Glenboro-South CypressManitoba
1,759 people live in this town in Manitoba. The population fell 28% between 2016 and 2021.
Is Glenboro-South Cypress a good place to live?
Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A). Health lags (C+). The rest of its grades are middling: B− for jobs & income, B for walkability and B− for hazard risk.
With fewer than 2,500 residents, Glenboro-South Cypress gets subject grades but no overall one among Canadian towns.
This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Safety less sure: no police service names this town, so its crime figure is the nearest police detachment's, shared with a wider area. 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.
What makes Glenboro-South Cypress stand out
The 3 things Glenboro-South Cypress does most differently from other towns.
How Glenboro-South Cypress grades
Each subject compares Glenboro-South Cypress with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
With fewer than 2,500 residents, Glenboro-South Cypress gets subject grades but no overall one among Canadian towns.
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The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Glenboro-South Cypress.
Rent takes less of local pay in Glenboro-South Cypress than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 12% of household income
Owners make up 89% of households, higher than both Manitoba’s towns (75%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 7% of households, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Glenboro-South Cypress | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 7% | 15% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 12% | 20% | 20% |
| Households owning their home | 89% | 75% | 74% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020.
École la Source is the only school in and around Glenboro-South Cypress
From the middle of town, the first elementary school is 29 km off, above both Manitoba’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École la Source FrenchNearest secondary school, 0.7 kmAll grades | All grades | – | French public |
| Schools within 3 km | Glenboro-South Cypress | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest elementary school | 29 km | 0.5 km | 0.5 km |
| Nearest secondary school | 29 km | 1.1 km | 1.2 km |
Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · Schools grade in Manitoba: none (the province publishes no results school by school).
Violent crime weighs less where Glenboro-South Cypress is policed than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 35
No police detachment reports under Glenboro-South Cypress’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own
The force’s area logs 6.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 43 over 2023–25, below both Manitoba’s towns (129) and Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 17.6 property crimes are reported each year. Glenboro-South Cypress shares its Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers with the rest of the Killarney detachment area.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Glenboro-South Cypress | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 35 | 198 | 86 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 17.6 | 58.8 | 31.2 |
| Crime Severity Index | 43 | 129 | 67 |
| Violent crime | 6.6 | 18 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Expect 78.8 years of life in the region around Glenboro-South Cypress, 2.7 under the typical Canadian town
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Manitoba, 51% against 51%. Smokers make up 15% of the region’s adults, above Manitoba’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Glenboro-South Cypress’ is long: 5.6 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Glenboro-South Cypress | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smokers | 15% | 10% | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 78.8 | 80.0 | 81.5 |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Health survey and life expectancy: one figure for all of the Prairie Mountain Health Region
Glenboro-South Cypress has colder winter nights than 89% of Canadian towns
For the wettest month, look to June: 91 mm on average. There are 194 days of frost in a typical year, about level with Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). Gardeners get 124 frost-free days, from 19 May to 21 September. Snow peaks in December: 34 cm in a normal year.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Glenboro-South Cypress | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation a year | 517 mm | 519 mm | 883 mm |
| January night low | −20.1°C | −21.2°C | −13.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 194 | 193 | 159 |
| July afternoon high | 25.9°C | 25.8°C | 25.5°C |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Cypress River)
What November brings in Glenboro-South Cypress: −9°C at night, freezing by day
Rain and snow over a typical November come to 25 mm. November usually brings some 22 cm of snow. The month after, December, normally sees −7°C afternoons and −17°C nights. July brings the warmest days, 26°C; January the coldest nights, −20°C.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −8°C | −18°C | 64 mm |
| Spring | 10°C | −3°C | 118 mm |
| Summer | 25°C | 12°C | 227 mm |
| Autumn | 10°C | −1°C | 108 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Cypress River); the forecast is on the Weather page
Glenboro-South Cypress sends Grant Jackson (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Brandon—Souris
The Conservative Party of Canada has 7 of the 14 MPs elected in Manitoba.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
No public library stands in Glenboro-South Cypress: the closest, Carberry-North Cypress Library, is 25 km away
The next is Victoria Municipal Library (Victoria), 26 km away.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Protected areas cover 37% of Glenboro-South Cypress
Within 5 km are 9 beaches; Adams Flats is the nearest. 78 km separate the town from Riding Mountain National Park, its nearest national park. Parks and reserves take up 21% of the ground within 10 km, above Manitoba’s towns (1.1%) and Canadian towns (2.3%) alike.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Glenboro-South Cypress | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 21% | 1.1% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 7 | 12 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Household incomes in Glenboro-South Cypress trail those of 61% of Canadian towns
The average trip to work took 23 min, close to Manitoba’s towns (24 min) and below Canadian towns (26 min). At the census, 90% of commuters went by car.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Glenboro-South Cypress | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 23 min | 24 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 90% | 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.
Radon is Glenboro-South Cypress’ main hazard: 35% of tested homes in its area top Health Canada’s guideline
The radon tests numbers here cover the Assiniboine health region
Some 3.3% of the land within 25 km of Glenboro-South Cypress has burned since 1986; at 0.09% a year that is moderate, not high. Manitoba Infrastructure has mapped the flood hazard here: one study on the national inventory. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.005 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical).
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Glenboro-South Cypress | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 35% | 12% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.005 | $0.006 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Fewer of Glenboro-South Cypress’s people belong to a visible minority than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 3.1%
5.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, between Manitoba’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).
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 50.9% of Glenboro-South Cypress
Census 2021 put women at 570 and men at 550; women are 50.9% of Canada.
| Glenboro-South Cypress | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 56% | 64% | 64% |
| 65+ | 24% | 17% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 20% | 16% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 50% | 52% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Manitoba and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Burrough of the Gleann Museum & Archives and 3 more in and around Glenboro-South Cypress
What there is to see in Glenboro-South Cypress and within a short drive, starting with the places most people have heard of.
Everything we know about Glenboro-South Cypress
Famous people from Glenboro-South Cypress
10 notable people were born in Glenboro-South Cypress.
Questions about Glenboro-South Cypress
Is Glenboro-South Cypress growing?
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses it fell from 1,550 to 1,123 residents (27.5% down; Canadian towns’ median grew 4.1%); Statistics Canada now estimates 1,759.
Who are the people of Glenboro-South Cypress?
Visible minorities are 3% of the population, where the middle of Canadian towns is 15%. Immigrants make up 3%, and Indigenous people 5%.
What kind of homes are in Glenboro-South Cypress?
92% of homes are single-detached houses, against 64% for the median of Canadian towns, and 0% are in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. A household averages 2.2 people; 31% are one person living alone.
How old are the people of Glenboro-South Cypress?
Its median age is 44.8, where Canadian towns sit at 45.2. Under-15s are 19% of residents; over-65s, 24%.
About Glenboro-South Cypress
Town in Manitoba
Every figure TownRatings gives for Glenboro-South Cypress covers the municipality as Statistics Canada maps it, one census subdivision in Manitoba.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,759 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Manitoba
- Census division
- Division No. 7
- Census subdivision
- 4607039
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · 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).