A median age of 21: Cross Lake 19A is younger than 99% of Canadian towns
Cross Lake 19A is a First Nations reserve, the home of Cross Lake Band of Indians. 16% of households are one-parent families (Canada’s towns: 8.2%). The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 2,396 residents; the 2021 Census found 375 households. Here, 18% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Lower than in 97% of Canadian towns: 6.7% of households rent their home.
What stands out about the people of Cross Lake 19A
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 100% of residents, more than in 99% of Canadian towns. 99% are Registered or Treaty Indians and 39% grew up speaking an Indigenous language. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Cross Lake 19A’s median age is 21; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 38% are under 15 and 5.6% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A +6% change since 2016: faster than 65% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Manitoba’s towns, by more than +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 17%.
5.6% of residents are 65 or over, below 99% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
10–14 is the most common age band: 13% of residents, 2.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, children under 15 are common here: 38%, more than in 99% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women.
A smaller share of one-person households than 98% of Canadian towns: 9.3%
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 5.4 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. One-person households make up 27% across Canada’s towns.
20% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
62% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Census figures put common-law partners at 9.9% in Cross Lake 19A. Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married.
Cross Lake 19A sits above 63% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (73%)
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 74% of Canadian towns. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
$73,000 a year is the median household income here
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Cross Lake 19A’s, at $73,000, is 15% lower. The median across Manitoba’s towns is $83,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 42% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Cross Lake 19A sits above 99% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (100%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns, Cross Lake 19A has 45%. Indigenous residents make up 2.8% across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 51%, and 0.2% 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
An Indigenous language is the mother tongue of 39%. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
Cross Lake 19A ranks below 99% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 4.5%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 52% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 35% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 35%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 5.6% of residents are 65 or over.
The towns around Cross Lake 19A are all older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. Cross Lake 19A has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 5–71 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Lake 19A | 2,396 | — | 21 | 5.6% | 0% |
| Cross Lake 19 | 1,882 | 5.4 km | 24.6 | 6.2% | 0% |
| Division No. 22, Unorganized | 2,223 | 56.7 km | 32.8 | 13% | 1.9% |
| Norway House 17 | 5,616 | 71.3 km | 23.6 | 5.4% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Manitoba’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- A First Nations reserve. Reserves are compared with Canada’s towns but aren’t counted among them: they have no overall grade and no place in ranked lists. Census figures for small reserves are rounded, and some are suppressed.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about Cross Lake 19A’s residents
What is the average age in Cross Lake 19A?
A median age of 21. Children under 15 make up 38%, and people 65 and over 5.6%.
Is Cross Lake 19A bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 0.2% are. Another 0% speak only French and 100% only English, and French is the first language of 0%.
How diverse is Cross Lake 19A?
Indigenous identity: 100%. Visible minority: 0%. Statistics Canada publishes no immigration figures for Cross Lake 19A.
What religion are people in Cross Lake 19A?
52% are Christian and 45% have no religion; 3.6% follow another religion.
Is Cross Lake 19A good for families?
Under 15: 38% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 24% of households. One-parent families: 16%. Schools near Cross Lake 19A are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cross Lake 19A?
The median household in Cross Lake 19A took in $73,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Cross Lake 19A?
Cross Lake 19A had about 2,396 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 2,045, 6% more than 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).