Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0In Cartier, 21% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
94% of households live in a single-detached house; across Canada’s towns the figure is 64%. For Cartier, the census puts one-person households at 20%. Few places have so few immigrants: 6.9% here, fewer than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 3,739 for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Cartier
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 21% of residents, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, and 2.3% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Line Cartier’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 35.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 24% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
−1% since 2016: slower than 83% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 12% higher again. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Manitoba’s towns, +4%.
Younger than 90% of Canadian towns: half of Cartier is under 35.2
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
By its share of children under 15 (24%), Cartier is above 96% of Canadian towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 12% locally.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Cartier, 35.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 76% of Canadian towns: 2.7 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Cartier, 6.2% of households are one-parent families, beside 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
More married residents 15 and over than 81% of Canadian towns: 56%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 29% of adults, against a typical 27%. Against that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Cartier, the census puts common-law partners at 8.3%.
8% of households rent their home, fewer than in 94% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 25% date from 2001 or later, 23% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Household income at the median: $100,000 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
At $100,000, the middle household in Cartier out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 16%. Within Manitoba’s towns, the household in the middle had $83,000. In 2020, 20% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 51% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Of the immigrants living here, 33% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Across Cartier, 3% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
Above 77% of Canadian towns: 44% of residents said they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Cartier, 5.3% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. Typically, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose mother tongue is French than 73% of Canadian towns: 6.1%
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 62%, French 1.9%. For comparison, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns. Higher than in two thirds of Canadian towns: 13% of residents speak English and French.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 53% of Canadian towns: 25%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 11%, beside a typical 9.5%. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 64%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
64% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
41 towns of 3,678 to 3,800 people: this is the 3rd youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages climb from 31.5 (West Kildonan Industrial) to 58.4 (Georgian Bay) across the group. Closest in median age to Cartier are West Kildonan Industrial (31.5), Clareview Town Centre (32.1), Pacific Heights (36.3) and Industrial Sector A and Keith (36.5).
Cartier is younger than every town around it
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Distances here run 17–28 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Cartier.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartier | 3,739 | — | 35.2 | 12% | 6.9% |
| St. François Xavier | 1,607 | 16.9 km | 40.4 | 14% | 5.4% |
| Rosser | 1,481 | 27.6 km | 42 | 18% | 8.4% |
| Portage la Prairie | 7,359 | 27.7 km | 38.8 | 16% | 4.9% |
| Headingley | 5,368 | 28.4 km | 40.4 | 15% | 6.8% |
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. 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. 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.
Questions about Cartier’s residents
What is the average age in Cartier?
A median age of 35.2, younger than 90% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 24%, and people 65 and over 12%.
Is Cartier bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 13% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 85% only English, and French is the first language of 6.1%.
How diverse is Cartier?
6.9% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 5.3% belong to a visible minority and 21% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Cartier?
55% are Christian and 44% have no religion; 0.9% follow another religion.
Is Cartier good for families?
Under 15: 24% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 69% of households. One-parent families: 6.2%. Schools near Cartier are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cartier?
The median household in Cartier took in $100,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Cartier?
Cartier had about 3,739 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 3,344, about the same as 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).