Photo: Suburban Rapid Transit Co. via Winnipeg Electric Co. · Public domainHeadingley sits below 95% of Canadian towns for one-person households (12%)
In Headingley, 7.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, beside 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many households in single-detached houses: 89% here, more than in 87% of Canadian towns. Some 5,368 people live in the town, by the estimate for July 2025. The census found that 15% of residents are 65 or over here.
What stands out about the people of Headingley
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Headingley went from 3,579 to 4,331 residents (+21%), faster growth than in 97% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Headingley grew +21% from 2016 to 2021, ahead of 97% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Manitoba’s towns. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 24% higher again.
Half of Headingley is under 40.4, younger than 61% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across Canada’s towns the figure is 11%. No age band is larger than 35–39: 7.8% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Headingley, 40.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 82% of Canadian towns: 2.8 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Compared with 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 3.8% of households are one-parent families here.
Headingley ranks below 80% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 6.9%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
32% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%. Census figures put married residents 15 and over at 55% in Headingley.
Below 82% of Canadian towns: 13% of households rent their home
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
Three in five homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 7.3% built before 1961. Higher than in 72% of Canadian towns: 4.6% of households live in a building of five or more storeys. To put it in context, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
The median household brings in $138,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Headingley had $138,000 before tax, 60% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $83,000 is the median household income across Manitoba’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 19% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
6.8% of residents are immigrants
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Headingley has 6.8%. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (43%), then in Asia (31%). At 2%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is lower than in three quarters of Canadian towns.
41% of residents said they have no religion, a share 69% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 6.1% in Headingley and 15% across Canada’s towns. The share of residents with no religion across Canada’s towns is 35%.
1.8% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 57% of Canadian towns
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Headingley, 8.3% of residents speak English and French. On average, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 68% of Canadian towns, at 38%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 3.6% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
65% of adults were employed in May 2021
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 65%.
15th lowest median age among 41 towns of 5,271 to 5,472
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
They run from Chisasibi, at 26.6, to Electoral Area L, Cariboo, at 60. By median age, Headingley sits among Gourley (39.5), Uplands (40.3), Belvedere (40.7) and Saint-Boniface (41.6).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Headingley
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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. 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 Headingley’s residents
Is Headingley good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 78% of households. One-parent families: 3.8%. Schools near Headingley are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Headingley?
The median household in Headingley took in $138,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Headingley?
Headingley had about 5,368 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 4,331, 21% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Headingley?
A median age of 40.4, younger than 61% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 15%.
Is Headingley bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 8.3% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 92% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.8% grew up with French.
How diverse is Headingley?
6.8% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 6.1% belong to a visible minority and 7.6% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Headingley?
57% are Christian and 41% have no religion; 2% follow another religion.
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).