Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainIndigenous residents: 29%, a higher share than 99% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Fisher, 7.2%. About 1,800 people lived locally in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. Here, 34% of households are one person living alone. At 86%, the share of households in single-detached houses is higher than in 82% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Fisher
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 29% of residents, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and 15% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
A town of families
22% of residents are under 15, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 6.8% of households are one-parent families and households average 2.4 people. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Fisher changed by +1% from 2016 to 2021, behind 71% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Manitoba’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. The July 2025 estimate is down 2% on the census.
A higher share of children under 15 than 92% of Canadian towns, at 22%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
With a median age of 41.6, Fisher is younger than 53% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. The census found that just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the town. The largest age band is 0–4: nearly one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 53% of Canadian towns: 2.4 people on average
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 share of one-parent families trails 73% of Canadian towns: 6.8%.
In Fisher, 6.3% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 84% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
In Fisher, 54% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 46% across Canada’s towns. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Only 22% of households rent their home in Fisher
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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. Measured more widely, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 27% of homes were built before 1961 and 11% in 2001 or later.
The median household brings in $60,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $60,000, the middle household in Fisher earned 30% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Manitoba’s towns, the typical figure is $83,000. In 2020, 19% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
8% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (58%), then in Europe (39%). Fewer immigrants than in 70% of Canadian towns: 8%. Just over two in five immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
33% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 56% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
5.9% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% across Canada’s towns. On average, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
1.9% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 59% of Canadian towns
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%; Fisher has 3%. The benchmark for residents whose mother tongue is French across Canada’s towns: 1.5%. 12% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.8% speak neither official language.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 87% of Canadian towns: 13%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 18% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
In work on census day: 57% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 57% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Fisher is younger than 1 of its 4 nearest neighbours
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. The nearest places to Fisher with figures are 23–43 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher | 1,800 | — | 41.6 | 21% | 8% |
| Peguis 1B | 3,313 | 23.3 km | 29 | 9.5% | 0% |
| Bifrost-Riverton | 3,518 | 30.6 km | 38 | 18% | 11% |
| Arborg | 1,455 | 34.0 km | 42.8 | 27% | 14% |
| Fisher River 44 | 1,687 | 43.2 km | 31.4 | 13% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Provincial and national yardsticks: Manitoba’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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 Fisher’s residents
What is the population of Fisher?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,800 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Fisher counted 1,845, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Fisher?
Half the residents are older than 41.6 and half younger; 22% are children under 15 and 21% are 65 or over.
Is Fisher bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 3% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 96% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.9% grew up with French.
How diverse is Fisher?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 8%. A visible minority makes up 5.9% and Indigenous residents 29%.
What religion are people in Fisher?
Most often Christian (65%) or no religion (33%); other religions make up 2.2%.
Is Fisher good for families?
Children under 15 are 22% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 52% of households and one-parent families 6.8%. Schools near Fisher are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Fisher?
Median total household income in Fisher was $60,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).