Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.010% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 87% of Canadian towns
Just over three in five immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The census found that 15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Regina. The median age locally is 37.6, lower than in 79% of Canadian towns. The city had about 263,419 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 92,130 households at the 2021 Census.
Growth of +5% since 2016 puts Regina ahead of 58% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 16%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Saskatchewan’s towns, ±0%.
19% of residents are under 15, more than in 77% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (Canada’s towns: 11%). Across Regina, 16% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
30% of households are one person living alone, a share 63% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households average 2.4 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. On average, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Here, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
Fewer common-law partners than 64% of Canadian towns: 9.1%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
31% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
More households in buildings of five or more storeys than 73% of Canadian towns: 4.8%
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
Where a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns, Regina has 34%. Single-detached houses hold 63% of households, less than in 51% of Canadian towns, and buildings of five or more storeys 4.8%. Newer homes outnumber old: 27% date from 2001 or later, 20% from before 1961.
Median household income here: $88,000 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
At $88,000, the middle household in Regina earned close to 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 went to 26% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Above 76% of Canadian towns: 13% of residents are not Canadian citizens
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 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The share of immigrants is 20%, against 17% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (66%) and in Africa (14%).
Regina ranks above 63% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 26%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (4.6%) and Hindu (2.9%). Across Canada’s towns, visible minority residents come to 15%. At 35%, residents with no religion sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
77% 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 84%, French 0.4%. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 62% of Canadian towns. Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Above 64% of Canadian towns: 35% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 7.7% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 61% of residents 15 and over had a job
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.
At 61%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
From a median age of 32 in Harbour Landing to 55 in Dewdney Place
The city’s 27 neighbourhoods, youngest first; each links its own page.
Dewdney Place is the oldest area, with 39% aged 65 or over; Harbour Landing the youngest (median age 32). Harbour Landing has the largest immigrant share, 40%. Renting is most common in Downtown, where 83% of households rent.
Regina and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regina | 263,419 | — | 37.6 | 16% | 20% |
| Downtown | 4,282 | 0.4 km | 51.4 | 34% | 21% |
| Heritage | 5,172 | 1.2 km | 37.1 | 13% | 29% |
| Cathedral Village | 7,311 | 1.3 km | 37.4 | 14% | 13% |
| Dewdney Place | 3,021 | 1.8 km | 54.7 | 39% | 22% |
| North Central | 9,124 | 1.8 km | 35.1 | 9.8% | 15% |
| Lakeview | 7,770 | 2.4 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.
- 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 Regina’s residents
How diverse is Regina?
Immigrants: 20% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 26%. Indigenous identity: 10%.
What religion are people in Regina?
35% said they have no religion and 53% that they are Christian; 12% named another faith.
Is Regina good for families?
19% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 49% of households and one-parent families 9.4%. Schools near Regina are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Regina?
Half of Regina’s households had more than $88,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Regina?
About 263,419, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 226,404 people in Regina, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Regina?
The median age is 37.6. 19% are under 15 and 16% 65 or older.
Is Regina bilingual?
6.1% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 93% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1%.
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).