Prairie View sits below 87% of Canadian towns for one-person households (16%)
With Indigenous residents at 7.4%, Prairie View is ahead of 80% of Canadian towns on that count. Households in single-detached houses are more common here than in 82% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 8,517, in 3,125 households. For Prairie View, the census puts children under 15 at 21%.
Prairie View sits below 79% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (14%)
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Half of Prairie View’s residents are under 39.2, younger than in 69% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. In Prairie View, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Prairie View, 39.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 76% of Canadian towns: 2.7 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families account for 7.8%.
Prairie View sits above 91% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (59%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The figure for common-law partners is 8.8% in Prairie View and 11% across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
In Prairie View, 14% of households rent their home, fewer than in 78% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The share of renter households across Canada’s towns is 25%.
Household income at the median: $127,700 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Prairie View’s households had a total income above $127,700, 48% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Saskatchewan’s towns have a median of $86,500. COVID-19 benefits went to 21% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
8.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 74% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Most immigrants were born in Asia (55%) or in Europe (12%). As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals are 42% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
61% said they are Christian and 35% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Locally, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority.
87% have English as their mother tongue; 6.1% also speak French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 92%, French 0.2%. Prairie View has fewer bilingual residents than 62% of Canadian towns, at 6.1%. Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 1.1%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 30% in Prairie View, more than in 56% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 4.6% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Set beside that, 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
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 66% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (8,379 to 8,658 people), the 16th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The youngest of these towns is Garneau, at 30.2; the oldest, Electoral Area G, Nanaimo, is at 60.8. By median age, Prairie View sits among Albert Park/Radisson Heights (38.8), Saint-Roch (38.8), Dalhousie (39.9) and Heart Lake North (40.4).
Prairie View sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View | 8,517 | — | 39.2 | 14% | 13% |
| Normanview West | 2,866 | 1.7 km | 40.6 | 17% | 11% |
| Sherwood/McCarthy | 5,753 | 1.7 km | 38.1 | 13% | 9.2% |
| Normanview Residents Group | 3,916 | 2.2 km | 37.7 | 16% | 25% |
| Rosemont/Mount Royal | 10,497 | 2.4 km | 37.6 | 14% | 15% |
| Twin Lakes | 7,286 | 2.8 km | 38.7 | 14% | 9.2% |
| Regent Park | 2,876 | 3.2 km | 37 | 14% | 15% |
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. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
- 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. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Prairie View’s residents
What religion are people in Prairie View?
61% are Christian and 35% have no religion; 4.2% follow another religion.
Is Prairie View good for families?
Under 15: 21% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 68% of households. One-parent families: 7.8%. Schools near Prairie View are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Prairie View?
The median household in Prairie View took in $127,700 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Prairie View?
Prairie View had 8,517 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Prairie View?
A median age of 39.2, younger than 69% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 21%, and people 65 and over 14%.
Is Prairie View bilingual?
6.1% 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 1.1%.
How diverse is Prairie View?
13% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 15% belong to a visible minority and 7.4% have an Indigenous identity.
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).