Garden Hill First NationManitoba
The population grew 17% between 2016 and 2021. 3,143 people call this First Nations reserve in Manitoba home.
Is Garden Hill First Nation a good place to live?
Garden Hill First Nation is easy to get around without a car (B). Hazard risk is its weak spot (D−). Residents’ health trails most towns (D). Work and incomes lag (C−).
Garden Hill First Nation 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. Wildfire lowers this town's Hazard risk Grade: a high share of the land around it has burned in the last 40 years. A First Nations reserve: subject grades only, with no overall grade and no place in ranked lists.
What makes Garden Hill First Nation stand out
The 3 things Garden Hill First Nation does most differently from other towns.
How Garden Hill First Nation grades
Each subject compares Garden Hill First Nation with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Garden Hill First Nation 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’.
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The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Garden Hill First Nation.
Garden Hill First Nation faces more hazards than almost every Canadian town
Seismic risk runs low: $0.004 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. At 1.16% of the land burned each year (43% within 25 km since 1986), Garden Hill First Nation is in the very high wildfire band. In Health Canada’s survey, 7.9% of homes tested in the town’s area exceeded 200 Bq/m³, close to the typical 6.6%. Garden Hill First Nation shares its radon tests numbers with the rest of the Burntwood/Churchill health region.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Garden Hill First Nation | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 7.9% | 12% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.004 | $0.006 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
More of Garden Hill First Nation’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 100%
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 49.1% of Garden Hill First Nation
The 2021 census counted 1,500 women and 1,555 men here, where women make up 50.9% of Canada.
| Garden Hill First Nation | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 37% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 59% | 64% | 64% |
| 65+ | 4.4% | 17% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 66% | 16% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 11% | 52% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Manitoba and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
For health, Garden Hill First Nation sits behind 92% of Canadian towns
By their own account, 40% of adults here are in very good or excellent health, below Manitoba’s towns (52%) and Canadian towns (52%) alike. Lives in the region last 68.5 years on average (2022/2024): 70.5 for women, 66.9 for men. At 15%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 12% for Manitoba. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Garden Hill First Nation live 4.6 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Garden Hill First Nation | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 40% | 52% | 52% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 68.5 | 80.0 | 81.5 |
| Smokers | 15% | 10% | 12% |
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 Northern Health Region
Garden Hill First Nation has cooler summers than Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 23.1°C
The coldest nights come in January, when Garden Hill First Nation averages a low of −26.3°C. Frosty days number 206 in a normal year, above Manitoba’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Gardeners get 127 frost-free days, from 24 May to 29 September. Rain and snow peak in July, at 99 mm.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Garden Hill First Nation | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| January night low | −26.3°C | −21.2°C | −13.5°C |
| July afternoon high | 23.1°C | 25.8°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 206 | 193 | 159 |
| Snowfall a year | 177 cm | 126 cm | 141 cm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Island Lake)
Trips to work from Garden Hill First Nation are shorter than from Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 14 min on average
The car took 84% of commuters, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (87%) and Canadian towns (89%).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Garden Hill First Nation | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 14 min | 24 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 84% | 87% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Garden Hill First Nation in November: highs near −4°C, lows near −11°C
Rain and snow over a typical November come to 31 mm. The month after, December, normally sees −13°C afternoons and −22°C nights. ECCC’s forecast for Island Lake is on the Weather page, hour by hour.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −14°C | −24°C | 67 mm |
| Spring | 5°C | −8°C | 96 mm |
| Summer | 22°C | 12°C | 254 mm |
| Autumn | 5°C | −2°C | 150 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Island Lake); the forecast is on the Weather page
Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, which takes in Garden Hill First Nation, is held by Rebecca Chartrand (Liberal Party of Canada)
7 of the 14 MPs from Manitoba belong to the Conservative Party of Canada.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
No public library is mapped in or near Garden Hill First Nation
Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in Manitoba, so this page has none for Garden Hill First Nation.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Protected land is absent from the 10 km around Garden Hill First Nation
The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. The closest provincial park is Opasquia Provincial Park, 51 km from the edge of town.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Garden Hill First Nation | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| Protected land within 10 km | 0% | 1.1% | 2.3% |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Garden Hill First Nation grew mostly after 1961: 95% of its homes
| Heritage | Garden Hill First Nation | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 5.1% | 23% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Garden Hill First Nation
Questions about Garden Hill First Nation
Is Garden Hill First Nation growing?
Yes: the census counted 2,603 in 2016 and 3,054 in 2021, a rise of 17.3%, against 4.1% for the median of Canadian towns. The 2025 estimate is 3,143.
Is Garden Hill First Nation a young town or an old one?
Its median age is 21.4, where Canadian towns sit at 45.2. Under-15s are 37% of residents; over-65s, 4%.
What kind of homes are in Garden Hill First Nation?
Mostly 74% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 5.2 people on average, and 13% have just one.
About Garden Hill First Nation
First Nations reserve in Manitoba
The reserve is its own census subdivision in Manitoba, and the figures for Garden Hill First Nation cover the whole of it.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 3,143 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Manitoba
- Census division
- Division No. 22
- First Nation
- Garden Hill First Nations
- Census subdivision
- 4622048
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).