Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.019% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 96% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Beausejour has 3.6%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 3,565 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,485 households. Just over three quarters of households live in a single-detached house. With a median age of 46.4, Beausejour is older than nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Beausejour
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 19% of residents, more than in 96% of Canadian towns, and 4.7% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Many older residents
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 86% of Canadian towns; 8.5% are 80 or over, and 35% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Beausejour changed by +3% from 2016 to 2021, behind 59% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Manitoba’s towns. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 8% higher again.
More residents aged 65 and over than 86% of Canadian towns: 27%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
10% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (Canada’s towns: 11%). Measured more widely, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Beausejour, 46.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of one-person households than 78% of Canadian towns, at 35%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Beausejour sits close to the norm on one-parent families: 9.1%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. One-person households make up 27% across Canada’s towns. Households average 2.2 people.
Fewer married residents 15 and over than 54% of Canadian towns: 45%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
24% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. The wider picture: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 11% in Beausejour.
24% of households rent their home, fewer than in 52% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. As a reference point, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
$71,000 a year: where the middle household sits
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 $71,000, the middle household in Beausejour earned 17% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Manitoba’s towns, the typical figure is $83,000. Pandemic benefits reached 17% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 61% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Against a figure of 5.8% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship in Beausejour comes in at 0.9%. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 80% of Canadian towns, at 46%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents trails 88% of Canadian towns: 1.7%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 35%.
English is the mother tongue of 89%, and 7.1% speak French as well
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 2%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 94% of Canadian towns: 11%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 16%, against 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 55% of adults
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 55%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 27% of residents are 65 or over.
Among 41 towns of 3,509 to 3,622 people, the 15th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is Opportunity No. 17 (31.2) and the oldest Electoral Area D (Rural Grand Forks), Kootenay Boundary (57.6). The closest ages to Beausejour’s belong to Victoria Park (43.5), Buckland No. 491 (46), Lawrencetown (46.5) and Fessenden (46.7).
A younger town than 1 of the 4 around it: Beausejour
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Beausejour has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 10–28 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beausejour | 3,565 | — | 46.4 | 27% | 3.6% |
| Brokenhead | 5,931 | 10.4 km | 40 | 16% | 5.6% |
| St. Clements | 12,029 | 26.2 km | 48 | 20% | 8.7% |
| Oakbank | 17,494 | 26.4 km | 42.4 | 17% | 5.9% |
| Selkirk | 11,570 | 28.0 km | 44 | 25% | 7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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 Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Manitoba’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about Beausejour’s residents
How diverse is Beausejour?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 3.6%. A visible minority makes up 1.7% and Indigenous residents 19%.
What religion are people in Beausejour?
Most often Christian (53%) or no religion (46%); other religions make up 0.8%.
Is Beausejour good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 49% of households and one-parent families 9.1%. Schools near Beausejour are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Beausejour?
Median total household income in Beausejour was $71,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Beausejour?
The latest figure is an estimate: 3,565 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Beausejour counted 3,307, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Beausejour?
Half the residents are older than 46.4 and half younger, older than 74% of Canadian towns; 15% are children under 15 and 27% are 65 or over.
Is Beausejour bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 7.1% are. Another 0% speak only French and 93% only English, and French is the first language of 2%.
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).