Photo: Mennowiki · CC BY-SA 4.0Mitchell is younger than 99% of Canadian towns: a median age of 28.8
13% of households are one person living alone; across Canada’s towns the figure is 27%. Mitchell is home to some 19,950 people (July 2025 estimate), in 5,140 households at the 2021 Census. The share of Indigenous residents stands at 8.2%. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 94% of Canadian towns. Every figure here is for Hanover as a whole, the municipality Mitchell belongs to.
What stands out about the people of Mitchell
Younger than most towns
Line Mitchell’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 28.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 29% are under 15 and 8.7% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
+11% since 2016, a pace 84% of Canadian towns didn’t match
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 16%. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Manitoba’s towns.
29% of residents are under 15, a share 99% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Against a figure of 19% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Mitchell comes in at 8.7%. As a yardstick, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Mitchell, 28.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 96% of Canadian towns: 3.3 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.
Where nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, Mitchell has 5.2%.
Mitchell ranks below 93% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 4.3%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Married residents 15 and over make up 63%, against 46% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Mitchell sits above 79% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (84%)
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Across Mitchell, 16% of households rent their home.
Median household income here: $88,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Mitchell’s, at $88,000, is close to it. The figure for Manitoba’s towns: $83,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 17% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
A larger share of residents without Canadian citizenship than 67% of Canadian towns: 9.7%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%; Mitchell has 9.6%. The comparison figure for residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (46%), then in the Americas (34%).
Mitchell sits below 91% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (17%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 4.7% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. Set beside that, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 62%, and 4% speak French as well
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 80%, French 0.7%. Mitchell has fewer bilingual residents than 86% of Canadian towns, at 4%. There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.5%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 92% of Canadian towns: 12%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 23% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
67% of residents 15 and over were in work
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
67% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
1st lowest median age among 41 towns of 19,512 to 20,415
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 28.8 in Mitchell to 57.2 in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Next to Mitchell on this scale come Petawawa (32) and Fort York-Liberty Village (32.9).
3 in 4 nearby towns have a higher median age than Mitchell
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell | 19,950 | — | 28.8 | 8.7% | 19% |
| Steinbach | 21,671 | 7.7 km | 36 | 17% | 21% |
| St-Pierre-Jolys | 1,371 | 16.1 km | 36.4 | 20% | 5.1% |
| La Broquerie | 7,808 | 17.1 km | 28.6 | 7.4% | 21% |
| De Salaberry | 4,401 | 18.3 km | 36.8 | 15% | 7.6% |
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. The middle of Manitoba’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
Questions about Mitchell’s residents
Is Mitchell good for families?
29% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 73% of households and one-parent families 5.2%. Schools near Mitchell are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mitchell?
Half of Mitchell’s households had more than $88,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Mitchell?
About 19,950, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 17,216 people in Mitchell, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Mitchell?
The median age is 28.8, younger than 99% of Canadian towns. 29% are under 15 and 8.7% 65 or older.
Is Mitchell bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 94% speak only English and 0.1% only French; 1.5% grew up with French.
How diverse is Mitchell?
Immigrants: 19% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 4.7%. Indigenous identity: 8.2%.
What religion are people in Mitchell?
17% said they have no religion and 81% that they are Christian; 1.2% 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).