Photo: Jd.101 · CC BY-SA 3.035% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 99% of Canadian towns don’t reach
With households in buildings of five or more storeys at 6%, Selkirk is ahead of 74% of Canadian towns on that count. This Manitoba town is home to some 11,570 people (July 2025 estimate), in 4,415 households at the 2021 Census. Across Selkirk, 25% of residents are 65 or over. At 14%, the share of one-parent families is higher than in 96% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Selkirk
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 35% of residents, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and 13% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A change of +2% since 2016 leaves Selkirk behind 63% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 10%. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Manitoba’s towns.
Selkirk is older than 62% of Canadian towns: a median age of 44
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 6.9% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Selkirk, 44. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of one-person households than 74% of Canadian towns, at 34%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Fewer married residents 15 and over than 73% of Canadian towns: 37%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 30% of adults, beside a typical 27%. As a reference point, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Selkirk, the census puts common-law partners at 11%.
40% of households rent their home, more than in 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
The figure for households in single-detached houses is 61% in Selkirk and 64% across Canada’s towns. On average, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 30% predate 1961, 17% date from 2001 or later.
Households here have a median income of $68,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Selkirk: half had less than $68,000, 21% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Manitoba’s towns: $83,000. 23% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
7% of residents are immigrants
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 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are immigrants; in Selkirk, 7%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (51%) and in Europe (34%). A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: more than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
Selkirk ranks above 83% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 48%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
With visible minority residents at 7%, Selkirk is behind 63% of Canadian towns on that count. For residents with no religion, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 35%. Among other religions: Sikh (2.4%).
English is the mother tongue of 89%, and 5.2% 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
The share of bilingual residents trails 72% of Canadian towns: 5.2%. On the census count, 1.2% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 88% of Canadian towns: 13%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 16%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 50%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 50%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 25% of residents are 65 or over.
41 towns of 11,339 to 11,808 people: this is the 11th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
They run from Milton-Parc, at 30.4, to Sechelt, at 57.6. The closest ages to Selkirk’s belong to North Riverdale (43.5), Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot (43.6), Mississauga Valleys (44.2) and Millbrook (44.8).
Of the 4 towns nearest Selkirk, 2 are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selkirk | 11,570 | — | 44 | 25% | 7% |
| St. Clements | 12,029 | 3.7 km | 48 | 20% | 8.7% |
| St. Andrews | 12,021 | 8.1 km | 46.8 | 19% | 8.3% |
| Brokenhead | 5,931 | 17.6 km | 40 | 16% | 5.6% |
| West St. Paul | 10,796 | 19.0 km | 41.2 | 17% | 18% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Manitoba’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
Questions about Selkirk’s residents
Is Selkirk bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 5.2% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 94% speak only English and 0.1% only French; 1.2% grew up with French.
How diverse is Selkirk?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 7%. A visible minority makes up 7% and Indigenous residents 35%.
What religion are people in Selkirk?
Most often Christian (47%) or no religion (48%); other religions make up 5.3%.
Is Selkirk good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 42% of households and one-parent families 14%. Schools near Selkirk are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Selkirk?
Median total household income in Selkirk was $68,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Selkirk?
The latest figure is an estimate: 11,570 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Selkirk counted 10,504, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Selkirk?
Half the residents are older than 44 and half younger, older than 62% of Canadian towns; 16% are children under 15 and 25% are 65 or over.
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).