ShaunavonSaskatchewan

Commuters in Shaunavon have a short way to work, 16 min on average, less than in Saskatchewan’s towns and across Canadian towns

90% of commuters drove to work at the census.

5 schools serve Shaunavon, 3 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 school for every grade

From the town centre, high school starts 67 km away, above Saskatchewan’s towns (1.1 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike. Boards running schools in the area: 2, near Saskatchewan’s towns (2) and lower than Canadian towns (3).

Renting in Shaunavon costs 16% of household income, less than in Saskatchewan’s towns and across Canadian towns

14% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than both Saskatchewan’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (18%). Households that own their home make up 71%.

For the force that serves Shaunavon, the Crime Severity Index is 49, below Saskatchewan’s towns and Canadian towns

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 58, below Saskatchewan’s towns (154) and Canadian towns (86) alike. Property crime in the area its police cover: 22.3 per 1,000 people a year. Where it is policed, 12.8 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year.

Lives run shorter around Shaunavon: 79.9 years, 1.6 below the typical Canadian town’s region

13% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, above Saskatchewan’s towns (8.6%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. Across the region, 54% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Saskatchewan as a whole manages 49%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 0.5 km from the average resident of Shaunavon, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the South West health region, Shaunavon included.

Shaunavon has warmer summers than Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 27.1°C

A normal year brings 394 mm of precipitation, close to Saskatchewan’s towns (383 mm) and below Canadian towns (883 mm). Shaunavon sees January nights of −14.8°C on average. Most of the snow comes in December, about 17 cm. For the wettest month, look to June: 92 mm on average.

Radon is Shaunavon’s main hazard: 26% of tested homes in its area top Health Canada’s guideline

Shared with the rest of the Cypress RHA: radon tests

Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.005 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No one has filed a flood map for Shaunavon on the national inventory.

Expect November days around 5°C in Shaunavon, nights around −8°C

A typical November adds 13 cm of snow. November normally sees 18 mm of precipitation. Then December: −1°C by day, −14°C at night. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Shaunavon forecast.

Shaunavon’s MP is Jeremy Patzer (Conservative Party of Canada), for Swift Current—Grasslands—Kindersley

No provincial riding is named for Shaunavon, because the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan’s boundary file gives no terms of reuse.

Shaunavon has no public library of its own; the nearest is Eastend Branch Library, 33 km away

Without open library statistics in Saskatchewan, the page names Shaunavon’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.

Older residents shape Shaunavon: 23% are 65 or over, above Saskatchewan’s towns and Canadian towns

4.1% of residents belong to a visible minority, below both Saskatchewan’s towns (16%) and Canadian towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 5.8% of residents, below Saskatchewan’s towns (11%) but above Canadian towns (2.8%).

Cypress Hills Provincial Park, 72 km away, is the closest provincial park to Shaunavon

1% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). The nearest national park is Grasslands National Park, 70 km away.

Before 1961: 41% of the homes in Shaunavon