UnitySaskatchewan

Working-age people in Unity are more likely to have a job than in 79% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 19 min, close to Saskatchewan’s towns (18 min) and below Canadian towns (26 min). 89% of commuters drove to work at the census.

Rent takes less of local pay in Unity than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: 14% of household income

79% of households own their home, above both Saskatchewan’s towns (71%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 15% of households, below Saskatchewan’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Unity and its edges hold 5 schools: 4 elementary schools and 1 secondary school

Secondary school means a trip of 43 km at the nearest, above both Saskatchewan’s towns (1.1 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km). The schools around it answer to 2 boards, about level with Saskatchewan’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3).

The violent severity index where Unity is policed is 92 (Saskatchewan’s towns: 154; Canadian towns: 86)

The index for the force that serves it came to 99, below Saskatchewan’s towns (119) but above Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 16.4 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Its police area records 40 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Unity detachment area, Unity included.

Expect 76.6 years of life in the region around Unity, 4.9 under the typical Canadian town

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the North Central West health region

Adults who call their own health very good or excellent: 46%, below Saskatchewan’s towns (49%) and Canadian towns (52%) alike. The region has more smokers than Saskatchewan, 17% of adults to 13%. For Unity itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.2 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Summers stay cool in Unity: July afternoons reach 24.3°C, below Saskatchewan’s towns and Canadian towns

Frost usually lifts by 26 May and returns around 13 September: 109 days without it. The thermometer drops below freezing on 208 days a year, near Saskatchewan’s towns (203) and higher than Canadian towns (159). Winter lows in Unity average −20.6°C in January.

Radon is Unity’s main hazard: 20% of tested homes in its area top Health Canada’s guideline

Seismic risk runs low: $0.005 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. The national flood inventory has no study for Unity.

A normal November in Unity runs from −11°C to −1°C

Normal highs peak at 24°C in July; nights bottom out at −21°C in January. Into December, the normals move to −8°C and −18°C. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Scott forecast, on the Weather page.

Rosemarie Falk (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Unity in Ottawa as MP for Battlefords—Lloydminster—Meadow Lake

Across Saskatchewan, 13 of the 14 MPs sit with the Conservative Party of Canada.

No public library stands in Unity: the closest, Macklin Branch Library, is 54 km away

Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in Saskatchewan, so this page has none for Unity.

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

4.7% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, lower than both Saskatchewan’s towns (7.4%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). Children under 15 count for nearly a fifth of the people here.

From Unity, Dillberry Lake Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (56 km)

3 protected areas lie within 10 km. No national park lies within 100 km. The protected share within 10 km is 3.4%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.