Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainSwift Current No. 137 ranks below 92% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 6.6%
Here 14% of households rent their home, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 25%. One-person households are rarer here than in 87% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 2,089 residents; the 2021 Census found 735 households. Across Swift Current No. 137, 0.5% of residents belong to a visible minority.
Swift Current No. 137 changed by +3% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 55% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Saskatchewan’s towns the median is ±0%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 5%.
In Swift Current No. 137, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, against 18% in Swift Current No. 137. Here, 17% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 67% of Canadian towns: 2.6 people on average
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.
One-parent families: 4.8%, below 93% of Canadian towns.
Swift Current No. 137 ranks above 98% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 63%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 22% of adults, against a typical 27%. For comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 7.9% in Swift Current No. 137.
More households in single-detached houses than 75% of Canadian towns: 81%
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 25% date from 2001 or later, 22% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, households in single-detached houses come to 64%.
The middle household earns $98,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Swift Current No. 137 had $98,000 before tax, 14% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Saskatchewan’s towns has $86,500 before tax. The pandemic’s benefits: 18% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
1.8% of residents are immigrants
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 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The share of immigrants trails 94% of Canadian towns: 1.8%. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
A higher share of Indigenous residents than 73% of Canadian towns, at 5.5%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 35% of residents said they have no religion; in Swift Current No. 137, 30%. The wider picture: 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
89% have English as their mother tongue; 2.5% 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
0.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue; across Canada’s towns the figure is 1.5%. For Swift Current No. 137, the census puts bilingual residents at 2.5%.
17% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
6.1% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
71% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 71% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Around Swift Current No. 137, 2 of 3 towns have a higher median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. Swift Current No. 137 has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 9–101 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swift Current No. 137 | 2,089 | — | 43.2 | 17% | 1.8% |
| Swift Current | 18,154 | 8.6 km | 42 | 22% | 13% |
| Shaunavon | 1,939 | 75.0 km | 43.6 | 23% | 5.2% |
| Gravelbourg | 1,047 | 101.2 km | 47.2 | 28% | 12% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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 Swift Current No. 137’s residents
How diverse is Swift Current No. 137?
Immigrants: 1.8% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0.5%. Indigenous identity: 5.5%.
What religion are people in Swift Current No. 137?
30% said they have no religion and 70% that they are Christian; 0.5% named another faith.
Is Swift Current No. 137 good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 74% of households and one-parent families 4.8%. Schools near Swift Current No. 137 are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Swift Current No. 137?
Half of Swift Current No. 137’s households had more than $98,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Swift Current No. 137?
About 2,089, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,995 people in Swift Current No. 137, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Swift Current No. 137?
The median age is 43.2. 18% are under 15 and 17% 65 or older.
Is Swift Current No. 137 bilingual?
English and French: 2.5% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 97%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.5%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).