Photo: Daver112 · CC BY 3.0A larger share of children under 15 than 97% of Canadian towns: 25%
With a median age of 36.8, Cartwright-Roblin is younger than 83% of Canadian towns. Its population is up 2% on 2016. This Manitoba town is home to some 1,395 people (July 2025 estimate), in 395 households at the 2021 Census. The share of renter households trails 85% of Canadian towns: 11%.
What stands out about the people of Cartwright-Roblin
A town of families
25% of residents are under 15, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 3.8% of households are one-parent families and households average 2.6 people. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Cartwright-Roblin changed by +2% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 63% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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 4%.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a share 63% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 10–14: 8.6% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. Among Manitoba’s towns, Brockville has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 54%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Cartwright-Roblin 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.
Nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, against 3.8% in Cartwright-Roblin. Census figures put one-person households at 27% here.
A smaller share of common-law partners than 97% of Canadian towns: 3%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
63% of residents 15 and over are married; across Canada’s towns the figure is 46%. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 89% of Canadian towns: 90%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
A third of homes were built before 1961 and 19% in 2001 or later. Measured more widely, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
The midpoint household income is $61,600 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Cartwright-Roblin had $61,600 before tax, 28% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $83,000 is the median household income across Manitoba’s towns. The pandemic’s benefits: 9.7% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
20% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are 47% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants: 25% of the total. Typically, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 22% in Cartwright-Roblin, less than in 82% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, Cartwright-Roblin has 5.5%. Set beside that, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. 3.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
65% have English as their mother tongue; 0.8% also speak French
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Cartwright-Roblin, 0.8%. At home, 26% mostly speak another language; 1.9% speak neither English nor French. Lower than in two thirds of Canadian towns: 1.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Cartwright-Roblin sits below 89% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (13%)
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 22% (typical 9.5%). Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
65% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 65%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
No nearby town is as young as Cartwright-Roblin
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Cartwright-Roblin has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 26–39 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartwright-Roblin | 1,395 | — | 36.8 | 20% | 25% |
| Argyle | 1,035 | 25.5 km | 50 | 26% | 6.9% |
| Killarney | 3,708 | 25.9 km | 47.2 | 27% | 7.8% |
| Louise | 2,086 | 34.2 km | 43.2 | 26% | 5.7% |
| Prairie Lakes | 1,679 | 39.1 km | 51.6 | 24% | 4.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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.
Questions about Cartwright-Roblin’s residents
Is Cartwright-Roblin good for families?
Children under 15 are 25% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 67% of households and one-parent families 3.8%. Schools near Cartwright-Roblin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cartwright-Roblin?
Median total household income in Cartwright-Roblin was $61,600 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Cartwright-Roblin?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,395 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Cartwright-Roblin counted 1,336, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Cartwright-Roblin?
Half the residents are older than 36.8 and half younger; 25% are children under 15 and 20% are 65 or over.
Is Cartwright-Roblin bilingual?
English and French: 0.8% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 97%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.1%.
How diverse is Cartwright-Roblin?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 25%. A visible minority makes up 5.5% and Indigenous residents 3.5%.
What religion are people in Cartwright-Roblin?
Most often Christian (77%) or no religion (22%); other religions make up 0.5%.
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).