CarmanManitoba
It is a town of 3,547 residents in Manitoba. It is part of Division No. 3, a census division.
Is Carman a good place to live?
Prices are high against local incomes (C). Carman grades C+ overall, better than 39% of Canadian towns. The ranking puts it #96 of 181 in Manitoba. It lags on safety as well (C). Where it does best is walkability (A). The rest of its grades are middling: B for health, B for jobs & income and B− for hazard risk.
This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Carman grades
Each subject compares Carman with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Carman stand out
The 3 things Carman does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Carman.
The median home in Carman costs just 3.7 years of household income, against 4.7 in the typical Canadian town
Owners put the median home at $250,000, below Manitoba’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000) alike. Home ownership covers 77% of households.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Carman | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value, 2021 | $250,000 | $300,000 | $406,000 |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 16% | 15% | 18% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · The 2021 census asked owners what their home was worth; those values, and 2020 incomes, are what this compares.
Carman’s Violent Crime Severity Index is 113 (Manitoba’s towns: 198; Canadian towns: 86)
Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 28.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Violent incidents came to 13.8 per 1,000 residents a year, between Manitoba’s towns (18) and Canadian towns (12).
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Carman | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crime per 1,000 | 28.9 | 58.8 | 31.2 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 113 | 198 | 86 |
| Violent crime | 13.8 | 18 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Carman has a larger share of its working-age people in jobs than three in four Canadian towns
Driving is how 93% of commuters got to work at the census. Commutes averaged 22 min, below both Manitoba’s towns (24 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Carman | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 22 min | 24 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 93% | 87% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.
January in Carman bites harder than in 85% of Canadian towns
Rain and snow peak in June, at 89 mm. Frost comes on 182 days a year, between Manitoba’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159). Gardeners get 135 frost-free days, from 15 May to 28 September. December is the snowiest month, with 27 cm on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Carman | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| January night low | −18.5°C | −21.2°C | −13.5°C |
| Precipitation a year | 528 mm | 519 mm | 883 mm |
| Days with frost a year | 182 | 193 | 159 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Morden)
51% of adults around Carman rate their health very good or excellent
Smoking takes in 13% of adults, age-standardised, above Manitoba’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. Life expectancy in the region is 80.7 years (82.9 for women, 78.7 for men, 2022/2024). The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Carman is well placed: 1.1 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Carman | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smokers | 13% | 10% | 12% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 80.7 | 80.0 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Area behind the health survey and life expectancy figures: the Southern Health Region
What November brings in Carman: −8°C at night, 1°C by day
July brings the warmest days, 26°C; January the coldest nights, −19°C. December follows at −7°C by day and −15°C by night. November usually brings some 21 cm of snow. ECCC’s forecast for Carman is on the Weather page, hour by hour.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −8°C | −17°C | 55 mm |
| Spring | 9°C | −2°C | 126 mm |
| Summer | 25°C | 13°C | 227 mm |
| Autumn | 11°C | 1°C | 120 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Morden); the forecast is on the Weather page
Branden Leslie (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Carman in Ottawa as MP for Portage—Lisgar
7 of the 14 MPs from Manitoba belong to the Conservative Party of Canada.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Carman’s public library is Boyne Regional Library
It stands 0.5 km from the centre of Carman.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Protected land is absent from the 10 km around Carman
For a provincial park, Beaudry Provincial Park lies 52 km off. Within 100 km there is no national park.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Carman | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| Protected land within 10 km | 0% | 1.1% | 2.3% |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Fewer of Carman’s people belong to a visible minority than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 5.8%
8.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity, between Manitoba’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Immigrants make up 7.7% of residents, about level with Manitoba’s towns (7.7%) and above Canadian towns (6.4%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 52.3% of Carman
Census 2021 put women at 1,625 and men at 1,485; women are 50.9% of Canada.
| Carman | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 52% | 64% | 64% |
| 65+ | 31% | 17% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 21% | 16% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 46% | 52% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Manitoba and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Radon is Carman’s main hazard: 43% of tested homes in its area top Health Canada’s guideline
Seismic risk runs low: $0.005 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No one has filed a flood map for Carman on the national inventory. Carman doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Central health region.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Carman | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 43% | 12% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.005 | $0.006 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
In and around Carman, 3 schools: 1 elementary school and 2 schools for every grade
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carman ElementaryIn CarmanElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
| Carman CollegiateIn CarmanAll grades | All grades | – | English public |
| Schools within 3 km | Carman | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 2 | 6 | 3 |
Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · Why no schools grade in Manitoba? The province publishes no results school by school.
Everything we know about Carman
Famous people from Carman
8 notable people were born in Carman.
Photo credits
Jack Carson: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0 · Ed Belfour: Egon Eagle, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Roderick Duncan McKenzie: Auguste Léon, Public domain
About Carman
Town in Manitoba
Every figure TownRatings gives for Carman covers the municipality as Statistics Canada maps it, one census subdivision in Manitoba.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 3,547 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Manitoba
- Census division
- Division No. 3
- Census subdivision
- 4603074
Carman’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
Questions about Carman
How old are the people of Carman?
Its median age is 48.4, where Canadian towns sit at 45.2. Under-15s are 17% of residents; over-65s, 31%.
Who are the people of Carman?
6% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% for the median of Canadian towns; 9% have an Indigenous identity and 8% are immigrants.
Is Carman growing?
It went from 3,164 people in 2016 to 3,114 in 2021, down 1.6%, while the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 3,547.
What kind of homes are in Carman?
Mostly 66% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 2.2 people on average, and 36% have just one.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. 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).