Photo: Words in the Wind · CC BY-SA 4.0In Bifrost-Riverton, 16% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 14% in Bifrost-Riverton and 11% across Canada’s towns. The town is home to some 3,518 people (July 2025 estimate), in 1,200 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households in single-detached houses at 89% in the town. With a median age of 38, Bifrost-Riverton is younger than 77% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Bifrost-Riverton
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
16% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 6.9% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
A town of families
23% of residents are under 15, more than in 93% of Canadian towns; 7.1% of households are one-parent families and households average 2.8 people. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A change of −2% since 2016 leaves Bifrost-Riverton behind 88% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 6%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Manitoba’s towns, +4%.
A larger share of children under 15 than 93% of Canadian towns: 23%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 60–64: 7.8% of residents. As a reference point, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Among Manitoba’s towns, Brockville has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 54%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Bifrost-Riverton, 38. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women.
Bifrost-Riverton households average 2.8 people, larger than in 82% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
With one-person households at 23%, Bifrost-Riverton is behind two thirds of Canadian towns on that count. One-parent families: 7.1% of the total.
Bifrost-Riverton: 55% of residents 15 and over are married, above 81% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
25% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married. Census figures put common-law partners at 8.2% in Bifrost-Riverton.
Renter households make up 17% in Bifrost-Riverton, less than in 70% 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
27% of homes were built before 1961 and 18% in 2001 or later. For renter households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 25%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Median household income here: $69,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Bifrost-Riverton had $69,000 before tax, 20% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Manitoba’s towns, the typical figure is $83,000. In 2020, 17% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
11% 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
Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Bifrost-Riverton has 11%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in the Americas (82%) and in Europe (16%).
63% said they are Christian and 35% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 1.8% here and 15% across Canada’s towns.
70% have English as their mother tongue; 1.4% also speak French
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
Here 0.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 1.5%. At home, 11% mostly speak another language; 1.8% speak neither English nor French. Lower than in 99% of Canadian towns: 1.4% of residents speak English and French.
8.7% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 98% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 31% (typical 9.5%). Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 57% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 57%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 7th youngest of 41 towns this size
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest is McMillan (33.5) and the oldest Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap (61.2). In age, Bifrost-Riverton keeps company with Thorncliff (36.4), Daly Grove (37.5), Guybourg (38.5) and Downtown East Village (38.7).
3 in 4 nearby towns have a higher median age than Bifrost-Riverton
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Distances here run 10–43 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Bifrost-Riverton.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
Questions about Bifrost-Riverton’s residents
Is Bifrost-Riverton bilingual?
English and French: 1.4% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 97%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.5%.
How diverse is Bifrost-Riverton?
Immigrants make up 11% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1.8% are members of a visible minority, and 16% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Bifrost-Riverton?
Christian: 63%. No religion: 35%. Another religion: 2.4%.
Is Bifrost-Riverton good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 23%. 64% of households are couple families and 7.1% one-parent families. Schools near Bifrost-Riverton are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bifrost-Riverton?
$69,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Bifrost-Riverton (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Bifrost-Riverton?
Statistics Canada estimates 3,518 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 3,320 in Bifrost-Riverton, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Bifrost-Riverton?
38 is the median age, younger than 77% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 23%. 65 and over: 18%.
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).