Fort Alexander 3Manitoba

Its population rose 10% from 2016 to 2021. Some 2,300 people live in this First Nations reserve, in Manitoba.

Population

2,300

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

25.4

years · Manitoba’s towns: 40

Postsecondary

28%

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is Fort Alexander 3 a good place to live?

Hazard risk is low (B). Its weakest is jobs & income (D). Health lags (C−).

Fort Alexander 3 is a First Nations reserve, so it has no overall grade and no place in ranked lists: Statistics Canada suppresses or doesn’t collect much of a reserve’s data, and its grades couldn’t be set fairly beside other towns’.

No Safety Grade: no police service publishes a crime rate for this place on its own. 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. A First Nations reserve: subject grades only, with no overall grade and no place in ranked lists.

WeakestDJobs & income C⁻Health

What makes Fort Alexander 3 stand out

The 3 things Fort Alexander 3 does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

Only 8% are 65 or over

Compare 19% for the median of Canadian towns

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree

Education

28% have a postsecondary qualification

Half of Canadian towns are above 56%, half below

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Unemployment rate, Census 2021

Work

22% unemployment

The median of Canadian towns: 10%

33% of residents 15 and over were in work, May 2021.

How Fort Alexander 3 grades

Each subject compares Fort Alexander 3 with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.

How grading works

Jobs & incomeNear the bottom of the towns comparedDOpen →HealthBased on how healthy residents are for their agesC⁻Open →Hazard riskLess exposed to natural hazards than mostBOpen →WalkabilityNear typical for the towns comparedC⁺Open →

Cost of livingNot graded: not enough data–

SafetyNot graded: not enough data–

SchoolsBecause the province publishes no results school by school, towns in Manitoba aren’t graded on schools.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fort Alexander 3.

Work & commuteJobs & income D

Trips to work from Fort Alexander 3 are shorter than from Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 19 min on average

92% of commuters drove to work at the census.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van92%

Walk8%

Census 2021	Fort Alexander 3	Manitoba	Canada
Average trip	19 min	24 min	26 min
Car or van	92%	87%	89%

$48,400

median household income, 2020

worked from home, May 2021

80%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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Unemployment22% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work8% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to25 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Powerview-Pine Falls

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.

Who lives here

More of Fort Alexander 3’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 100%

Visible minorities make up 0.5% of the population, below Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike.

25.4median age

Fort Alexander 3ManitobaCanada

ManitobaCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

30%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree46%

Postsecondary qualification28%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 48.7% of Fort Alexander 3

1,090 men and 1,035 women lived here in 2021, against a share of women of 50.9% for Canada.

Who lives in Fort Alexander 3
	Fort Alexander 3	Manitoba	Canada
Under 15	30%	17%	16%
15 to 64	62%	64%	64%
65+	7.8%	17%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	46%	16%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	28%	52%	56%

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Ages25.4 median age · 8% are 65 or over Households580 households · 3.6 people per household English and French2% speak both · 0% speak French but not English

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Manitoba and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

HealthHealth C⁻

Expect 78.5 years of life in the region around Fort Alexander 3, 3.0 under the typical Canadian town

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Interlake-Eastern Health Region

Measured from where people live, the nearest hospital is 6.7 km away, above both Manitoba’s towns (3.1 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 17% of adults, against 12% for Manitoba. The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 50%; Manitoba as a whole is at 51%.

50%very good or excellent healthC⁻Health Grade

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Fort Alexander 350%

Manitoba’s towns52%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Fort Alexander 3	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%

78.5

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

6.7 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

17%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

3.5 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

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Health survey50% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care6.7 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 3.5 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 81.3, men 76.0 Conditions and habits20% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities

Natural hazardsHazard risk B

High radon around Fort Alexander 3: 21% of homes tested in the area exceed 200 Bq/m³

Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.004 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Fire reaches the land around Fort Alexander 3 now and then: 2.8% within 25 km since 1986 (0.08% a year), below the high band. For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the North Eastman health region, Fort Alexander 3 included.

