Editing Swift Current (section)

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations
|title       = Federal census<br />population history
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|footnote    = ''Source: [[Statistics Canada]]''<br /><ref name=1946census>{{cite book | title=Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1946 | volume=I: Population | year=1949 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada|Dominion Bureau of Statistics]] | location=Ottawa | pages=397–400 | chapter=Table 5: Population of urban centres, 1916-1946, with guide to locations}}</ref><ref name=1956census>{{cite book | title=Census of Canada, 1956 | volume=I: Population | year=1958 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada|Dominion Bureau of Statistics]] | location=Ottawa | chapter=Table 6: Population by sex, for census subdivisions, 1956 and 1951}}</ref><ref name=1966census>{{cite book | title=1966 Census of Canada | volume=Population: Divisions and Subdivisions | series=Western Provinces | year=1967 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada|Dominion Bureau of Statistics]] | location=Ottawa | chapter=Table 9: Population by census subdivisions, 1966 by sex, and 1961}}</ref><ref name=1976census>{{cite book | title=1976 Census of Canada | volume=Population: Geographic Distributions | series=Census Divisions and Subdivisions, Western Provinces and the Territories | year=1977 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | location=Ottawa | chapter=Table 3: Population for census divisions and subdivisions, 1971 and 1976}}</ref><ref name=1981census>{{cite book | title=1981 Census of Canada | volume=Census subdivisions in decreasing population order | year=1982 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | location=Ottawa | chapter=Table 2: Census Subdivisions in Alphabetical Order, Showing Population Rank, Canada, 1981 | isbn=0-660-51563-6}}</ref><ref name=1991census>{{cite book | title=91 Census | volume=Population and Dwelling Counts – Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions | year=1992 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | location=Ottawa | pages=100–108 | chapter=Table 2: Population and Dwelling Counts, for Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 1986 and 1991 – 100% Data | isbn=0-660-57115-3}}</ref><ref name=2001census>{{cite web | title=Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses – 100% Data (Saskatchewan) | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-D.cfm?PR=47 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | access-date=2019-05-25}}</ref><ref name=2006census>{{cite web | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan) | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=47&CMA=0 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=January 6, 2010 | access-date=2019-05-25}}</ref><ref name="2016 Census Profile"/>
|1901|121
|1906|554
|1911|1,852
|1916|3,181
|1921|3,518
|1926|4,175
|1931|5,296
|1936|5,074
|[[Canada 1941 Census|1941]]|5,594
|[[Canada 1946 Census|1946]]|6,379
|[[Canada 1951 Census|1951]]|7,458
|1956|10,612
|1961|12,186
|1966|14,485
|1971|15,415
|1976|14,264
|1981|14,747
|1986|15,666
|1991|14,815
|[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]|14,890
|[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|14,821
|[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|14,946
|[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]|15,503
|[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]|16,264
|[[Canada 2021 Census|2021]]|16,304
}}
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Swift Current had a population of {{val|16750|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|7214|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|7891|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:16750-16604}}|16604|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|16604|fmt=commas}}. The city's official webpage lists the population as "approximately 18,500 people".<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us {{!}} Swift Current |url=http://www.swiftcurrent.ca/about-us#:~:text=Swift%20Current%20is%20a%20dynamic%20city%20of%20approximately%2018,500%20people. |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=www.swiftcurrent.ca |language=en}}</ref> With a land area of {{convert|29.3|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|16750|29.3|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000247 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 27, 2022}}</ref>
{{Canada_census
|2001_population=14,821	
|2001_pop_delta=- 0.5
|2001_land_area=24.03	
|2001_pop_density=616.8
|2001_median_age=40.4
|2001_median_age_m=38.7
|2001_median_age_f=42.0
|2001_total_pvt_dwell=6,891	
|2001_mean_hh_income=53,842
|2001_access_date=2011-05-10
|2006_population=14,946
|2006_pop_delta=0.8	
|2006_land_area=24.04	
|2006_pop_density=621.8	
|2006_median_age=42.4
|2006_median_age_m=40.1
|2006_median_age_f=44.3
|2006_total_pvt_dwell=6,957
|2006_total_pvt_dwell_usual=6,649
|2006_mean_hh_income=61,766
|2006_access_date=2011-05-10
|2011_population= 15,503
|2011_pop_delta=3.7
|2011_land_area=24.04	
|2011_pop_density=644.9
|2011_median_age=41.9
|2011_median_age_m=39.8
|2011_median_age_f=44.1
|2011_total_pvt_dwell=7,266
|2011_total_pvt_dwell_usual=6,786
|2011_mean_hh_income= 
