Photo: SriMesh · CC BY-SA 3.0Indigenous residents make up 21% in Westview, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
In Westview, 19% of households are one person living alone, beside 27% across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 2,670, in 960 households. Census figures put households in single-detached houses at 83% in the neighbourhood. The median age in the neighbourhood is 38.7, lower than in 72% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Westview
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 21% of residents, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, and 9% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood of families
Children under 15 are 21% of residents, more than in 88% of Canadian towns. Households average 2.8 people, and 13% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of children under 15 than 88% of Canadian towns: 21%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The largest age band is 10–14: nearly one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across Westview, 17% of residents are 65 or over. 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a higher share than in 68% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Westview, 38.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
In Westview, 13% of households are one-parent families, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
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.
Households average 2.8 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. For one-parent families, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 8.2%.
10% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 56% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
30% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Against that, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
20% of households rent their home, fewer than in 62% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Older homes outnumber new: 5.3% predate 1961, 4.3% date from 2001 or later. By way of comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $90,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Westview’s, at $90,000, is close to it. The figure for Saskatchewan’s towns: $86,500. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 26% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
9.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 61% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Recent arrivals are just over two in five immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. 3.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens, fewer than in 61% of Canadian towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Most immigrants were born in Asia (74%) or in Europe (17%).
In Westview, 38% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 60% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority; in Westview, 18%. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Canada’s towns: 35%. Among other religions: Muslim (6%).
English is the mother tongue of 80%, and 3.6% speak French as well
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Set against 1.5% across Canada’s towns, 0.4% of residents have French as their mother tongue in Westview. Lower than in 90% of Canadian towns: 3.6% of residents speak English and French. 10% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.1% speak neither official language.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 72% of Canadian towns, at 18%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 11%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 60%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 60%.
6th lowest median age among 41 towns of 2,631 to 2,708
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The group spans La Ronge, youngest at 31, to Brockville, oldest at 67.7. Next to Westview on this scale come Saint-Bernard (35.6), Saint-Alexandre (37.2), Grey (38.8) and Gold Bar (39.2).
3 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Westview
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westview | 2,670 | — | 38.7 | 17% | 15% |
| Hampton Village | 9,119 | 0.6 km | 32.3 | 4.8% | 32% |
| Massey Place | 6,561 | 1.1 km | 34.6 | 13% | 27% |
| Mount Royal | 5,292 | 1.3 km | 44.1 | 23% | 19% |
| Dundonald | 2,855 | 1.8 km | 41.2 | 11% | 15% |
| Mayfair | 2,927 | 2.3 km | 38.2 | 11% | 18% |
| Caswell Hill | 2,573 | 2.3 km | 39.2 | 16% | 8.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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.
- Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Saskatchewan’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
Questions about Westview’s residents
What is the median income in Westview?
Half of Westview’s households had more than $90,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Westview?
2,670, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Westview alone.
What is the average age in Westview?
The median age is 38.7, younger than 72% of Canadian towns. 21% are under 15 and 17% 65 or older.
Is Westview bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 3.6% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 95% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.4% grew up with French.
How diverse is Westview?
Immigrants: 15% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 18%. Indigenous identity: 21%.
What religion are people in Westview?
38% said they have no religion and 52% that they are Christian; 10% named another faith.
Is Westview good for families?
21% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 54% of households and one-parent families 13%. Schools near Westview are on its Schools page.
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).