Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain23% of residents are under 15, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
Compared with 64% across Canada’s towns, nine in ten households live in a single-detached house here. Statistics Canada puts Grassland’s population at 1,635 for July 2025. Across Grassland, 8.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity. With a median age of 38.4, Grassland is younger than 74% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Grassland
A town of families
Children under 15 are 23% of residents, more than in 94% of Canadian towns. Households average 2.4 people, and 5.5% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Slower than most: +1% since 2016, behind 68% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 3%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Manitoba’s towns, +4%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 58% of Canadian towns: 10%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
No age band is larger than 0–4: 8.2% of residents, 1.7 times the share across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 20%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
29% of households are one person living alone, a share 59% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Grassland, 2.4. Compared with other places, one-parent families are scarce here: 5.5%, fewer than in 89% of Canadian towns. Typically, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over: 56%, a higher share than 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
Single and never married: 22% of adults, against a typical 27%. To put it in context, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Grassland, the census puts common-law partners at 8.6%.
A smaller share of renter households than 71% of Canadian towns: 16%
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
Older homes outnumber new: 38% predate 1961, 18% date from 2001 or later. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Just over one in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
Household income, middle of the range: $74,500 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Grassland’s median household took in $74,500 before tax, 13% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Manitoba’s towns: $83,000. 14% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 60% of Canadian towns: 10%
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
Most immigrants were born in Europe (45%) or in Asia (40%). As a reference point, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. On immigrants, Grassland sits lower than 71% of Canadian towns: 7.6%. Recent arrivals are half of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
In Grassland, 36% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 53% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority; in Grassland, 6.1%. Residents with no religion: 35% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
78% have English as their mother tongue; 1.9% also speak French
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
At 1%, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns. Grassland has fewer bilingual residents than 98% of Canadian towns, at 1.9%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 18%, a lower share than 73% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 15% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
An employment rate of 65%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 65%.
A younger town than 4 of the 5 around it: Grassland
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Grassland has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 25–41 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grassland | 1,635 | — | 38.4 | 20% | 7.6% |
| Souris | 2,737 | 24.6 km | 43.6 | 24% | 9.5% |
| Sifton | 1,267 | 25.6 km | 44.4 | 23% | 2.4% |
| Deloraine-Winchester | 1,553 | 32.6 km | 51.2 | 29% | 3.1% |
| Sioux Valley Dakota Nation | 1,090 | 39.4 km | 27.8 | 6.6% | 0% |
| Melita | 1,081 | 40.7 km | 43.2 | 26% | 4.5% |
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. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Manitoba’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
Questions about Grassland’s residents
Is Grassland good for families?
23% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 62% of households and one-parent families 5.5%. Schools near Grassland are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Grassland?
Half of Grassland’s households had more than $74,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Grassland?
About 1,635, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,583 people in Grassland, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Grassland?
The median age is 38.4. 23% are under 15 and 20% 65 or older.
Is Grassland bilingual?
1.9% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 97% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1%.
How diverse is Grassland?
Immigrants: 7.6% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 6.1%. Indigenous identity: 8.7%.
What religion are people in Grassland?
36% said they have no religion and 64% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
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).