Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainResidents without Canadian citizenship: 44%, a higher share than 99% of Canadian towns
40% of residents are immigrants; across Canada’s towns the figure is 17%. Visible minority residents are more common here than in 87% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 1,865 households in Neepawa; by July 2025 the population was about 6,328. Here, nearly a fifth of residents are under 15.
What stands out about the people of Neepawa
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Neepawa went from 4,609 to 5,685 residents (+23%), faster growth than in 98% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
A town people move to
20% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 1.9 times the typical share; 54% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Since 2016, Neepawa has grown +23%, faster than 98% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Manitoba’s towns, +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 11% higher again.
Younger than 71% of Canadian towns: half of Neepawa is under 38.8
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
No age band is larger than 35–39: 11% of residents, 1.7 times the share across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Among Manitoba’s towns, Brockville has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 54%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Neepawa, 38.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 90% of Canadian towns: 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.
Here 29% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 27%. The share of one-parent families stands at 4.3%.
6.6% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 82% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Neepawa has 54%. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 5.6%, a higher share than 74% 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: 32% predate 1961, 18% date from 2001 or later. On renter households, Neepawa sits higher than 61% of Canadian towns: 31%. The share of households in single-detached houses is 67%, against 64% across Canada’s towns.
Median gross household income: $84,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Neepawa had $84,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Manitoba’s towns, half of households had more than $83,000 before tax. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 13% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 20% in Neepawa, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
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 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (91%), then in Europe (6.3%). To put it in context, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Of the immigrants living here, 93% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
Fewer residents with no religion than 91% of Canadian towns: 17%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 4.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 2.8%. Elsewhere, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 53%, and 1.3% speak French as well
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, 29% mostly speak another language; 0.4% speak neither English nor French. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Here 0.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 1.5%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 54% of Canadian towns: 25%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 5.3%, against 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 68%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. 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: 68%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 6,228 to 6,431 people, the 15th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages climb from 31.3 (The Orchards At Ellerslie) to 60 (Peachland) across the group. The towns whose median age is nearest to Neepawa’s: Mcquesten West (38.4), Les Coteaux (38.8), Duggan (39.4) and Beechborough-Greenbrook (39.9).
Among its 5 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Neepawa
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. No closer places have figures: these lie 21–27 km from Neepawa.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neepawa | 6,328 | — | 38.8 | 18% | 40% |
| Glenella-Lansdowne | 1,253 | 21.1 km | 41.2 | 23% | 5.1% |
| North Cypress-Langford | 3,234 | 25.3 km | 37.2 | 15% | 9.8% |
| Minto-Odanah | 1,168 | 26.3 km | 42.4 | 20% | 6% |
| Minnedosa | 2,859 | 26.3 km | 46 | 26% | 3.7% |
| Rosedale | 1,591 | 26.9 km | 38 | 18% | 4.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Each comparison is its own median: over Manitoba’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
Questions about Neepawa’s residents
What religion are people in Neepawa?
Most often Christian (82%) or no religion (17%); other religions make up 1.3%.
Is Neepawa good for families?
Children under 15 are 19% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 48% of households and one-parent families 4.3%. Schools near Neepawa are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Neepawa?
Median total household income in Neepawa was $84,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Neepawa?
The latest figure is an estimate: 6,328 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Neepawa counted 5,685, 23% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Neepawa?
Half the residents are older than 38.8 and half younger, younger than 71% of Canadian towns; 19% are children under 15 and 18% are 65 or over.
Is Neepawa bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 1.3% are. Another 0% speak only French and 99% only English, and French is the first language of 0.5%.
How diverse is Neepawa?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 40%. A visible minority makes up 53% and Indigenous residents 4.5%.
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).