Photo: Masalai at en.wikipedia · Public domainPilot Butte ranks below 97% of Canadian towns on renter households: 6.7%
Residents aged 65 and over make up 11%, against 19% across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census found 965 households in Pilot Butte; by July 2025 the population was about 3,255. Here, just over a fifth of residents are under 15. Fewer one-person households than in 92% of Canadian towns: 14%.
What stands out about the people of Pilot Butte
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Pilot Butte went from 2,137 to 2,638 residents (+23%), faster growth than in 98% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Faster growth than 98% of Canadian towns: Pilot Butte changed by +23% since 2016
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and ±0% across Saskatchewan’s towns.
A median age of 36.8: Pilot Butte is younger than 83% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 35–39: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. The census found that one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Pilot Butte.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Pilot Butte, 36.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
Pilot Butte households average 2.7 people, larger than in 76% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
By its share of one-parent families (6.2%), Pilot Butte is below just over four fifths of Canadian towns.
Above 83% of Canadian towns: 56% of residents 15 and over are married
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns, Pilot Butte has 15%. Nearly a fifth of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%).
Pilot Butte sits above 76% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (82%)
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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: 42% date from 2001 or later, 5.2% from before 1961. Elsewhere, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
The median household brings in $129,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Pilot Butte’s households had a total income above $129,000, 50% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Saskatchewan’s towns, half of households had more than $86,500 before tax. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 20% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Pilot Butte sits below 83% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (7.9%)
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Compared with 17% across Canada’s towns, 3% of residents are immigrants here. 1.9% of residents are not Canadian citizens. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of Indigenous residents than 80% of Canadian towns, at 7.2%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
45% of residents said they have no religion (Canada’s towns: 35%). At the same time, on visible minority residents, Pilot Butte sits lower than 79% of Canadian towns: 2.7%. Across Canada’s towns, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
English is the mother tongue of 95%, and 2.1% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
The share of residents whose mother tongue is French is 0.4%, against 1.5% across Canada’s towns. Pilot Butte has fewer bilingual residents than 97% of Canadian towns, at 2.1%.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 82% of Canadian towns: 15%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 8.8% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
66% of adults were employed in May 2021
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 66%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (3,198 to 3,307), the 3rd youngest of 41 towns
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest is Coalhurst (32) and the oldest Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast (61.2). Closest in median age to Pilot Butte are Coalhurst (32), Canossa (35.5), Westwood (37.1) and North Cypress-Langford (37.2).
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Pilot Butte
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Butte | 3,255 | — | 36.8 | 11% | 3% |
| Edenwold No. 158 | 4,932 | 4.2 km | 42.4 | 15% | 4.2% |
| White City | 4,379 | 6.3 km | 36.8 | 8.2% | 5.8% |
| Dewdney East | 18,670 | 9.3 km | 36.5 | 13% | 24% |
| Arcola East | 33,823 | 9.7 km | 38.7 | 17% | 22% |
| Sherwood No. 159 | 1,431 | 9.8 km | 36.8 | 13% | 3.8% |
| Balgonie | 2,020 | 10.5 km | 36.8 | 10% | 2.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Pilot Butte’s residents
What is the average age in Pilot Butte?
A median age of 36.8, younger than 83% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 21%, and people 65 and over 11%.
Is Pilot Butte bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 2.1% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 98% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.4% grew up with French.
How diverse is Pilot Butte?
3% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 2.7% belong to a visible minority and 7.2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Pilot Butte?
55% are Christian and 45% have no religion; 0.2% follow another religion.
Is Pilot Butte good for families?
Under 15: 21% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 73% of households. One-parent families: 6.2%. Schools near Pilot Butte are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Pilot Butte?
The median household in Pilot Butte took in $129,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Pilot Butte?
Pilot Butte had about 3,255 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 2,638, 23% more than 2016.
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).