Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Above 97% of Canadian towns: 21% of residents have an Indigenous identity
The median age in Heritage is 37.1, lower than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns. On the census count, a fifth of residents are not Canadian citizens. There were 2,455 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 5,172 people. With households in buildings of five or more storeys at 16%, Heritage is ahead of 84% of Canadian towns on that count.
What stands out about the people of Heritage
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
21% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 12% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
67% of households rent their home, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 52% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
47% of households are one person living alone, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 13% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
A year before the census, 23% of residents lived elsewhere, 2.1 times the typical share; over five years, 51% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Heritage sits below 84% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (13%)
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24; in Heritage, 14%. Measured more widely, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Heritage, 37.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women.
Above 95% of Canadian towns: 47% of households are one person living alone
Private households by type and size.
Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families is 10%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. A household here holds 2.1 people on average. Shared houses stand out: 7.9% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 91% of Canadian towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 27% in Heritage, less than in 94% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here, 10% of residents 15 and over live common-law. 45% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%).
A higher share of renter households than 94% of Canadian towns, at 67%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
12% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. The census found that 43% of households live in a single-detached house in Heritage. On average, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $52,600 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Heritage’s median household took in $52,600 before tax, 39% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Saskatchewan’s towns have a median of $86,500. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 35% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 96% of Canadian towns, at 23%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (68%), then in Africa (10%). Compared with other places, immigrants are common here: 29%, more than in 70% of Canadian towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%. Of the immigrants living here, 60% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
More visible minority residents than 76% of Canadian towns: 38%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents with no religion (42%), Heritage is above 70% of Canadian towns. For visible minority residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 15%. Among other religions: Hindu (4%) and Muslim (3.5%).
71% have English as their mother tongue; 5% also speak French
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
On residents whose mother tongue is French, 0.8% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns. At home, 16% mostly speak another language; 2% speak neither English nor French. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Below 51% of Canadian towns: 26% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 16% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
51% of residents 15 and over were in work
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 51% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 13% of residents are 65 or over.
Of 41 towns its size (5,100 to 5,252 people), the 11th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is Rundle Heights, at 32.9; the oldest, Inverness, is at 54. Next to Heritage on this scale come Earl Grey (36.9), Bannerman (37), Crown Point East (37.8) and Tweddle Place (38.3).
5 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Heritage
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage | 5,172 | — | 37.1 | 13% | 29% |
| Downtown | 4,282 | 1.1 km | 51.4 | 34% | 21% |
| Dewdney Place | 3,021 | 1.2 km | 54.7 | 39% | 22% |
| Al Ritchie | 8,087 | 1.3 km | 35.5 | 11% | 21% |
| Cathedral Village | 7,311 | 2.2 km | 37.4 | 14% | 13% |
| Boothill | 2,613 | 2.3 km | 40 | 15% | 10% |
| Lakeview | 7,770 | 2.7 km | 42.3 | 20% | 13% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Saskatchewan’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Heritage’s residents
What is the median income in Heritage?
Half of Heritage’s households had more than $52,600 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Heritage?
Heritage had 5,172 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Heritage?
The median age is 37.1, younger than 82% of Canadian towns. 16% are under 15 and 13% 65 or older.
Is Heritage bilingual?
5% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 93% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.8%.
How diverse is Heritage?
Immigrants: 29% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 38%. Indigenous identity: 21%.
What religion are people in Heritage?
42% said they have no religion and 42% that they are Christian; 17% named another faith.
Is Heritage good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 28% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Heritage are on its Schools page.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).