Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.023% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 97% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The figure for households in single-detached houses is 88% in Piney and 64% across Canada’s towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 1,937 for July 2025. One-person households: a third of the total. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 9.2% here, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Piney
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
23% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 4% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Older than most towns
Piney’s median age is 50.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Piney grew +7% from 2016 to 2021, ahead of 67% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Manitoba’s towns +4%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 5%.
Half of Piney is over 50.4, older than 86% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 26%. In Piney, 16% of residents are under 15.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
Piney households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Compared with 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 5% of households are one-parent families here.
57% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 88% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of common-law partners trails three quarters of Canadian towns: 7.7%. As a reference point, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Piney ranks below 68% of Canadian towns on renter households: 18%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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. 24% of homes were built before 1961 and 24% in 2001 or later. On average, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Median household income: $57,600 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Piney’s households had a total income below $57,600, 33% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $83,000, the median across Manitoba’s towns. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 15% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
11% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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 (76%) or in Europe (16%). Piney has fewer immigrants than 62% of Canadian towns, at 11%. Recent arrivals are 13% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
More residents with no religion than 60% of Canadian towns: 38%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents is 2.6%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
7.9% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 9.2% mostly speak another language; 0.5% speak neither English nor French. Higher than in 64% of Canadian towns: 11% of residents speak English and French. By way of comparison, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 11% in Piney, less than in 93% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 20% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
49% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 49%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 26% are 65 or over.
Piney is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Piney has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 45–76 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piney | 1,937 | — | 50.4 | 26% | 11% |
| Stuartburn | 1,907 | 45.5 km | 42.4 | 21% | 10% |
| La Broquerie | 7,808 | 62.0 km | 28.6 | 7.4% | 21% |
| Reynolds | 1,439 | 69.1 km | 48.4 | 22% | 7.2% |
| Steinbach | 21,671 | 71.4 km | 36 | 17% | 21% |
| Mitchell | 19,950 | 76.2 km | 28.8 | 8.7% | 19% |
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. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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.
Questions about Piney’s residents
Is Piney good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 57% of households. One-parent families: 5%. Schools near Piney are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Piney?
The median household in Piney took in $57,600 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Piney?
Piney had about 1,937 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,843, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Piney?
A median age of 50.4. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 26%.
Is Piney bilingual?
11% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 88% English only. French is the mother tongue of 7.9%.
How diverse is Piney?
11% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 2.6% belong to a visible minority and 23% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Piney?
60% are Christian and 38% have no religion; 1.7% follow another religion.
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).