SiftonManitoba
Population 1,267: a town in Manitoba. Its census division is Division No. 6.
Is Sifton a good place to live?
Sifton’s strongest subject is cost of living (A−). Health lags (C−).
An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Sifton has its subject grades alone.
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. No Safety Grade: no police service publishes a crime rate for this place on its own. Crime here is counted against the people who live here, but many visitors or second-home owners add to it, so the rate per resident runs higher than residents' own risk. 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.
How Sifton grades
Each subject compares Sifton with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Sifton has its subject grades alone.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Sifton stand out
The 3 things Sifton does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sifton.
More households own their home in Sifton than in Manitoba’s towns or across Canadian towns: 90%
Rent took 17% of household income, below both Manitoba’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 16% of households, about level with Manitoba’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (18%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Sifton | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 90% | 75% | 74% |
| Rent as a share of income | 17% | 20% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 16% | 15% | 18% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · The 2021 census asked owners what their home was worth; those values, and 2020 incomes, are what this compares.
Sifton’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 2.7 years: life expectancy 78.8
15% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, above both Manitoba’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Manitoba, 51% against 51%. For Sifton itself the measure is access, and it lags: 24 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Figures for health survey and life expectancy are published for the Prairie Mountain Health Region as a whole, not for Sifton alone.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Sifton | 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
Few Canadian towns have as many of their 15-to-64s in work as Sifton
The commute to work averages 27 min. The car took 86% of commuters, in line with Manitoba’s towns (87%) and Canadian towns (89%).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Sifton | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 27 min | 24 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 86% | 87% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.
January lows in Sifton: −19.6°C, against −21.2°C in Manitoba’s towns and −13.5°C in Canadian towns
There are 196 days of frost in a typical year, about level with Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). December is the snowiest month, with 26 cm on average. Also worth knowing: rain and snow peak in June, at 101 mm.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Sifton | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation a year | 517 mm | 519 mm | 883 mm |
| January night low | −19.6°C | −21.2°C | −13.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 196 | 193 | 159 |
| July afternoon high | 25.4°C | 25.8°C | 25.5°C |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Elkhorn)
35% of homes tested in Sifton’s area are above the radon guideline
2 flood studies cover the town, the latest by Hydrologic Forecasting and Water Management Branch of Manitoba Transporation and Infrastructure . Seismic risk runs low: $0.006 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Sifton | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 35% | 12% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.006 | $0.006 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Radon tests: one figure for all of the Assiniboine health region
A normal November in Sifton runs from −9°C to freezing
November normally sees 26 mm of precipitation. A normal December brings highs of −7°C, lows of −16°C. Snowfall in a normal November: 22 cm. July brings the warmest days, 25°C; January the coldest nights, −20°C.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −8°C | −18°C | 70 mm |
| Spring | 9°C | −3°C | 129 mm |
| Summer | 24°C | 11°C | 228 mm |
| Autumn | 10°C | −1°C | 90 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Elkhorn); the forecast is on the Weather page
Sifton sends Grant Jackson (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Brandon—Souris
From Manitoba come 14 MPs, 7 of them with the Conservative Party of Canada.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Sifton has no public library of its own; the nearest is Border Regional Library, 25 km away
The next is Grassland Public Library (Grassland), 26 km away.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
From Sifton, Rivers Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (32 km)
Count 38 protected areas within 10 km of town. Riding Mountain National Park is the closest national park, 95 km from town. Within 10 km of the town, 1.5% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Sifton | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| Protected land within 10 km | 1.5% | 1.1% | 2.3% |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
A town of families: 21% of people in Sifton are under 15, more than in both Manitoba’s towns and Canadian towns
Those 65 and older account for nearly a quarter of residents. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up nearly one in ten residents, lower than Manitoba’s towns (12%) yet higher than Canadian towns (2.8%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 49.8% of Sifton
Census 2021 put women at 620 and men at 625; women are 50.9% of Canada.
| Sifton | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 57% | 64% | 64% |
| 65+ | 23% | 17% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 27% | 16% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 46% | 52% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Manitoba and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Everything we know about Sifton
Famous people from Sifton
4 notable people were born in Sifton.
About Sifton
Town in Manitoba
TownRatings counts Sifton as Statistics Canada does, as one municipality in Manitoba; the census, crime and housing figures all follow that boundary.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,267 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Manitoba
- Census division
- Division No. 6
- Census subdivision
- 4606016
Questions about Sifton
What kind of homes are in Sifton?
92% of homes are single-detached houses, against 64% for the median of Canadian towns, and 0% are in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. A household averages 2.5 people; 23% are one person living alone.
Has Sifton grown?
It lost people: 1,256 in 2016, 1,239 in 2021, 1.4% fewer, while the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 1,267.
Is Sifton a young town or an old one?
The median resident is 44.4 years old, against 45.2 for the median of Canadian towns. 21% are under 15 and 23% are 65 or over.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · 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).