Photo: Krazytea · CC BY-SA 4.0A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 93% of Canadian towns: 92%
Recent arrivals are 14% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Across Pembina, 20% of residents are under 15. 1.1% of residents belong to a visible minority, fewer than in 94% of Canadian towns. This Manitoba town had about 2,502 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 930 households at the 2021 Census.
From 2016 to 2021, 61% of Canadian towns grew faster than Pembina: +3%
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 Manitoba’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Pembina is younger than 58% of Canadian towns: a median age of 40.8
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Compared with 19% across Canada’s towns, 21% of residents are 65 or over here. 10–14 is the most common age band: 7.1% of residents. More residents aged 15 to 24 than in 63% of Canadian towns: 12%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Pembina, 40.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Pembina sits above 56% of Canadian towns for one-person households (29%)
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here 5.4% of households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%. Households here average 2.4 people each. One-person households make up 27% across Canada’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over: 57%, a higher share than 88% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of common-law partners is 7.2%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Only 15% of households rent their home in Pembina
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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 74% of Canadian towns. For renter households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 25%. Older homes outnumber new: 40% predate 1961, 12% date from 2001 or later.
The middle household earns $71,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Pembina: half had less than $71,000, 17% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Manitoba’s towns is $83,000. 17% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Residents who moved in within the year make up 8% in Pembina, less than in 82% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Most immigrants were born in the Americas (50%) or in Asia (21%). On average, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, immigrants are scarce here: 6.5%, fewer than in three quarters of Canadian towns. Add to that, 2.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns.
Pembina sits below 63% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (31%)
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Pembina, 2.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity. As a yardstick, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 84%, and 3.8% speak French as well
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 8.8% mostly speak another language; 0.8% speak neither English nor French. On bilingual residents, Pembina sits lower than 89% of Canadian towns: 3.8%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 1.3%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 95% of Canadian towns: 11%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 19%, against 9.5%. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 62% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 62% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 2,500 to 2,588 people, the 15th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Between City Commercial Core (32.7) and North Frontenac (61.6) lies the rest of the group. Closest in median age to Pembina are Caswell Hill (39.2), Rosedale (39.8), Brooke-Alvinston (41.6) and Satoo (41.7).
Around Pembina, 2 of 3 towns have a higher median age
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. Distances here run 22–27 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Pembina.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Manitoba’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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.
Questions about Pembina’s residents
Is Pembina bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 3.8% are. Another 0% speak only French and 96% only English, and French is the first language of 1.3%.
How diverse is Pembina?
6.5% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1.1% belong to a visible minority and 2.2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Pembina?
67% are Christian and 31% have no religion; 1.6% follow another religion.
Is Pembina good for families?
Under 15: 20% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 61% of households. One-parent families: 5.4%. Schools near Pembina are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Pembina?
The median household in Pembina took in $71,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Pembina?
Pembina had about 2,502 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 2,406, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Pembina?
A median age of 40.8, younger than 58% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 20%, and people 65 and over 21%.
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).