Mossey RiverManitoba
It is part of Division No. 17, a census division. A town of 1,121 in Manitoba.
Is Mossey River a good place to live?
Homes are affordable (A+). Walkability is a strength too (B+). The weak point is safety (D). Jobs and pay trail most towns (C−). It also trails on hazard risk (D).
Mossey River is graded subject by subject, but Canadian towns need 2,500 residents for an overall grade.
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 is the police detachment's figure, shared with the towns and countryside around it. 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. Wildfire lowers this town's Hazard risk Grade: a high share of the land around it has burned in the last 40 years.
How Mossey River grades
Each subject compares Mossey River with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Mossey River is graded subject by subject, but Canadian towns need 2,500 residents for an overall grade.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Mossey River stand out
The 3 things Mossey River does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mossey River.
Renting in Mossey River costs 12% of household income, less than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns
5% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners make up 74% of households, near both Manitoba’s towns (75%) and Canadian towns (74%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Mossey River | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 5% | 15% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 12% | 20% | 20% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020.
Violent crime weighs more where Mossey River is policed than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 391
Violent incidents in its police area came to 62.3 per 1,000 residents a year, above both Manitoba’s towns (18) and Canadian towns (12). Its police area records 68.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across the Winnipegosis detachment area, with Mossey River one part of it.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Mossey River | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crime Severity Index | 260 | 129 | 67 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 391 | 198 | 86 |
| Violent crime | 62.3 | 18 | 12 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 68.1 | 58.8 | 31.2 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Hazard risk in Mossey River is higher than in 95% of Canadian towns
In Health Canada’s survey, 43% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). With 0.25% of the land around it burning each year, Mossey River sits in the high wildfire band (10% within 25 km since 1986). Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.005 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Mossey River | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 43% | 12% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.005 | $0.006 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Radon tests: the Parkland health region
Trips to work from Mossey River are shorter than from Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 18 min on average
87% of commuters drove, near both Manitoba’s towns (87%) and Canadian towns (89%).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Mossey River | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 18 min | 24 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 87% | 87% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
July afternoons in Mossey River reach 25.1°C (Manitoba towns 25.8°C, Canadian towns 25.5°C)
There are 201 days of frost in a typical year, about level with Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). Expect January lows of around −20.9°C in Mossey River. Gardeners get 121 frost-free days, from 21 May to 20 September. A normal June brings 87 mm of precipitation, more than any other month.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Mossey River | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation a year | 462 mm | 519 mm | 883 mm |
| Days with frost a year | 201 | 193 | 159 |
| January night low | −20.9°C | −21.2°C | −13.5°C |
| July afternoon high | 25.1°C | 25.8°C | 25.5°C |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Dauphin)
Lives run shorter around Mossey River: 78.8 years, 2.7 below the typical Canadian town’s region
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Manitoba, 51% against 51%. Smokers make up 15% of the region’s adults, above Manitoba’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. Closer to home, a hospital sits 3.6 km from the average resident of Mossey River, about the norm of 3.7 km.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Mossey River | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smokers | 15% | 10% | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 78.8 | 80.0 | 81.5 |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Health survey and life expectancy: one figure for all of the Prairie Mountain Health Region
A normal November in Mossey River runs from −10°C to freezing
ECCC’s forecast for Bachelors Island is on the Weather page, hour by hour. December follows at −8°C by day and −18°C by night.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −9°C | −19°C | 46 mm |
| Spring | 9°C | −4°C | 103 mm |
| Summer | 24°C | 11°C | 212 mm |
| Autumn | 9°C | −2°C | 102 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Dauphin); the forecast is on the Weather page
Mossey River sends Dan Mazier (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Riding Mountain
Without a readable licence for the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba’s ridings map, Mossey River isn’t placed in a riding here.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
No public library stands in Mossey River: the closest, Dauphin Public Library, is 56 km away
Without open library statistics in Manitoba, the page names Mossey River’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Mossey River is 47 km from Riding Mountain National Park
Birch Island Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 17 km.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Mossey River | 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
More of Mossey River’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 52%
Those 65 and older account for just over a fifth of residents. Children under 15 make up 20%, above Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (16%) alike.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
49.8% of Mossey River’s residents are women
The 2021 census counted 720 women and 725 men here, where women make up 50.9% of Canada.
| Mossey River | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 57% | 64% | 64% |
| 65+ | 22% | 17% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 37% | 16% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 34% | 52% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Manitoba and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Everything we know about Mossey River
About Mossey River
Town in Manitoba
For Mossey River, TownRatings uses Statistics Canada’s census-subdivision boundary in Manitoba, and every figure on its pages covers that whole area.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,121 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Manitoba
- Census division
- Division No. 17
- Census subdivision
- 4617072
Questions about Mossey River
Is Mossey River growing?
Yes: the census counted 1,145 in 2016 and 1,450 in 2021, a rise of 26.6%, against 4.1% for the median of Canadian towns. The 2025 estimate is 1,121.
What kind of homes are in Mossey River?
Mostly 92% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 2.3 people on average, and 35% have just one.
Is Mossey River a young town or an old one?
Its median age is 44.4, where Canadian towns sit at 45.2.
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).