MontcalmManitoba
It is a town of 1,420 residents in Manitoba. It lies in Division No. 3.
Is Montcalm a good place to live?
Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A). Safety lags (C). Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for health, B for jobs & income, C+ for walkability and C+ for hazard risk.
An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Montcalm has its subject grades alone.
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. Safety less sure: no police service names this town, so its crime figure is the nearest police detachment's, shared with a wider area. 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.
How Montcalm grades
Each subject compares Montcalm with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Montcalm has its subject grades alone.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Montcalm stand out
The 3 things Montcalm does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montcalm.
Renting in Montcalm costs 12% of household income, less than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns
87% of households own their home. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 8% 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
| Census 2021 | Montcalm | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 12% | 20% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 8% | 15% | 18% |
| Households owning their home | 87% | 75% | 74% |
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.
Where Montcalm is policed, the Crime Severity Index is 85 (Manitoba’s towns: 129; Canadian towns: 67)
A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under Montcalm
The violent index for its police area came to 94, below Manitoba’s towns (198) but above Canadian towns (86). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 10.3 per 1,000 people a year. Its police area records 29.7 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Montcalm | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crime per 1,000 | 29.7 | 58.8 | 31.2 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 94 | 198 | 86 |
| Crime Severity Index | 85 | 129 | 67 |
| Violent crime | 10.3 | 18 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Morris detachment area
For hazard risk, Montcalm gets a C+
Shared with the rest of the Central health region: radon tests
Hydrologic Forecasting and Water Management Branch of Manitoba Transporation and Infrastructure has mapped the flood hazard here, one of 2 studies on the national inventory. 43% of radon tests in the survey area came in above the guideline, above both Manitoba’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Seismic risk runs low: $0.006 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Montcalm | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 43% | 12% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.006 | $0.006 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Nights turn raw in Montcalm each January, colder than in 89% of Canadian towns
Frosty days number 186 in a normal year, about level with Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). The most precipitation falls in June: 90 mm in a normal year. Snow peaks in December: 27 cm in a normal year.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Montcalm | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| January night low | −20.4°C | −21.2°C | −13.5°C |
| Precipitation a year | 543 mm | 519 mm | 883 mm |
| Days with frost a year | 186 | 193 | 159 |
| July afternoon high | 26.0°C | 25.8°C | 25.5°C |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Emerson)
The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Montcalm tops that of 63% of Canadian towns
Commutes averaged 25 min, above Manitoba’s towns (24 min) and close to Canadian towns (26 min). 89% of commuters drove, close to both Manitoba’s towns (87%) and Canadian towns (89%).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Montcalm | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 25 min | 24 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 89% | 87% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.
Around Montcalm, 51% of adults call their health very good or excellent
For Montcalm itself the measure is access, and it lags: 11 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Smoking takes in 13% of adults, age-standardised, higher than both Manitoba’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 80.7, women 82.9 and men 78.7 (2022/2024). Montcalm doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Southern Health Region.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Montcalm | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smokers | 13% | 10% | 12% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 80.7 | 80.0 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
In Montcalm, November normally means 1°C afternoons and −8°C nights
About 21 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −7°C and lows near −16°C. Precipitation in November averages 25 mm. Normal highs peak at 26°C in July; nights bottom out at −20°C in January.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −9°C | −18°C | 54 mm |
| Spring | 10°C | −2°C | 132 mm |
| Summer | 25°C | 12°C | 240 mm |
| Autumn | 11°C | 0°C | 117 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Emerson); the forecast is on the Weather page
In 2021, Ted Falk carried Provencher by 15,823 votes, a margin wider than four in five Canada’s ridings
Ted Falk (Conservative Party of Canada) is the MP for Provencher, the riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) that takes in Montcalm.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Montcalm has one public library, Bibliothèque Montcalm Library
It sits 1.5 km from the centre of Montcalm.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Children make up 20% of Montcalm, above Manitoba’s towns and Canadian towns
Visible minorities make up 4.3% of the population, below both Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%). Over-65s are 17% of the population.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 49.8% of Montcalm
640 men and 635 women lived here in 2021, against a share of women of 50.9% for Canada.
| Montcalm | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 63% | 64% | 64% |
| 65+ | 17% | 17% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 27% | 16% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 40% | 52% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Manitoba and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Montcalm has no protected land within 10 km
The closest provincial park is Pembina Valley Provincial Park, 55 km from the edge of town. There is no national park within 100 km of the town.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Montcalm | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| Protected land within 10 km | 0% | 1.1% | 2.3% |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Montcalm and its edges hold 2 schools: 2 schools for every grade
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École régionale Saint-Jean-Baptiste FrenchIn MontcalmAll grades | All grades | – | French public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Montcalm | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 2 | 6 | 3 |
Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · In Manitoba, no schools grade. The province publishes no results school by school.
An older town: 32% of Montcalm’s homes predate 1961
| Heritage | Montcalm | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 32% | 23% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Montcalm
Famous people from Montcalm
3 notable people were born in Montcalm.
About Montcalm
Town in Manitoba
The boundary here is Statistics Canada’s: Montcalm is one census subdivision in Manitoba, and TownRatings describes all of it.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,420 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Manitoba
- Census division
- Division No. 3
- Census subdivision
- 4603030
Montcalm’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
Questions about Montcalm
Do people in Montcalm speak French?
43% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, against 8% for the median of Canadian towns; 0.4% speak French but not English.
Who are the people of Montcalm?
4% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% for the median of Canadian towns; 7% have an Indigenous identity and 6% are immigrants.
What kind of homes are in Montcalm?
Single-detached houses make up 90% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 1% are in high-rise apartments. 28% of households are one person, and the average is 2.4.
Has Montcalm grown?
It added people: 1,260 in 2016, 1,278 in 2021, 1.4% more, where the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 1,420.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · 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).