Photo: Krazytea · CC BY-SA 4.0Boissevain: 9.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 86% of Canadian towns
64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns, against 84% in Boissevain. This Manitoba town has more residents aged 65 and over than 83% of Canadian towns, at 26%. With about 2,369 residents in July 2025, Boissevain counted 980 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 19% of residents are under 15. Statistics Canada counts Boissevain as part of Boissevain-Morton: the figures on this page are the municipality’s.
What stands out about the people of Boissevain
Fewer people than before
Boissevain went from 2,353 people in 2016 to 2,309 in 2021, −2%: slower growth than in 88% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Slower growth than 88% of Canadian towns: Boissevain changed by −2% since 2016
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Manitoba’s towns, +4%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 3%.
Boissevain is older than 69% of Canadian towns: a median age of 45.2
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
60–64 is the most common age band: 7.6% of residents. There is little gap on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
In Boissevain, 32% of households are one person living alone, more than in 69% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Boissevain the average household is 2.3 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Lower than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 6.1% of households are one-parent families. Against that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 81% of Canadian towns: 56%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 46% of adults are married and 11% live common-law; here, 56% and 7.8%. A fifth of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%).
Renter households: 21%, a lower share than 59% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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: 28% predate 1961, 16% date from 2001 or later. Renter households make up 25% across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Half above, half below $69,000 a year in household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Boissevain’s, at $69,000, is 20% lower. The median across Manitoba’s towns is $83,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 14% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
In Boissevain, 9.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 65% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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 Boissevain comes in at 1.8%. Immigrants are rarer here than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (39%) or in Europe (35%).
Residents with no religion make up 36% in Boissevain, more than in 53% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 4% in Boissevain and 15% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
94% have English as their mother tongue; 1.8% also speak French
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.7%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns. Fewer bilingual residents than in 98% of Canadian towns: 1.8%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 23%, a lower share than 59% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 10% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 59% of residents aged 15 and over
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment here, 59%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
A younger town than 3 of the 5 around it: Boissevain
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. No closer places have figures: these lie 29–46 km from Boissevain.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boissevain | 2,369 | — | 45.2 | 26% | 5.8% |
| Killarney | 3,708 | 29.1 km | 47.2 | 27% | 7.8% |
| Deloraine-Winchester | 1,553 | 31.8 km | 51.2 | 29% | 3.1% |
| Prairie Lakes | 1,679 | 32.0 km | 51.6 | 24% | 4.9% |
| Grassland | 1,635 | 43.4 km | 38.4 | 20% | 7.6% |
| Souris | 2,737 | 45.9 km | 43.6 | 24% | 9.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- 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 Boissevain’s residents
What is the average age in Boissevain?
Half the residents are older than 45.2 and half younger; 19% are children under 15 and 26% are 65 or over.
Is Boissevain bilingual?
1.8% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 98% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.7%.
How diverse is Boissevain?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 5.8%. A visible minority makes up 4% and Indigenous residents 9.6%.
What religion are people in Boissevain?
Most often Christian (64%) or no religion (36%); other religions make up 0.4%.
Is Boissevain good for families?
Children under 15 are 19% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 58% of households and one-parent families 6.1%. Schools near Boissevain are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Boissevain?
Median total household income in Boissevain was $69,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Boissevain?
The latest figure is an estimate: 2,369 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Boissevain counted 2,309, 2% fewer than 2016.
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).