Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainGilbert Plains sits above 94% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (16%)
With a median age of 48.4, Gilbert Plains is older than 81% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 1,350 for July 2025. For Gilbert Plains, the census puts one-person households at 34%. Against a figure of 64% across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses in Gilbert Plains comes in at 92%.
What stands out about the people of Gilbert Plains
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 16% of residents, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, and 5.8% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Fewer people than before
Gilbert Plains went from 1,470 people in 2016 to 1,420 in 2021, −3%: slower growth than in 93% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Gilbert Plains changed by −3% from 2016 to 2021, behind 93% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 5% below the census count. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Manitoba’s towns.
25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 81% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
No age band is larger than 60–64: nearly one in ten residents. Gilbert Plains has fewer children under 15 than just over two thirds of Canadian towns, at 14%. For comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 74% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Locally, 7.9% of households are one-parent families.
A lower share of common-law partners than 64% of Canadian towns, at 9.1%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
A quarter of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. In Gilbert Plains, 47% of residents 15 and over are married. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
A lower share of renter households than 57% of Canadian towns, at 22%
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. 48% of homes were built before 1961 and 11% in 2001 or later. To put it in context, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Half above, half below $60,400 a year in household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Gilbert Plains: half had less than $60,400, 30% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Manitoba’s towns the median is $83,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 15% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
4% 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
17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, against 4% in Gilbert Plains. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (60%) and in the Americas (30%). A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 41%, a higher share than 68% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents trails 83% of Canadian towns: 2.2%. Set beside that, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 89%, and 2.2% 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
Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Gilbert Plains has 2.2%. The census found that 0.4% of residents have French as their mother tongue here.
Gilbert Plains ranks below 99% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 6.7%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 20%, against 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 56%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 56%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 25% of residents are 65 or over.
1 in 3 nearby towns have a higher median age than Gilbert Plains
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Gilbert Plains has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 15–31 km out.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Gilbert Plains’s residents
How diverse is Gilbert Plains?
4% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 2.2% belong to a visible minority and 16% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Gilbert Plains?
59% are Christian and 41% have no religion; 0.4% follow another religion.
Is Gilbert Plains good for families?
Under 15: 14% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 50% of households. One-parent families: 7.9%. Schools near Gilbert Plains are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Gilbert Plains?
The median household in Gilbert Plains took in $60,400 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Gilbert Plains?
Gilbert Plains had about 1,350 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,420, 3% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Gilbert Plains?
A median age of 48.4. Children under 15 make up 14%, and people 65 and over 25%.
Is Gilbert Plains bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 2.2% are. Another 0% speak only French and 98% only English, and French is the first language of 0.4%.
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).