Half of Split Lake 171 is under 21.2, younger than 99% of Canadian towns
Split Lake 171 is a First Nations reserve, home to Tataskweyak Cree Nation. Compared with 25% across Canada’s towns, 4.9% of households rent their home here. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 18%. Few places have as many residents with no religion: 50% here, more than in 87% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 2,462 residents; the 2021 Census found 410 households.
What stands out about the people of Split Lake 171
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
99% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 97% are Registered or Treaty Indians, and 17% have an Indigenous mother tongue. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Line Split Lake 171’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 21.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 38% are under 15 and 4% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Split Lake 171 grew +9% from 2016 to 2021, ahead of 78% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Manitoba’s towns, by more than +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 10%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 99% of Canadian towns: 4%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The share of children under 15 is 38%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of Canadian towns: 4.9%
Private households by type and size.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Split Lake 171, 5.4. On top of that, the community has more one-parent families than 99% of Canadian towns, at 17%. The wider picture: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
In Split Lake 171, 21% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
With common-law partners at 19%, Split Lake 171 is ahead of 83% of Canadian towns on that count. Against that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
63% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 51% 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 40% date from 2001 or later, 2.4% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 56% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
Half above, half below $81,000 a year in household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Split Lake 171’s median household took in $81,000 before tax, 6% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Manitoba’s towns has $83,000 before tax. COVID-19 benefits went to 44% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
In Split Lake 171, 99% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
With visible minority residents at 0.4%, Split Lake 171 is behind 99% of Canadian towns on that count. Indigenous residents make up 2.8% across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 74%, and 0.2% 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
At home: English 89%, French 0.4%. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 0.9%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 99% of Canadian towns: 3.9%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 48% here, 9.5% in the typical town. 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 40%
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.
With 4% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 40% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Split Lake 171 is younger than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Distances here run 90–122 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Split Lake 171.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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. Two medians frame each figure: one for Manitoba’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- A First Nations reserve. Reserves are compared with Canada’s towns but aren’t counted among them: they have no overall grade and no place in ranked lists. Census figures for small reserves are rounded, and some are suppressed.
Questions about Split Lake 171’s residents
What is the median income in Split Lake 171?
$81,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Split Lake 171 (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Split Lake 171?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,462 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,232 in Split Lake 171, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Split Lake 171?
21.2 is the median age. Under 15: 38%. 65 and over: 4%.
Is Split Lake 171 bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 0.2% are. Another 0% speak only French and 99% only English, and French is the first language of 0.9%.
How diverse is Split Lake 171?
0.4% of residents belong to a visible minority and 99% have an Indigenous identity; Statistics Canada suppresses the immigration figures for Split Lake 171.
What religion are people in Split Lake 171?
Christian: 47%. No religion: 50%. Another religion: 3.6%.
Is Split Lake 171 good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 38%. 31% of households are couple families and 17% one-parent families. Schools near Split Lake 171 are on its Schools page.
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).