Adelaide/ChurchillSaskatoon
Population 2,652: a neighbourhood in Saskatoon. Saskatoon is split into 43 neighbourhoods, and this is one.
Is Adelaide/Churchill a good place to live?
One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. Its strongest subject is jobs & income (A+). It also does well on walkability (A−). Owners valued their homes at a median $376,000 in 2021, which is 3.5 years of the typical household’s pay. What counts against it is safety (C−). Overall, that makes a B+, good for #20 of 102 in Saskatchewan. Nationally, it does better than 68% of Canadian towns.
Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021.
Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: this is the whole city's figure, because the city doesn't publish open neighbourhood crime rates. 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.
How Adelaide/Churchill grades
Each subject compares Adelaide/Churchill with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
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What makes Adelaide/Churchill stand out
The 3 things Adelaide/Churchill does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Adelaide/Churchill.
Adelaide/Churchill gets an A+ for jobs & income
The average trip to work took 18 min, close to Saskatchewan’s towns (18 min) and below Canadian towns (26 min). Driving is how 88% of commuters got to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Adelaide/Churchill | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 18 min | 18 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 88% | 91% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Adelaide/Churchill gets an A for hazard risk
The radon tests numbers here cover the Saskatoon RHA · Measured across the city of Saskatoon: earthquake risk
Burn scars are few around Adelaide/Churchill, with 0.6% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.02% a year). About as many homes carry radon around Adelaide/Churchill as elsewhere, 6.6% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Adelaide/Churchill | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 6.6% | 9.1% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.006 | $0.006 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Adelaide/Churchill gets a C− for safety
The index for the force that serves it came to 119, near Saskatchewan’s towns (119) and higher than Canadian towns (67). Where it is policed, 15.2 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year. Its police area records 48.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Adelaide/Churchill | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crime Severity Index | 119 | 119 | 67 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 154 | 154 | 86 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 48.4 | 48.4 | 31.2 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Not measured by town: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 (the Saskatoon service area)
Very good or excellent health for 49% of adults in Adelaide/Churchill’s health region
Life expectancy in the region is 81.4 years (83.4 for women, 79.2 for men, 2022/2024). The region has fewer smokers than Saskatchewan, nearly one in ten adults to 13%. Measured from where Adelaide/Churchill’s residents live, a hospital is 3.5 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Adelaide/Churchill | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smokers | 8.3% | 8.6% | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 81.4 | 80.2 | 81.5 |
| Very good or excellent health | 49% | 49% | 52% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Health survey and life expectancy: one figure for all of the Saskatoon health region
Hardly any Canadian towns collect less precipitation than Adelaide/Churchill: 357 mm a year
Some 91 cm of snow falls in a typical year, about level with Saskatchewan’s towns (91 cm) and below Canadian towns (141 cm). Rain and snow peak in June, at 75 mm. Also worth knowing: most of the snow comes in January, about 20 cm. Midwinter nights in Adelaide/Churchill bottom out at −20.7°C on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Adelaide/Churchill | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation a year | 357 mm | 383 mm | 883 mm |
| January night low | −20.7°C | −20.7°C | −13.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 203 | 203 | 159 |
| Snowfall a year | 91 cm | 91 cm | 141 cm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport))
An older town: 21% of people in Adelaide/Churchill are 65 or over, more than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns
Nearly one in ten residents belong to a visible minority, below both Saskatchewan’s towns (16%) and Canadian towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 5.5% of residents, below Saskatchewan’s towns (11%) but above Canadian towns (2.8%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 50.7% of Adelaide/Churchill
Of the 2021 count, 1,340 were women and 1,305 men (women across Canada: 50.9%).
