PinehouseSaskatchewan
With 1,064 residents, it is a town in Saskatchewan. Its census division is Division No. 18.
Is Pinehouse a good place to live?
Prices are modest for what you get (A). Hazard risk is higher than most (D−). Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for jobs & income and B for walkability. Safety lags (D−).
Pinehouse is graded subject by subject, but Canadian towns need 2,500 residents for an overall grade.
This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. 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. Wildfire lowers this town's Hazard risk Grade: a high share of the land around it has burned in the last 40 years.
How Pinehouse grades
Each subject compares Pinehouse 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 TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Pinehouse stand out
The 3 things Pinehouse does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pinehouse.
Hazard risk in Pinehouse is higher than in almost every Canadian town
14% of radon tests in the survey area came in above the guideline, higher than both Saskatchewan’s towns (9.1%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Wildfire is Pinehouse’s dominant hazard: 55% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 1.77% a year. Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.003 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Behind radon tests sits data gathered across the Mamawetan/Keewatin/Athabasca health region, with Pinehouse one part of it.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Pinehouse | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 14% | 9.1% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.003 | $0.006 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
The force covering Pinehouse records more serious violence than Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns, at 889
Measured across the Pinehouse detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000
Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 244.6 per 1,000 a year, above both Saskatchewan’s towns (48.4) and Canadian towns (31.2). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 88.6 per 1,000 people a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Pinehouse | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crime Severity Index | 750 | 119 | 67 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 889 | 154 | 86 |
| Violent crime | 88.6 | 15.2 | 12 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 244.6 | 48.4 | 31.2 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
People in Pinehouse’s health region live to 70.0 on average, 11.5 years short of the typical Canadian town
A hospital lies 94 km from the typical home, above Saskatchewan’s towns (2.2 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km) alike. Pinehouse doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Far North health region.
Life expectancy at birth · years, at birth
| Health | Pinehouse | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy at birth | 70.0 | 80.2 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Fewer households own their home in Pinehouse than in Saskatchewan’s towns or across Canadian towns: 34%
Rent took 15% of household income, below Saskatchewan’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. The median home value was $168,000, below Saskatchewan’s towns ($324,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000) alike.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Pinehouse | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 34% | 71% | 74% |
| Rent as a share of income | 15% | 19% | 20% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $168,000 | $324,000 | $406,000 |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 15% | 17% | 18% |
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.
More of Pinehouse’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: 95%
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
51.0% of Pinehouse’s residents are women
In 2021 there were 515 women to 495 men; Canada as a whole is 50.9% women.
| Pinehouse | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 33% | 18% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 62% | 65% | 64% |
| 65+ | 5.4% | 16% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 52% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 20% | 52% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Saskatchewan and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Pinehouse has colder winters than Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −23.3°C
Snowfall adds up to 146 cm a year, about level with Canadian towns (141 cm) and above Saskatchewan’s towns (91 cm). Between the last spring frost, 28 May, and the first in autumn, 14 September, lie 109 days. Most of the snow comes in November, about 25 cm. For the wettest month, look to July: 89 mm on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Pinehouse | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| January night low | −23.3°C | −20.7°C | −13.5°C |
| July afternoon high | 23.5°C | 25.0°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 212 | 203 | 159 |
| Precipitation a year | 514 mm | 383 mm | 883 mm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (La Ronge)
Commuters in Pinehouse have a short way to work, 16 min on average, less than in both Saskatchewan’s towns and Canadian towns
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Pinehouse | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 16 min | 18 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Pinehouse in November: highs near −4°C, lows near −11°C
For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s La Ronge forecast. By December, a normal day reaches −11°C and a night falls to −21°C. A normal November brings 27 mm of rain and snow. Over the year, July is warmest at 24°C by day and January coldest at −23°C by night.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −11°C | −22°C | 64 mm |
| Spring | 7°C | −6°C | 100 mm |
| Summer | 22°C | 10°C | 224 mm |
| Autumn | 6°C | −3°C | 126 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (La Ronge); the forecast is on the Weather page
Pinehouse’s MP is Buckley Belanger (Liberal Party of Canada), for Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River
Statistics Canada lists Pinehouse as a northern village.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
No public library is mapped in or near Pinehouse
Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in Saskatchewan, so this page has none for Pinehouse.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
No protected area lies within 10 km of Pinehouse
Lac la Ronge Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 79 km. There is no national park within 100 km of the town.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Pinehouse | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 0% | 1.7% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Since 1961: 96% of the homes in Pinehouse
| Heritage | Pinehouse | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 3.8% | 17% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Pinehouse
About Pinehouse
Town in Saskatchewan
Every figure TownRatings gives for Pinehouse covers the municipality as Statistics Canada maps it, one census subdivision in Saskatchewan.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,064 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Saskatchewan
- Census division
- Division No. 18
- Census subdivision
- 4718065
Questions about Pinehouse
Is Pinehouse a young town or an old one?
Half its people are older than 25.4 (the middle of Canadian towns: 45.2); children under 15 make up 33%, people 65 and over 5%.
Is Pinehouse growing?
It lost people: 1,074 in 2016, 1,013 in 2021, 5.7% fewer, while the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 1,064.
What kind of homes are in Pinehouse?
66% 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 3.8 people; 17% are one person living alone.
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).