Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Below 99% of Canadian towns: 5.1% of households rent their home
A fifth of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%). The 2021 Census found 2,055 households in Brokenhead; by July 2025 the population was about 5,931. Here, 18% of households are one person living alone. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 93% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Brokenhead
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 16% of residents, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, and 2.8% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Brokenhead grew +6% from 2016 to 2021, faster than 60% 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 10% higher again.
Below 67% of Canadian towns: 16% of residents are 65 or over
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
No age band is larger than 60–64: 7.8% of residents. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. The median age in Brokenhead is 40, lower than in 63% of Canadian towns. The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 10% in Brokenhead and 11% across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Brokenhead, 40. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women.
Brokenhead households average 2.6 people, larger than in 67% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here 6.1% of households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%.
Common-law partners make up 14% in Brokenhead, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: just over a fifth of adults, against a typical 27%. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
More households in single-detached houses than 96% of Canadian towns: 95%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 33% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 21% built before 1961.
$93,000 a year: where the middle household sits
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Brokenhead’s median household took in $93,000 before tax, 8% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $83,000, the median across Manitoba’s towns. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 18% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
5.6% of residents are immigrants
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8%; Brokenhead has 0.9%. Most immigrants were born in Europe (75%) or in Asia (12%). Immigrants are rarer here than in 79% of Canadian towns.
16% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 94% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
46% of residents said they have no religion, against 35% across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 91%, and 6.7% speak French as well
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
On the census count, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
In Brokenhead, 11% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 93% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 12% here, 9.5% in the typical town. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
62% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 62%.
41 towns of 5,814 to 6,059 people: this is the 13th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 30.6 in Electoral Area B, Peace River to 62 in Nutana Urban Centre. In age, Brokenhead keeps company with Port Mann (39.6), Mayland Heights (39.8), Lowertown West (40.1) and Redcliff (40.4).
Every neighbour of Brokenhead has an older population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brokenhead | 5,931 | — | 40 | 16% | 5.6% |
| Beausejour | 3,565 | 10.4 km | 46.4 | 27% | 3.6% |
| St. Clements | 12,029 | 16.0 km | 48 | 20% | 8.7% |
| Selkirk | 11,570 | 17.6 km | 44 | 25% | 7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Manitoba’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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 Brokenhead’s residents
Is Brokenhead good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 20%. 68% of households are couple families and 6.1% one-parent families. Schools near Brokenhead are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Brokenhead?
$93,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Brokenhead (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Brokenhead?
Statistics Canada estimates 5,931 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 5,414 in Brokenhead, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Brokenhead?
40 is the median age, younger than 63% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 20%. 65 and over: 16%.
Is Brokenhead bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6.7% are. Another 0% speak only French and 93% only English, and French is the first language of 1.5%.
How diverse is Brokenhead?
Immigrants make up 5.6% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1.2% are members of a visible minority, and 16% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Brokenhead?
Christian: 52%. No religion: 46%. Another religion: 1.3%.
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).