| Adelaide/Churchill | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 64% | 65% | 64% |
| 65+ | 21% | 16% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 10% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 64% | 52% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Saskatchewan and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
What November brings in Adelaide/Churchill: −10°C at night, −1°C by day
A normal November brings 14 mm of rain and snow. Next comes December, with normal highs of −8°C and lows of −18°C. November usually brings some 13 cm of snow. July brings the warmest days, 25°C; January the coldest nights, −21°C.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −9°C | −19°C | 35 mm |
| Spring | 9°C | −4°C | 79 mm |
| Summer | 24°C | 10°C | 176 mm |
| Autumn | 9°C | −3°C | 67 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page
Saskatoon South, which takes in Adelaide/Churchill, is held by Kevin Waugh (Conservative Party of Canada)
The Conservative Party of Canada has 13 of the 14 MPs elected in Saskatchewan.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Adelaide/Churchill has no public library of its own; the nearest is J.S. Wood public library, 1.4 km away
The next is Saskatoon Public Library Round Praire Branch (Stonebridge), 1.9 km away.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
More households own their home in Adelaide/Churchill than in Saskatchewan’s towns or across Canadian towns: 85%
Shelter took 30% or more of income for 13% of households, below both Saskatchewan’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (18%). Figures for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom are published for the Saskatoon metro area as a whole, not for Adelaide/Churchill alone.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Adelaide/Churchill | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 85% | 71% | 74% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 13% | 17% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 18% | 19% | 20% |
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.
Adelaide/Churchill is 13 km from Fred Heal Canoe Launch
There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map. Within 100 km there is no national park. 18 protected areas lie within 10 km. Biggest among them: Sutherland Migratory Bird Sanctuary, 130 ha, 6.0 km off.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Adelaide/Churchill | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Protected land within 10 km | 1.7% | 1.7% | 2.3% |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
3 boards run the schools in and around Adelaide/Churchill
Its 3 km reach takes in 24 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade, all of Adelaide/Churchill’s schooling.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Cairns VC SchoolIn Adelaide/ChurchillElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
| Aden Bowman CollegiateNearest secondary school, 0 kmSecondary | Secondary | – | English public |
| Schools within 3 km | Adelaide/Churchill | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · Ungraded on schools in Saskatchewan, because the province publishes no results school by school.
Adelaide/Churchill keeps its older homes: 56% from before 1961
| Heritage | Adelaide/Churchill | Saskatchewan | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 56% | 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 Adelaide/Churchill
Cathedral of St. George and 23 more in and around Adelaide/Churchill
From museums to parks and historic sites: Adelaide/Churchill’s places to visit and those just beyond its edge, most famous first.
CathedralCathedral of St. George3.6 km outside town, to the northwest
CathedralSt. Paul's Cathedral2.4 km outside town, to the north
Art galleryRemai Modern2.3 km outside town, to the north
MuseumThe Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker Centre for the Study of Canada2.9 km outside town, to the north
CathedralCathedral of St. John the Evangelist2.6 km outside town, to the north
MuseumMuseum of Antiquities (Saskatchewan)2.7 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Cathedral of St. George: Julia Adamson SriMesh talk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Paul's Cathedral: Vic D, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Remai Modern: Jmc881, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker Centre for the Study of Canada: SriMesh, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist: Jordon Cooper from Saskatoon, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Antiquities (Saskatchewan): Jll294, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
About Adelaide/Churchill
Neighbourhood in Saskatoon
The edges of Adelaide/Churchill follow census dissemination areas, which TownRatings groups into Saskatoon’s neighbourhoods; the name comes from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 2,652 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Saskatchewan
- City
- Saskatoon
- Census subdivision
- 4711066
Adelaide/Churchill’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide/Churchill | 2,652 | — | B+ | B− | C− | B+ |
| Nutana Park | 3,045 | 1 | B | C+ | C− | B+ |
| Holliston | 2,963 | 1.3 | B | C | C− | B+ |
| Avalon | 9,488 | 1.4 | B− | C− | C− | B+ |
| Haultain | 6,126 | 2.1 | B− | D | C− | B+ |
| Brevoort Park | 3,485 | 2.2 | B− | D | C− | B+ |
| Nutana Urban Centre | 5,926 | 2.2 | C− | D | C− | B+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Adelaide/Churchill
Is Adelaide/Churchill a young town or an old one?
The median resident is 43.1 years old, against 45.2 for the median of Canadian towns. 16% are under 15 and 21% are 65 or over.
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).