Moderatewildfire bandBHazard risk Grade

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Fort Alexander 321%

Manitoba’s towns12%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Fort Alexander 3	Manitoba	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	21%	12%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.004	$0.006	$0.030

Moderate

wildfire band

0.3 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

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Radon21% of tests above the guideline WildfireModerate wildfire band · 2.8% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 FloodNo flood study on record Earthquakes$0.004 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

Climate

Hardly any Canadian towns see harsher January nights than Fort Alexander 3

Rain and melted snow add up to 571 mm a year, higher than Manitoba’s towns (519 mm) yet lower than Canadian towns (883 mm). For the wettest month, look to June: 99 mm on average. ECCC’s nearest full record is at Pinawa, 49 km off.

25.2°CJuly afternoons

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−8.8°C

Spring8.7°C

Summer23.8°C

Autumn9.6°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Fort Alexander 3	Manitoba	Canada
January night low	−21.7°C	−21.2°C	−13.5°C
Precipitation a year	571 mm	519 mm	883 mm
Days with frost a year	194	193	159
July afternoon high	25.2°C	25.8°C	25.5°C

194

days with frost a year

days with precipitation a year

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The yearJuly highs 25.2°C, January lows −21.7°C Rain and snow571 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Weather station49 km to the station · Pinawa

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Pinawa)

Weather

What November brings in Fort Alexander 3: −8°C at night, freezing by day

ECCC’s forecast for Pine Falls is on the Weather page, hour by hour. November normally sees 24 mm of precipitation. The year peaks in July (25°C) and bottoms out in January (−22°C).

0°Ca normal November afternoon

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November0°C

December−8°C

January−11°C

February−8°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−9°C	−20°C	68 mm
Spring	9°C	−4°C	128 mm
Summer	24°C	11°C	248 mm
Autumn	10°C	0°C	126 mm

−8°C

a normal November night

24 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

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Next 24 hoursTemperature and chance of rain, hour by hour The week aheadECCC’s days ahead, beside the normals The yearWarmest July, coldest January

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Pinawa); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Fort Alexander 3 sends Rebecca Chartrand (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from Churchill—Keewatinook Aski

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Who runs itIndian Reserve

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B⁻

No public library stands in Fort Alexander 3: the closest, Allard Library, is 11 km away

After it comes Victoria Beach Branch Library (Division No.

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Places to belong0.9 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

Protected land is absent from the 10 km around Fort Alexander 3

National parks are all over 100 km off. The closest provincial park is Grand Beach Provincial Park, 11 km from the edge of town. OpenStreetMap shows one beach within 5 km, without a name.

0%of the land within 10 km protected

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Fort Alexander 30%

Manitoba’s towns1.1%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Fort Alexander 3	Manitoba	Canada
Public protected areas within 10 km	0	12	4
Protected land within 10 km	0%	1.1%	2.3%

11 km

to Grand Beach Provincial Park

beach within 5 km

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Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas0 protected areas within 10 km National & provincial parks11 km to a provincial park · Grand Beach Provincial Park

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Fort Alexander 3

15pages on Fort Alexander 3

The big questions

SafetyHousing & costProperty pricesSchoolsHealthC⁻Life expectancy 78.5 in its region Work & commuteD33% of adults in work Natural hazardsBWildfire band: moderate

Out and about

OutdoorsAttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 25°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 25.4 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Fort Alexander 3’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

Powerview-Pine FallsAlexanderFort Alexander 3

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Fort Alexander 3	2,300	—	—	—	—	C⁻
Powerview-Pine Falls	1,311	6.2	—	A	D⁻	C
Alexander	4,032	11	D	B⁺	D⁻	D

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about Fort Alexander 3

Is Fort Alexander 3 growing?

It grew from 1,929 people in 2016 to 2,127 in 2021, up 10.3%; the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 2,300.

What kind of homes are in Fort Alexander 3?

Mostly 97% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 3.6 people on average, and 19% have just one.

How old are the people of Fort Alexander 3?

The median resident is 25.4 years old, against 45.2 for the median of Canadian towns. 30% are under 15 and 8% are 65 or over.

About Fort Alexander 3

First Nations reserve in Manitoba

Statistics Canada counts Fort Alexander 3, a First Nations reserve in Manitoba, as its own census subdivision.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 2,300 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Manitoba
Census division: Division No. 19
First Nation: Fort Alexander
The community’s own name: Sagkeeng First Nation
Census subdivision: 4619050

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · 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).