Photo: AJ Batac · CC BY 2.0De Salaberry sits above 99% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (33%)
Across Canada’s towns, a quarter of households rent their home; in De Salaberry, 11%. Half of the town’s 3,918 residents are older than 36.8 (younger than 83% of Canadian towns), in 1,190 households at the 2021 Census. Residents aged 15 to 24: 13% of the total. Fewer immigrants than in 71% of Canadian towns: 7.6%.
What stands out about the people of De Salaberry
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 33% of residents, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and 3.1% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
A town of families
Children under 15 are 22% of residents, more than in 92% of Canadian towns. Households average 2.8 people, and 5.9% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents make up 41% in De Salaberry, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. 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
At home, 16% mostly speak another language; 0.8% speak neither English nor French. Residents whose mother tongue is French are more common here than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Faster growth than 79% of Canadian towns: De Salaberry changed by +9% since 2016
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Manitoba’s towns. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 12% higher again.
De Salaberry ranks above 92% of Canadian towns on children under 15: 22%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 19%; De Salaberry has 15%. On top of that, half of the town’s residents are under 36.8, younger than in 83% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ De Salaberry, 36.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Only 16% of households are one person living alone in De Salaberry
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here 5.9% of households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%. One-person households: 27% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. The average household has 2.8 people.
De Salaberry ranks above 92% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 59%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
A quarter of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Few places have so few common-law partners: 7.2% here, fewer than in 78% of Canadian towns. Against that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Above 94% of Canadian towns: 93% of households live in a single-detached house
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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 32% date from 2001 or later, 19% from before 1961. The benchmark for households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns: 64%.
Half of households earn more than $86,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in De Salaberry had $86,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Manitoba’s towns, the household in the middle had $83,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 18% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
7.6% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in the Americas (57%) and in Europe (33%). 3.1% of residents are not Canadian citizens, a lower share than in 65% of Canadian towns. Recent arrivals are 29% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 26%, a lower share than 74% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
1.3% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Only 11% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in De Salaberry
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in De Salaberry, 11%, and 30% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 18%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
65% of adults were employed in May 2021
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 65%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (4,312 to 4,486), the 8th youngest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Glenridding Heights is the youngest of them at 31.9; Highlands East, at 58.8, the oldest. Closest in median age to De Salaberry are South Calgary (36), White City (36.8), Ormsby Place (37.1) and Oxford (38.1).
Every neighbour of De Salaberry has a younger population
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Salaberry | 4,401 | — | 36.8 | 15% | 7.6% |
| St-Pierre-Jolys | 1,371 | 5.7 km | 36.4 | 20% | 5.1% |
| Mitchell | 19,950 | 18.3 km | 28.8 | 8.7% | 19% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Manitoba’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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.
Questions about De Salaberry’s residents
How diverse is De Salaberry?
7.6% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1.3% belong to a visible minority and 33% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in De Salaberry?
73% are Christian and 26% have no religion; 0.5% follow another religion.
Is De Salaberry good for families?
Under 15: 22% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 70% of households. One-parent families: 5.9%. Schools near De Salaberry are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in De Salaberry?
The median household in De Salaberry took in $86,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of De Salaberry?
De Salaberry had about 4,401 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 3,918, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in De Salaberry?
A median age of 36.8, younger than 83% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 22%, and people 65 and over 15%.
Is De Salaberry bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 41% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 58% speak only English and 0.3% only French; 27% grew up with French.
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).