Buena VistaSaskatoon

Working-age people in Buena Vista have jobs more often than in 82% of Canadian towns

Getting to work takes 18 min on average.

Buena Vista faces fewer hazards than nine in ten Canadian towns

Source area for radon tests: the Saskatoon RHA

Radon around Buena Vista is ordinary for Canada: 6.6% of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical). Little of the land around Buena Vista has burned: 0.6% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.02% a year. The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from Water Security Agency.

Fewer households own their home in Buena Vista than in Saskatchewan’s towns or across Canadian towns: 61%

Shelter took 30% or more of income for nearly a quarter of households, above both Saskatchewan’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (18%). Rent took nearly a quarter of household income, higher than both Saskatchewan’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (20%). Buena Vista doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Saskatoon metro area.

For safety, Buena Vista gets a C−

The index for the force that serves it came to 119, about level with Saskatchewan’s towns (119) and above Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 15.2 violent incidents are reported each year. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 48.4 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Saskatoon service area, Buena Vista included.

Around Buena Vista, 49% of adults call their health very good or excellent

Measured across the Saskatoon health region: health survey and life expectancy

For Buena Vista itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.7 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. At 8.3%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 13% for Saskatchewan. The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 81.4, with women at 83.4 and men at 79.2.

Buena Vista is among the driest of Canadian towns: 357 mm of rain and snow a year

Winter lows average −20.7°C in January, near Saskatchewan’s towns (−20.7°C) and lower than Canadian towns (−13.5°C). June is the wettest month, with 75 mm of rain and snow on average. A normal January brings 20 cm of snow, the most of any month. Also worth knowing: between the last spring frost, 19 May, and the first in autumn, 15 September, lie 117 days.

Fewer children live in Buena Vista than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: 12% are under 15

People 65 and over make up 20% of the town, above Saskatchewan’s towns (16%) and Canadian towns (19%) alike. 9.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, between Saskatchewan’s towns (11%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Expect November days around −1°C in Buena Vista, nights around −10°C

A typical November adds 13 cm of snow. By December, a normal day reaches −8°C and a night falls to −18°C. A normal November brings 14 mm of rain and snow. Normal highs peak at 25°C in July; nights bottom out at −21°C in January.

Buena Vista is split between 2 federal ridings, chiefly Saskatoon South and Saskatoon—University

City council runs Buena Vista, and Saskatoon’s mayor is Cynthia Block.

The nearest public library to Buena Vista is Perdue Branch Library, 0.8 km away

The next is J.S.

Cosmopolitan Park reaches Buena Vista

A provincial park, Fred Heal Canoe Launch, lies 14 km away. There is no national park within 100 km of the town. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name. 5.8 km out lies the largest, Sutherland Migratory Bird Sanctuary, at 130 ha.

3 school boards share Buena Vista

Counting a 3 km margin, Buena Vista has 32 elementary schools, 14 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade.

Before 1961: 53% of the homes in Buena Vista

The list takes in 3 provincial or municipal listings. Marr Residence, begun in 1884, is the oldest by its record.