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Pilot Butte Creek, eastern Regina

Pilot ButteSaskatchewan

TownGrade
A−
#325 of 2,556

With 3,255 residents, it is a town in Saskatchewan. It sits within the Regina census metropolitan area.

6 places within 19 kmMap →
Photo: Masalai at en.wikipedia · Public domain
Pilot Butte Creek, eastern Regina

Pilot Butte, Saskatchewan · Photo: Masalai at en.wikipedia · Public domain

Population
3,255
people, 2025 estimate
Median age
36.8
years · Saskatchewan’s towns: 41.4
Postsecondary
53%
of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%
Walk, cycle, transit
1%
walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is Pilot Butte a good place to live?

A solid town with one catch. Jobs & income is its strong suit (A). Getting around depends on the car (C). At $424,000, the median home value in 2021 came to 3.3 times local household income. Put together, the subjects come to an A− overall, ranking #6 of 102 in Saskatchewan. Set against the rest, it does better than 84% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for health and C+ for hazard risk.

Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021.

Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: no police service names this town, so its crime figure is the nearest police detachment's, shared with a wider area. 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 Pilot Butte grades

Each subject compares Pilot Butte 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

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Pilot Butte stand out

The 3 things Pilot Butte does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pilot Butte.

Work & commuteJobs & income A

Households in Pilot Butte earn more than those in 98% of Canadian towns

1%walk, cycle or take transit

The car took 96% of commuters, above both Saskatchewan’s towns (91%) and Canadian towns (89%). The commute to work averages 23 min.

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van96%
Walk1%
Census 2021Pilot ButteSaskatchewanCanada
Average trip23 min18 min26 min
Car or van96%91%89%
$129,000
median household income, 2020
19%
worked from home, May 2021
12%
of commuters work inside the municipality

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.

HousingCost of living A−

More households own their home in Pilot Butte than in Saskatchewan’s towns or across Canadian towns: 93%

$424,000median home value, 2021A−Cost of living Grade

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 14% of households, below Saskatchewan’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Pilot Butte$424,000
Saskatchewan$324,000
Canadian towns$406,000
Census 2021Pilot ButteSaskatchewanCanada
Households owning their home93%71%74%
Rent as a share of income14%19%20%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter14%17%18%
Median home value, 2021$424,000$324,000$406,000
$1,478
monthly rent for a two-bedroom
$1,780
median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020. · Rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom: one figure for all of the Regina metro area

SafetySafety B+

Crime runs lighter where Pilot Butte is policed than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns, at an index of 53

53Crime Severity Index

A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under Pilot Butte

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 61, lower than both Saskatchewan’s towns (154) and Canadian towns (86). The force’s area logs 21.2 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Violent crime in the area its police cover: 11.6 per 1,000 people a year.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202360
202453
202546
2023–2025Pilot ButteSaskatchewanCanada
Violent Crime Severity Index6115486
Crime Severity Index5311967
Property crime per 1,00021.248.431.2
Violent crime11.615.212
50
non-violent Crime Severity Index
42%
of incidents cleared, 2023–25

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 White Butte detachment area

Who lives here

Immigrants are a smaller part of Pilot Butte than of Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: 3%

36.8median age

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 7.2% of residents, between Saskatchewan’s towns (11%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Visible minorities make up 2.7% of the population, lower than both Saskatchewan’s towns (16%) and Canadian towns (15%).

Pilot ButteSaskatchewanCanada

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

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree16%
Postsecondary qualification53%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 48.9% of Pilot Butte

The 2021 census counted 1,290 women and 1,350 men here, where women make up 50.9% of Canada.

Who lives in Pilot Butte
Pilot ButteSaskatchewanCanada
Under 1521%18%16%
15 to 6468%65%64%
65+11%16%19%
No certificate, diploma or degree16%15%16%
Postsecondary qualification53%52%56%

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

Climate

Hardly any Canadian towns collect less precipitation than Pilot Butte: 390 mm a year

25.6°CJuly afternoons

Snowfall adds up to 105 cm a year, higher than Saskatchewan’s towns (91 cm) yet lower than Canadian towns (141 cm). June is the wettest month, with 85 mm of rain and snow on average. A normal December brings 21 cm of snow, the most of any month. Pilot Butte sees January nights of −20.0°C on average.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−7.9°C
Spring9.6°C
Summer24.5°C
Autumn10.3°C
Normals, 1991–2020Pilot ButteSaskatchewanCanada
Precipitation a year390 mm383 mm883 mm
Days with frost a year203203159
January night low−20.0°C−20.7°C−13.5°C
Snowfall a year105 cm91 cm141 cm
105 cm
of snow a year
203
days with frost a year
114
frost-free days, 23 May to 14 Sep
68
days with precipitation a year

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Regina (Airport))

Schools

No high school in or near Pilot Butte: the closest is 9.5 km off

1school within 3 km

From the middle of town, the first elementary school is 6.6 km off, above both Saskatchewan’s towns (0.4 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

SchoolLevelStudentsSystem
Pilot Butte Elementary SchoolIn Pilot ButteElementaryElementary–English public
Schools within 3 kmPilot ButteSaskatchewanCanada
Nearest secondary school9.5 km1.1 km1.2 km
Nearest elementary school6.6 km0.4 km0.5 km
9.5 km
to the nearest secondary school
6.6 km
to the nearest elementary school

Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · Towns in Saskatchewan aren’t in the schools rankings: the province publishes no results school by school.

