Photo: SriMesh · CC BY-SA 3.0Yorkton: 13% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 91% of Canadian towns
Just over a third of households are one person living alone; across Canada’s towns the figure is 27%. On children under 15, Yorkton sits higher than 71% of Canadian towns: 18%. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 17,543 for July 2025. Renter households: 30% of the total.
What stands out about the people of Yorkton
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
13% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 7.8% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Yorkton changed by ±0% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 80% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 8%. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and ±0% across Saskatchewan’s towns.
Yorkton ranks above 64% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 21%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Yorkton comes in at 12%. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. 10–14 is the most common age band: 6.5% of residents. The median age in the town is 41.2, lower than in 55% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Yorkton, 41.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 64% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
There is little gap on one-parent families: 9%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Only 9.2% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Yorkton
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 27% of adults (typical: 27%). The usual figure: 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
71% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 60% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
Just over a quarter of homes were built before 1961 and 16% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
The midpoint household income is $76,000 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
At $76,000, the middle household in Yorkton earned 12% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Saskatchewan’s towns, the typical figure is $86,500. Pandemic benefits reached 22% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Yorkton ranks above 66% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 13%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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 recent wave: 69% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Here, 7.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Yorkton has fewer immigrants than three fifths of Canadian towns, at 12%.
Residents with no religion make up 32% in Yorkton, less than in 59% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Hindu (2.1%). The usual figure: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. On visible minority residents, 15% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
84% have English as their mother tongue; 2.9% also speak French
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Against a figure of 1.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French in Yorkton comes in at 0.4%. At home, 6% mostly speak another language; 0.3% speak neither English nor French. The town has fewer bilingual residents than 95% of Canadian towns, at 2.9%.
Below 61% of Canadian towns: 22% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 11% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
In work on census day: 59% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 59% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (17,043 to 18,055 people), the 19th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The span goes from 29.6 (Bay-Cloverhill) up to 50.4 (Greater Napanee). Closest in median age to Yorkton are Yorkdale-Glen Park (40.4), Willowdale West (40.5), Iberville (41.4) and Saint-Basile-le-Grand (41.6).
Every neighbour of Yorkton has an older population
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. No closer places have figures: these lie 13–47 km from Yorkton.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkton | 17,543 | — | 41.2 | 21% | 12% |
| Orkney No. 244 | 1,957 | 12.8 km | 46.8 | 20% | 7% |
| Melville | 4,547 | 38.7 km | 45.2 | 26% | 6.3% |
| Canora | 2,179 | 47.1 km | 48.8 | 29% | 5.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Saskatchewan’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
Questions about Yorkton’s residents
What religion are people in Yorkton?
63% are Christian and 32% have no religion; 5.4% follow another religion.
Is Yorkton good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 48% of households. One-parent families: 9%. Schools near Yorkton are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Yorkton?
The median household in Yorkton took in $76,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Yorkton?
Yorkton had about 17,543 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 16,280, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Yorkton?
A median age of 41.2, younger than 55% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 21%.
Is Yorkton bilingual?
2.9% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 97% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.4%.
How diverse is Yorkton?
12% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 15% belong to a visible minority and 13% have an Indigenous identity.
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).