Situated along Highway 55 in northeastern Saskatchewan, White Fox lies within the Rural Municipality of Torch River No. 488 and Census Division No. 14, roughly 14 kilometres northwest of the town of Nipawin. The village sits near the White Fox River, which lends the community its name. Despite its modest size, White Fox offers residents a reasonable range of local amenities, including a community hall, a public library, a post office, a skating and curling facility, and a campground and RV park.
White Fox officially incorporated as a village on July 21, 1941. According to the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the village was home to 343 residents living in 154 of its 175 total private dwellings. That figure represents a modest decline of 3.4% from the 2016 population of 355, which itself was down 2.5% from 364 residents recorded in the 2011 census. The village covers a land area of 0.99 square kilometres, giving it a population density of approximately 346.5 people per square kilometre as of 2021.