Natural hazardsHazard risk C+

High radon around Pilot Butte: 25% of homes tested in the area exceed 200 Bq/m³

Lowwildfire bandC+Hazard risk Grade

The national inventory holds 2 flood maps for it, the newest from Water Security Agency. Seismic risk runs low: $0.010 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Nobody publishes radon tests for Pilot Butte alone, so this card uses the figure for the Regina Qu'Appelle RHA.

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

Pilot Butte25%
Saskatchewan’s towns9.1%
Canadian towns6.6%
HazardsPilot ButteSaskatchewanCanada
Radon tests above the guideline25%9.1%6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year$0.010$0.006$0.030
Low
wildfire band
2
flood studies on the national inventory

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

Weather

What November brings in Pilot Butte: −10°C at night, freezing by day

0°Ca normal November afternoon

The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Regina. A normal December brings highs of −7°C, lows of −17°C. November normally sees 15 mm of precipitation. Expect around 14 cm of snow in November.

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

November0°C
December−7°C
January−9°C
February−7°C
SeasonHighLowRain and snow
Winter−8°C−18°C35 mm
Spring10°C−3°C89 mm
Summer25°C10°C195 mm
Autumn10°C−3°C71 mm
−10°C
a normal November night
15 mm
of rain and snow in a normal November

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Regina (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

A 13,521-vote win for Andrew Scheer made Regina—Qu'Appelle safer in 2021 than 91% of ridings

The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan’s riding map is published without a licence, so this page doesn’t place Pilot Butte in a riding.

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B

Pilot Butte’s public library is Pilot Butte Library

It stands 0.3 km from the centre of Pilot Butte.

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

HealthHealth B−

49% of adults around Pilot Butte rate their health very good or excellent

49%very good or excellent healthB−Health Grade

The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 18% of adults, near both Saskatchewan’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). Smoking is rarer than in the province: nearly one in ten adults, against 13% for Saskatchewan. Women in the region live to 82.3 and men to 78.0, 80.2 years taken together (2022/2024). What sets Pilot Butte apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 14 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Figures for health survey and life expectancy are published for the Regina health region as a whole, not for Pilot Butte alone.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Pilot Butte49%
Saskatchewan’s towns49%
Canadian towns52%
HealthPilot ButteSaskatchewanCanada
Smokers8.6%8.6%12%
Chronic conditions (average share)18%17%17%
Life expectancy at birth80.280.281.5
Very good or excellent health49%49%52%
80.2
years of life expectancy, 2022/2024
14 km
from homes to a hospital, on average
8.6%
of adults smoke, age-standardised
1.2 km
from homes to a pharmacy, on average

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

Outdoors

Pilot Butte has 12 walking routes on the map

3.8%of the land within 10 km protected

3.8% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). Wascana (1,089 ha) is the biggest, 9.1 km from town. The 10 km around town hold 4 protected areas. There is no national park within 100 km of the town.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Pilot Butte3.8%
Saskatchewan’s towns1.7%
Canadian towns2.3%
OutdoorsPilot ButteSaskatchewanCanada
Protected land within 10 km3.8%1.7%2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km324
43 km
to Last Mountain House Provincial Park

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Pilot Butte

15pages on Pilot Butte
Nearby attractions

Holy Rosary Cathedral and 3 more within 40 km

Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Pilot Butte; these are the best known within 40 km.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata · ODCAF · federal and Québec heritage registers · CPCAD

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (4)

Famous people from around Pilot Butte

No notable person born in Pilot Butte is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.

How we find them →
Photo credits

John Vernon: ABC Television, Public domain

About Pilot Butte

Town in Saskatchewan

Pilot Butte is a municipality in Saskatchewan, read by TownRatings as Statistics Canada draws it: one census subdivision, so its figures cover the whole municipality.

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

Population
3,255 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory
Saskatchewan
Census division
Division No. 6
Metro area
Regina
Census subdivision
4706031

Pilot Butte’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

Edenwold No. 158White CityDewdney EastArcola EastSherwood No. 159BalgonieEdenwold No. 158White CityDewdney EastArcola EastSherwood No. 159BalgoniePilot Butte
How the neighbours grade
TownPeoplekmOverallCostSafetyHealth
Pilot Butte3,255—A−A−B+B−
Edenwold No. 1584,9324.2A−BB+B−
White City4,3796.3A−A−B+B−
Dewdney East18,6709.3B−C+C−B
Arcola East33,8239.7BB+C−B
Sherwood No. 1591,4319.8—B−B+B
Balgonie2,02010—A−B+B−

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about Pilot Butte

Who are the people of Pilot Butte?

3% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% for the median of Canadian towns; 7% have an Indigenous identity and 3% are immigrants.

Has Pilot Butte grown?

It grew from 2,137 people in 2016 to 2,638 in 2021, up 23.4%; the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 3,255.

How old are the people of Pilot Butte?

The median resident is 36.8 years old, against 45.2 for the median of Canadian towns. 21% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or over.

What kind of homes are in Pilot Butte?

Single-detached houses make up 82% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments. 14% of households are one person, and the average is 2.7.

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).