Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0A larger share of children under 15 than 99% of Canadian towns: 27%
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Waldheim, 2.8. The 2021 Census found 430 households here; by July 2025 the population was about 1,447. For Waldheim, the census puts households in single-detached houses at 80%. On residents with no religion, Waldheim sits lower than just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 23%.
What stands out about the people of Waldheim
Younger than most towns
Waldheim’s median age is 36.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 27% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Waldheim changed by +2% from 2016 to 2021, behind 64% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Saskatchewan’s towns, by more than ±0%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 17%.
Half of Waldheim is under 36.4, younger than 85% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Residents aged 65 and over make up 14%, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 63% of Canadian towns: 10%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
A smaller share of one-person households than 69% of Canadian towns: 22%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
7% of households are one-parent families (Canada’s towns: 8.2%). Across Canada’s towns, 27% of households are one person living alone.
Above 90% of Canadian towns: 58% of residents 15 and over are married
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, 6.6% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Waldheim. 25% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%.
A lower share of renter households than 65% of Canadian towns, at 19%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
29% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 24% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
The median household brings in $84,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes sit at the middle in Waldheim: half had more than $84,000, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Saskatchewan’s towns, the typical figure is $86,500. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 16% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Residents who moved in within the year: 14%, a higher share than 71% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Most immigrants were born in Asia (40%) or in Europe (27%). Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Typically, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Immigrants make up 6.3%, against 17% across Canada’s towns.
Waldheim: 5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 70% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents make up 8.4%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents make up 2.8% across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 87%, and 1.7% speak French as well
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is French are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Waldheim comes in at 1.7%.
In Waldheim, 19% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 70% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 9.1%, against 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
62% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
62% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
1 in 2 nearby towns have a higher median age than Waldheim
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waldheim | 1,447 | — | 36.4 | 14% | 6.3% |
| Laird No. 404 | 1,488 | 14.0 km | 38 | 12% | 6.3% |
| Rosthern No. 403 | 2,791 | 17.4 km | 33.6 | 12% | 5.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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. For each measure we take the median of Saskatchewan’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about Waldheim’s residents
How diverse is Waldheim?
6.3% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 8.4% belong to a visible minority and 5% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Waldheim?
77% are Christian and 23% have no religion; 0.4% follow another religion.
Is Waldheim good for families?
Under 15: 27% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 64% of households. One-parent families: 7%. Schools near Waldheim are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Waldheim?
The median household in Waldheim took in $84,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Waldheim?
Waldheim had about 1,447 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,237, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Waldheim?
A median age of 36.4. Children under 15 make up 27%, and people 65 and over 14%.
Is Waldheim bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 1.7% are. Another 0% speak only French and 98% only English, and French is the first language of 0%.
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).