Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA larger share of Indigenous residents than 99% of Canadian towns: 58%
21% of residents are under 15, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 8.1%. The median age in Alonsa is 47.2, higher than in 77% of Canadian towns. This Manitoba town had about 1,216 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 490 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Alonsa
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 58% of residents, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and 37% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Fewer people than before
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Alonsa went from 1,247 to 1,210 residents (−3%), slower growth than in 92% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Alonsa changed by −3% from 2016 to 2021, behind 92% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate is close to the census count. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Manitoba’s towns, +4%.
23% of residents are 65 or over, a share 71% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Little separates the share of residents aged 15 to 24 here, 11%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Alonsa: 32% of households are one person living alone, above 68% of Canadian towns
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
A household here has 2.4 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. Set beside that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 9.2% of households are one-parent families.
Fewer common-law partners than 57% of Canadian towns: 9.9%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 29% of adults, against a typical 27%. Here, 47% of residents 15 and over are married. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Households in single-detached houses make up 84% in Alonsa, more than in 79% 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
Older homes outnumber new: 18% predate 1961, 11% date from 2001 or later. On renter households, Alonsa sits lower than 69% of Canadian towns: 17%. The share of households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns is 64%.
The middle household earns $56,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Alonsa: half had less than $56,000, 35% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Manitoba’s towns, the household in the middle had $83,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 22% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
2.1% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Across Canada’s towns, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens; in Alonsa, 1.3%. Immigrants are rarer here than in 93% of Canadian towns.
44% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 15% across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents in Alonsa comes in at 1.7%. Elsewhere, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 91%, and 2.5% speak French as well
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
An Indigenous language is the mother tongue of 3.8%. Lower than in 96% of Canadian towns: 2.5% of residents speak English and French. There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.7%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Alonsa ranks below 97% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 9%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 28%, beside a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
43% of residents 15 and over were in work
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 43%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Nearby, 1 of 4 towns have older populations than Alonsa
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. No closer places have figures: these lie 18–48 km from Alonsa.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alonsa | 1,216 | — | 47.2 | 23% | 2.1% |
| Ebb and Flow 52 | 1,751 | 17.9 km | 20.8 | 3.7% | 0% |
| Ste. Rose | 1,651 | 36.2 km | 52 | 33% | 3% |
| West Interlake | 2,349 | 44.0 km | 47.2 | 27% | 7.6% |
| Sandy Bay 5 | 2,906 | 48.3 km | 21.8 | 4.4% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Manitoba’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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.
Questions about Alonsa’s residents
What religion are people in Alonsa?
Most often Christian (56%) or no religion (44%); other religions make up 0%.
Is Alonsa good for families?
Children under 15 are 21% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 48% of households and one-parent families 9.2%. Schools near Alonsa are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Alonsa?
Median total household income in Alonsa was $56,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Alonsa?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,216 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Alonsa counted 1,210, 3% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Alonsa?
Half the residents are older than 47.2 and half younger; 21% are children under 15 and 23% are 65 or over.
Is Alonsa bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 2.5% are. Another 0% speak only French and 98% only English, and French is the first language of 1.7%.
How diverse is Alonsa?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 2.1%. A visible minority makes up 1.7% and Indigenous residents 58%.
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).