Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Indigenous residents: 16%, a higher share than 94% of Canadian towns
Recent arrivals are 60% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census put Fairhaven’s population at 6,536, in 2,600 households. On the census count, 48% of households rent their home. Higher than in 78% of Canadian towns: 13% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
What stands out about the people of Fairhaven
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
16% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 9.2% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Fairhaven’s median age is 36; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 21% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
A year before the census, 19% of residents lived elsewhere, 1.7 times the typical share; over five years, 49% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Fairhaven is younger than 87% of Canadian towns: a median age of 36
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 30–34: 7.9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Children under 15: just over a fifth of the total. The highest share aged 65 or over among Saskatchewan’s towns is Nutana Urban Centre’s: 47%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Fairhaven, 36. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women.
Above 95% of Canadian towns: 14% of households are one-parent families
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.
A household here has 2.5 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. For comparison, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns. The census found that 28% of households are one person living alone in Fairhaven.
Married residents 15 and over: 41%, a lower share than 66% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: just over a third of adults, against a typical 27%. For comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 9.8% of the total.
Households in single-detached houses: 37%, a lower share than 80% 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. Set beside that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 19% date from 2001 or later, 7.4% from before 1961.
Median household income here: $74,500 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
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Fairhaven’s, at $74,500, is 13% lower. The middle household across Saskatchewan’s towns has $86,500 before tax. The pandemic’s benefits: 32% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
19% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 91% 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 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants is 17%; Fairhaven has 23%. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Most immigrants were born in Asia (59%) or in Africa (18%).
Visible minority residents: 28%, a higher share than 65% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (6.5%). For visible minority residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 15%. Residents with no religion: 35%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
75% have English as their mother tongue; 4.1% 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
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Fairhaven, 4.1%. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 0.8%. At home, 12% mostly speak another language; 1.1% speak neither English nor French.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 22%, a lower share than 61% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 13% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 62% 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.
The employment rate of 62% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (6,431 to 6,640 people), the 9th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The group spans City View, youngest at 33.5, to Centre, oldest at 61.2. The closest ages to Fairhaven’s belong to Hollick-Kenyon (35.5), Stipeley (35.7), Griesbach (36.6) and Cumberland (37).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Fairhaven
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairhaven | 6,536 | — | 36 | 14% | 23% |
| Parkridge | 4,518 | 1.3 km | 36.7 | 11% | 15% |
| South West Industrial | 5,297 | 1.4 km | 38.5 | 15% | 11% |
| Pacific Heights | 3,770 | 1.4 km | 36.3 | 14% | 20% |
| Meadowgreen | 3,782 | 1.4 km | 38.4 | 15% | 27% |
| Blairmore Suburban Centre | 7,411 | 1.8 km | 31.8 | 5.6% | 41% |
| Confederation Park | 5,771 | 2.0 km | 37.9 | 11% | 25% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Saskatchewan’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
Questions about Fairhaven’s residents
What is the average age in Fairhaven?
Half the residents are older than 36 and half younger, younger than 87% of Canadian towns; 21% are children under 15 and 14% are 65 or over.
Is Fairhaven bilingual?
4.1% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 95% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.8%.
How diverse is Fairhaven?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 23%. A visible minority makes up 28% and Indigenous residents 16%.
What religion are people in Fairhaven?
Most often Christian (54%) or no religion (35%); other religions make up 11%.
Is Fairhaven good for families?
Children under 15 are 21% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 45% of households and one-parent families 14%. Schools near Fairhaven are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Fairhaven?
Median total household income in Fairhaven was $74,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Fairhaven?
Fairhaven had 6,536 residents at the 2021 Census.
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).