Regina and Saskatoon are seeing some of the biggest growth in the province when it comes to population and while smaller regions are losing residents to the big cities, Moose Jaw appears to be holding steady.

Statistic Canada released a report last week, stating that many areas of Saskatchewan saw their numbers slide from July 2016 through June 2017. However, the Moose Jaw region grew by 0.3% or by about 186 people in that same time frame.

Due to the friendly city being a bit small, we're clumped into a region that includes Swift Current. The monitored area spans from just east of Swift Current, up to Lake Diefenbaker and south to Old Wives Lake, with 75% of the population being inside Moose Jaw.

"Regions within Saskatchewan, lots of them were negatives, so this is a good story for Moose Jaw," said Claudine Provencher, an analyst with the demography division of Statistics Canada. "The population grew and it's mainly because of international migration."

Our population number fell in the last year due to people moving to another province, but Provencher says bringing in new comers filled that gap. 

"There were people leaving the area, leaving the Moose Jaw area, to live in another province and of them left for British Columbia. But because you attract immagrants and people from elsewhere in the province, it counter balanced."

Not only did we see a healthy bump in the amount of people who call our community home, we also saw the average age drop as well. 

According to the figures Moose Jaw is getting younger, as just 19% of the population is said to be over the age of 65 and the median age continues to slide down to 41.3 years old.

The median age of the province is 37 years old.