MelitaManitoba

Statistics Canada places it in the Division No. 5 census division. The town, home to 1,081 people, lies in Manitoba.

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Population

1,081

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

43.2

years · Manitoba’s towns: 40

Postsecondary

37%

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

13%

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is Melita a good place to live?

Homes are affordable (A). It also does well on walkability (A+). Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for health and B− for hazard risk.

Canadian towns get an overall grade from 2,500 residents, so Melita has subject grades only.

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. 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.

StrongestA⁺Walkability ACost of living A⁻Jobs & income

How Melita grades

Each subject compares Melita with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.

How grading works

Canadian towns get an overall grade from 2,500 residents, so Melita has subject grades only.

WalkabilityGraded on how easily people get around without a carA⁺Open →Cost of livingHomes are very affordable for local incomesAOpen →Jobs & incomeIn the top fifth of the towns comparedA⁻Open →HealthAbout average among the towns comparedB⁻Open →Hazard riskBased on seismic risk and radon tests, lowered where wildfire runs highB⁻Open →

SafetyNot graded: not enough data–

SchoolsWith no open results to compare (the province publishes no results school by school), there’s no schools grade in Manitoba.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Melita stand out

The 3 things Melita does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

2.1 times household income

Against 4.7 for the median of Canadian towns

Median owner’s estimate $144,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Walkability

Better than 98%

of Canadian towns on walkability

Its walkability grade: A+.

Cost of living

Better than 95%

of Canadian towns on cost of living

Its cost of living grade: A.

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Melita.

HousingCost of living A

Rent takes less of local pay in Melita than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 14% of household income

$144,000median home value, 2021ACost of living Grade

81% of households own their home, above Manitoba’s towns (75%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. 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

Melita$144,000

Manitoba$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Melita	Manitoba	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	7%	15%	18%
Rent as a share of income	14%	20%	20%
Households owning their home	81%	75%	74%

$660

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$645

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

Full pageMelita’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Renting$660 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census Cost of living2.1 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $144,000, against the median household income Owners and renters81% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Home values are owners’ own estimates at the May 2021 census, and incomes are for 2020.

Work & commuteJobs & income A⁻

Commuters in Melita have a short way to work, 14 min on average, less than in both Manitoba’s towns and Canadian towns

13%walk, cycle or take transit

83% of commuters drove, below Manitoba’s towns (87%) and Canadian towns (89%) alike.

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van83%

Walk11%

Bicycle2%

Census 2021	Melita	Manitoba	Canada
Average trip	14 min	24 min	26 min
Car or van	83%	87%	89%

$68,500

median household income, 2020

worked from home, May 2021

71%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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UnemploymentOf the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work13% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to20 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Deloraine-Winchester

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.

Climate

January lows in Melita: −19.9°C, against −21.2°C in Manitoba’s towns and −13.5°C in Canadian towns

25.6°CJuly afternoons

Frosty days number 194 in a normal year, near Manitoba’s towns (193) and higher than Canadian towns (159). Gardeners get 125 frost-free days, from 19 May to 22 September. Most of the snow comes in December, about 26 cm. For the wettest month, look to June: 82 mm on average.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−8.0°C

Spring9.4°C

Summer24.6°C

Autumn10.7°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Melita	Manitoba	Canada
Precipitation a year	422 mm	519 mm	883 mm
January night low	−19.9°C	−21.2°C	−13.5°C
Days with frost a year	194	193	159

194

days with frost a year

125

frost-free days, 19 May to 22 Sep

days with precipitation a year

Full pageMelita’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 25.6°C, January lows −19.9°C Rain and snow422 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow142 cm of snow a year Weather station0.3 km to the station · Melita

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Melita)

Schools

Melita’s one school is Melita School

1school within 3 km

School	Level	Students	System
Melita SchoolIn MelitaAll grades	All grades	–	English public

0.2 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageMelita’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

Every school1 school for every grade Language0 of 1 teach in French · 3% of schools in Manitoba Questions“What schools are there in Melita?”

Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · Towns in Manitoba aren’t in the schools rankings: the province publishes no results school by school.

Weather

Expect November days around 1°C in Melita, nights around −9°C

1°Ca normal November afternoon

December follows at −7°C by day and −17°C by night. Expect about 16 mm of rain and snow over November. ECCC’s forecast for Melita is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November1°C

December−7°C

January−10°C

February−8°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−8°C	−18°C	39 mm
Spring	9°C	−3°C	110 mm
Summer	25°C	12°C	188 mm
Autumn	11°C	−1°C	84 mm

−9°C

a normal November night

16 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

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Next 24 hoursTemperature and chance of rain, hour by hour The week aheadECCC’s days ahead, beside the normals The yearWarmest August, coldest January

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Melita); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Melita sends Grant Jackson (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Brandon—Souris

Across Manitoba, 7 of the 14 MPs sit with the Conservative Party of Canada.

