around Pelican Narrows 184B now and then: 79% within 25 km since 1986 (2.87% a year), below the high band. Seismic risk runs low: $0.002 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030.

Moderatewildfire bandB⁺Hazard risk Grade

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Pelican Narrows 184B14%

Saskatchewan’s towns9.1%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Pelican Narrows 184B	Saskatchewan	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	14%	9.1%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.002	$0.006	$0.030

$0.002

expected earthquake loss a year per $1,000 of buildings

Moderate

wildfire band

0.3 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

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Radon14% of tests above the guideline WildfireModerate wildfire band · 79% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 FloodNo flood study on record Earthquakes$0.002 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Radon tests: one figure for all of the Mamawetan/Keewatin/Athabasca health region

Weather

Expect November days around −5°C in Pelican Narrows 184B, nights around −13°C

Snowfall in a normal November: 26 cm. Next comes December, with normal highs of −13°C and lows of −23°C. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 25 mm. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Pelican Narrows.

−5°Ca normal November afternoon

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November−5°C

December−13°C

January−15°C

February−11°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−13°C	−25°C	61 mm
Spring	6°C	−9°C	83 mm
Summer	22°C	10°C	226 mm
Autumn	5°C	−4°C	119 mm

−13°C

a normal November night

25 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

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Next 24 hoursTemperature and chance of rain, hour by hour The week aheadECCC’s days ahead, beside the normals The yearWarmest July, coldest January

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Island Falls); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Buckley Belanger (Liberal Party of Canada) represents Pelican Narrows 184B in Ottawa as MP for Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River

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Who runs itIndian Reserve

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade C⁻

No public library is mapped in or near Pelican Narrows 184B

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Places to belong0 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

None of the land within 10 km of Pelican Narrows 184B is protected

National parks are all over 100 km off. For a provincial park, Lac la Ronge Provincial Park lies 78 km off.

0%of the land within 10 km protected

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Pelican Narrows 184B0%

Saskatchewan’s towns1.7%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Pelican Narrows 184B	Saskatchewan	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	0%	1.7%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	0	2	4

78 km

to Lac la Ronge Provincial Park

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Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas0 protected areas within 10 km National & provincial parks78 km to a provincial park · Lac la Ronge Provincial Park

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

History

Pelican Narrows 184B grew mostly after 1961: 100% of its homes

0%built before 1961

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Pelican Narrows 184B	Saskatchewan	Canada
Homes built before 1961	0%	17%	18%

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Older homes0% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Pelican Narrows 184B have?”

Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Pelican Narrows 184B

15pages on Pelican Narrows 184B

The big questions

SafetyD⁻Crime Severity Index 1,675 Housing & costProperty pricesSchoolsHealthLife expectancy 70 in its region Work & commuteC19% of adults in work Natural hazardsB⁺Wildfire band: moderate

Out and about

OutdoorsAttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 23°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 20.6 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Questions about Pelican Narrows 184B

What kind of homes are in Pelican Narrows 184B?

90% of homes are single-detached houses, against 64% for the median of Canadian towns, and 0% are in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. A household averages 5.4 people; 12% are one person living alone.

How old are the people of Pelican Narrows 184B?

The median resident is 20.6 years old, against 45.2 for the median of Canadian towns. 39% are under 15 and 4% are 65 or over.

Has Pelican Narrows 184B grown?

No: the census counted 1,954 in 2016 and 1,837 in 2021, 6% fewer, against growth of 4.1% for the median of Canadian towns. The 2025 estimate is 1,923.

About Pelican Narrows 184B

First Nations reserve in Saskatchewan

Pelican Narrows 184B is a First Nations reserve in Saskatchewan, counted by Statistics Canada as its own census subdivision.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 1,923 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Saskatchewan
Census division: Division No. 18
First Nation: Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation
Census subdivision: 4718820

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).