ColdwellManitoba
1,368 people call this town in Manitoba home. Its census division is Division No. 18.
Is Coldwell a good place to live?
Homes are affordable (A−). Health is a weak point (D). Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for jobs & income, B− for walkability and B for hazard risk. It also trails on safety (D).
An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Coldwell has its subject grades alone.
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. Safety is the police detachment's figure, shared with the towns and countryside around it. 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 Coldwell grades
Each subject compares Coldwell with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Coldwell has its subject grades alone.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Coldwell stand out
The 3 things Coldwell does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Coldwell.
Coldwell’s grade for health: a D
Across the region, 50% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Manitoba (51%). The region has more smokers than Manitoba, 17% of adults to 12%. The average trip from home to a hospital is 23 km, above both Manitoba’s towns (3.1 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). People in the region live to 78.5 on average: 81.3 for women and 76.0 for men in 2022/2024.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Coldwell | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smokers | 17% | 10% | 12% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 78.5 | 80.0 | 81.5 |
| Very good or excellent health | 50% | 52% | 52% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Data for health survey and life expectancy covers the Interlake-Eastern Health Region
Violent crime weighs more where Coldwell is policed than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 235
Violence across its police area runs at 35.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 151 over 2023–25, higher than both Manitoba’s towns (129) and Canadian towns (67). Property crime in the area its police cover: 54.4 per 1,000 people a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Coldwell | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 35.9 | 18 | 12 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 235 | 198 | 86 |
| Crime Severity Index | 151 | 129 | 67 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 54.4 | 58.8 | 31.2 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 published for the Lundar detachment area, not by town
Rent takes less of local pay in Coldwell than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 15% of household income
Home ownership covers 83% of households. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 9% of households, below both Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Coldwell | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 9% | 15% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 15% | 20% | 20% |
| Households owning their home | 83% | 75% | 74% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Values come from owners at the 2021 census and incomes from 2020, so they predate the later rise in rates.
Coldwell has colder winters than Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −24.3°C
Frost usually lifts by 3 June and returns around 13 September: 101 days without it. There are 217 days of frost in a typical year, above both Manitoba’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159). December is the snowiest month, with 39 cm on average. A normal June brings 85 mm of precipitation, more than any other month.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Coldwell | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| January night low | −24.3°C | −21.2°C | −13.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 217 | 193 | 159 |
| Snowfall a year | 182 cm | 126 cm | 141 cm |
| Precipitation a year | 602 mm | 519 mm | 883 mm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Hodgson)
Around Coldwell, 25% of tested homes have radon above the guideline
Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.005 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Some 5.9% of the land within 25 km of Coldwell has burned since 1986; at 0.15% a year that is moderate, not high. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town. Coldwell doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Interlake health region.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Coldwell | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 25% | 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
A normal November in Coldwell runs from −10°C to −1°C
Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −9°C and lows near −20°C. About 32 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 37 mm. Across the year, normals run from −24°C nights in January to 25°C afternoons in July.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −10°C | −22°C | 96 mm |
| Spring | 8°C | −6°C | 135 mm |
| Summer | 24°C | 10°C | 230 mm |
| Autumn | 9°C | −3°C | 142 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Hodgson); the forecast is on the Weather page
A 18,704-vote win for James Bezan made Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman safer in 2021 than 88% of ridings
No provincial riding is named for Coldwell, since the terms of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba’s boundary file couldn’t be checked.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Coldwell’s public library is Pauline Johnson Library
The library is 1.3 km from the centre of Coldwell.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Protected land at Coldwell’s edge: Marshy Point Wildlife Management Area
A provincial park, Hecla/Grindstone Provincial Park, lies 65 km away. Parks and reserves take up 3.5% of the ground within 10 km, above both Manitoba’s towns (1.1%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). Narcisse Wildlife Management Area (8,016 ha) is the biggest, 3.2 km from town. Within 5 km lie 2 beaches, unnamed on the map.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Coldwell | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 2 | 12 | 4 |
| Protected land within 10 km | 3.5% | 1.1% | 2.3% |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
More of Coldwell’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 32%
Those 65 and older account for a quarter of residents. 3.1% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%). One measure of family life: 18% of residents are under 15.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
47.5% of Coldwell’s residents are women
Here the census found 690 men and 625 women; the figure for women across Canada is 50.9%.
| Coldwell | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 57% | 64% | 64% |
| 65+ | 25% | 17% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 29% | 16% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 33% | 52% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Manitoba and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Coldwell tops that of 83% of Canadian towns
Commutes averaged 25 min, about level with Manitoba’s towns (24 min) and below Canadian towns (26 min).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Coldwell | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car or van | 83% | 87% | 89% |
| Average trip | 25 min | 24 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Counted in May 2021, under pandemic rules: fewer commutes and more people between jobs than in a normal year.
Everything we know about Coldwell
About Coldwell
Town in Manitoba
TownRatings counts Coldwell as Statistics Canada does, as one municipality in Manitoba; the census, crime and housing figures all follow that boundary.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,368 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Manitoba
- Census division
- Division No. 18
- Census subdivision
- 4618044
Questions about Coldwell
Who are the people of Coldwell?
3% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% for the median of Canadian towns; 32% have an Indigenous identity and 4% are immigrants.
What kind of homes are in Coldwell?
Mostly 89% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 2.3 people on average, and 34% have just one.
Is Coldwell growing?
Yes: the census counted 1,254 in 2016 and 1,313 in 2021, a rise of 4.7%, against 4.1% for the median of Canadian towns. The 2025 estimate is 1,368.
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).