Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA lower share of renter households than 93% of Canadian towns, at 8.5%
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%; Minto-Odanah has 3.5%. More children under 15 than in 82% of Canadian towns: 20%. With about 1,168 residents in July 2025, Minto-Odanah counted 415 households at the 2021 Census. For Minto-Odanah, the census puts one-parent families at 3.6%.
What stands out about the people of Minto-Odanah
Fewer people than before
Minto-Odanah went from 1,189 people in 2016 to 1,121 in 2021, −6%: slower growth than in 97% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Minto-Odanah changed by −6% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 97% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 4%.
A median age of 42.4: Minto-Odanah is older than 52% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Among Manitoba’s towns, Brockville has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 54%. In Minto-Odanah, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women.
A smaller share of one-person households than 70% of Canadian towns: 22%
Private households by type and size.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Minto-Odanah the average household is 2.5 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Above 98% of Canadian towns: 62% of residents 15 and over are married
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up nearly a fifth of adults, beside a typical 27%. 9.9% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
90% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
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
Older homes outnumber new: 40% predate 1961, 17% date from 2001 or later. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
The midpoint household income is $87,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Minto-Odanah’s, at $87,000, is close to it. The figure for Manitoba’s towns: $83,000. Pandemic benefits reached 14% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
6% 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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (62%), then in the Americas (15%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants is 17%; Minto-Odanah has 6%.
Minto-Odanah ranks above 73% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 5.5%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents trails 81% of Canadian towns: 2.5%. At the same time, residents with no religion are more common here than in 65% of Canadian towns. Against that, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
86% have English as their mother tongue; 2.2% also speak French
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
At home, 8.5% mostly speak another language; 0.4% speak neither English nor French. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 97% of Canadian towns. Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 0.9%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
19% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 70% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 13% (typical 9.5%). Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 63% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 63%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
1 in 2 nearby towns have a higher median age than Minto-Odanah
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Minto-Odanah’s residents
How diverse is Minto-Odanah?
Immigrants: 6% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.5%. Indigenous identity: 5.5%.
What religion are people in Minto-Odanah?
40% said they have no religion and 60% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
Is Minto-Odanah good for families?
20% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 72% of households and one-parent families 3.6%. Schools near Minto-Odanah are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Minto-Odanah?
Half of Minto-Odanah’s households had more than $87,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Minto-Odanah?
About 1,168, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,121 people in Minto-Odanah, 6% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Minto-Odanah?
The median age is 42.4. 20% are under 15 and 20% 65 or older.
Is Minto-Odanah bilingual?
English and French: 2.2% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 97%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.9%.
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).