|2011_access_date=May 20, 2012}}

=== Ethnicity ===
{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ [[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in the City of Swift Current (2001−2021)
! rowspan="2" |[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] group
! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="2021censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Swift%20Current&DGUIDlist=2021A00054708004&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2016<ref name="2016censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2021-10-27 |title= Census Profile, 2016 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4708004&Geo2=CD&Code2=4708&SearchText=Swift%20Current&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="2011censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2015-11-27 |title= NHS Profile |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4708004&Data=Count&SearchText=Swift%20Current&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2006<ref name="2006censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-08-20 |title= 2006 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4708004&Geo2=PR&Code2=47&Data=Count&SearchText=Swift%20Current&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001<ref name="2001censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-07-02 |title= 2001 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4708004&Geo2=PR&Code2=47&Data=Count&SearchText=Swift%20Current&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
|-
![[Population|{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}]]
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!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
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| [[European Canadians|European]]{{efn|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name=euro}}
| 13,025
| {{Percentage | 13025 | 16140 | 2 }}
| 13,855
| {{Percentage | 13855 | 16025 | 2 }}
| 13,675
| {{Percentage | 13675 | 15155 | 2 }}
| 14,070
| {{Percentage | 14070 | 14720 | 2 }}
| 13,900
| {{Percentage | 13900 | 14625 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Southeast Asia|Southeast Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.|name=SoutheastAsian}}
| 1,370
| {{Percentage | 1370 | 16140 | 2 }}
| 730
| {{Percentage | 730 | 16025 | 2 }}
| 440
| {{Percentage | 440 | 15155 | 2 }}
| 20
| {{Percentage | 20 | 14720 | 2 }}
| 15
| {{Percentage | 15 | 14625 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]]
| 800
| {{Percentage | 800 | 16140 | 2 }}
| 655
| {{Percentage | 655 | 16025 | 2 }}
| 450
| {{Percentage | 450 | 15155 | 2 }}
| 280
| {{Percentage | 280 | 14720 | 2 }}
| 280
| {{Percentage | 280 | 14625 | 2 }}
|-
| [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]]
| 395
| {{Percentage | 395 | 16140 | 2 }}
| 210
| {{Percentage | 210 | 16025 | 2 }}
| 70
| {{Percentage | 70 | 15155 | 2 }}
| 120
| {{Percentage | 120 | 14720 | 2 }}
| 160
| {{Percentage | 160 | 14625 | 2 }}
|-
| [[East Asian Canadians|East Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.|name=EastAsian}}
| 205
| {{Percentage | 205 | 16140 | 2 }}
| 295
| {{Percentage | 295 | 16025 | 2 }}
| 355
| {{Percentage | 355 | 15155 | 2 }}
| 165
| {{Percentage | 165 | 14720 | 2 }}
| 205
| {{Percentage | 205 | 14625 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]]
| 120
| {{Percentage | 120 | 16140 | 2 }}
| 125
| {{Percentage | 125 | 16025 | 2 }}
| 55
| {{Percentage | 55 | 15155 | 2 }}
| 30
| {{Percentage | 30 | 14720 | 2 }}
| 60
| {{Percentage | 60 | 14625 | 2 }}
|-
| [[African-Canadian|African]]
| 120
| {{Percentage | 120 | 16140 | 2 }}
| 55
| {{Percentage | 55 | 16025 | 2 }}
| 100
| {{Percentage | 100 | 15155 | 2 }}
| 10
| {{Percentage | 10 | 14720 | 2 }}
| 10
| {{Percentage | 10 | 14625 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Middle Eastern Canadians|Middle Eastern]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.|name=MiddleEastern}}
| 30
| {{Percentage | 30 | 16140 | 2 }}
| 45
| {{Percentage | 45 | 16025 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 15155 | 2 }}
| 30
| {{Percentage | 30 | 14720 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 14625 | 2 }}
|-
| Other/[[Multiracial people|multiracial]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, {{abbr|n.i.e.|not included elsewhere}}" and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.|name=Other}}
| 50
| {{Percentage | 50 | 16140 | 2 }}
| 55
| {{Percentage | 55 | 16025 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 15155 | 2 }}
| 10
| {{Percentage | 10 | 14720 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 14625 | 2 }}
|-
! Total responses
! 16,140
! {{Percentage | 16140 | 16750 | 2 }}
! 16,025
! {{Percentage | 16025 | 16604 | 2 }}
! 15,155
! {{Percentage | 15155 | 15554 | 2 }}
! 14,720
! {{Percentage | 14720 | 14946 | 2 }}
! 14,625
! {{Percentage | 14625 | 14821 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
! Total population
! 16,750
! {{Percentage | 16750 | 16750 | 2 }}
! 16,604
! {{Percentage | 16604 | 16604 | 2 }}
! 15,554
! {{Percentage | 15554 | 15554 | 2 }}
! 14,946
! {{Percentage | 14946 | 14946 | 2 }}
! 14,821
! {{Percentage | 14821 | 14821 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="11" | {{small|Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses}}
|}