Full pageMelita’s town hall & politics pageOpen the full Town hall & politics page

Who runs itTown

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade A⁺

Southwestern Manitoba Regional Library is Melita’s public library

From the centre of Melita, it is 0.9 km away.

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The libraries1 Libraries Places to belong15.7 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

Protected land is absent from the 10 km around Melita

0%of the land within 10 km protected

For a provincial park, Turtle Mountain Provincial Park lies 52 km off. There is no national park within 100 km of the town.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Melita0%

Manitoba’s towns1.1%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Melita	Manitoba	Canada
Public protected areas within 10 km	0	12	4
Protected land within 10 km	0%	1.1%	2.3%

52 km

to Turtle Mountain Provincial Park

Full pageMelita’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas0 protected areas within 10 km National & provincial parks52 km to a provincial park · Turtle Mountain Provincial Park

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

Who lives here

Older residents shape Melita: 26% are 65 or over, above Manitoba’s towns and Canadian towns

43.2median age

Children are 19% of the town. 5% of residents belong to a visible minority, below Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike.

MelitaManitobaCanada

ManitobaCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

26%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree25%

Postsecondary qualification37%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 52.2% of Melita

Here the census found 545 women and 500 men; across Canada the share of women is 50.9%.

Who lives in Melita
	Melita	Manitoba	Canada
Under 15	19%	17%	16%
15 to 64	55%	64%	64%
65+	26%	17%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	25%	16%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	37%	52%	56%

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Ages43.2 median age · 26% are 65 or over Households465 households · 2.2 people per household Immigrants5% belong to a visible minority English and French1% speak both · 0% speak French but not English

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Manitoba and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

HealthHealth B⁻

People in Melita’s health region live to 78.8 on average, 2.7 years short of the typical Canadian town

51%very good or excellent healthB⁻Health Grade

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Prairie Mountain Health Region

The region has more smokers than Manitoba, 15% of adults to 12%. About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Manitoba, 51% against 51%. What sets Melita apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 0.6 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical).

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Melita51%

Manitoba’s towns52%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Melita	Manitoba	Canada
Smokers	15%	10%	12%
Life expectancy at birth	78.8	80.0	81.5
Chronic conditions (average share)	18%	18%	17%

78.8

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

0.6 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

15%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

0.5 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageMelita’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey51% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care0.6 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 0.5 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 81.2, men 76.6 Conditions and habits18% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities

Natural hazardsHazard risk B⁻

Around Melita, 35% of tested homes have radon above the guideline

Lowwildfire bandB⁻Hazard risk Grade

Radon tests for the Assiniboine health region

Flood mapping exists: a study by Manitoba Infrastructure. Seismic risk runs low: $0.005 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No wildfire is mapped within 25 km of Melita’s homes since 1986 (0% of the land, 0.001% a year).

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Melita35%

Manitoba’s towns12%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Melita	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

Low

wildfire band

14 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

flood study on the national inventory

Full pageMelita’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

Radon35% of tests above the guideline WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 FloodOne flood study on record Earthquakes$0.005 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Melita

15pages on Melita

The big questions

SafetyHousing & costAHomes 2.1 × income Property pricesSchoolsOne school within 3 km HealthB⁻Life expectancy 78.8 in its region Work & commuteA⁻55% of adults in work Natural hazardsB⁻Wildfire band: low

Out and about

OutdoorsAttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 26°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 43.2 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Famous people from Melita

5 notable people were born in Melita.

See all 5 →

Kory KarlanderCanadian ice hockey player · born 1972

Melanie WightMember of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Wayne HallCanadian ice hockey player · born 1939

Jim DowneyCanadian politician · born 1942

Norman Leslie McLeodCanadian politician · 1892–1949

About Melita

Town in Manitoba

Statistics Canada treats Melita as a single census subdivision in Manitoba, and TownRatings keeps to that line.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 1,081 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Manitoba
Census division: Division No. 5
Census subdivision: 4605052

Questions about Melita

What kind of homes are in Melita?

Mostly 84% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 2.2 people on average, and 36% have just one.

Has Melita grown?

No: the census counted 1,042 in 2016 and 1,041 in 2021, 0.1% fewer, against growth of 4.1% for the median of Canadian towns. The 2025 estimate is 1,081.

How old are the people of Melita?

At 43.2, its median age compares with 45.2 across Canadian towns.

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).