Photo: Shahnoor Habib Munmun · CC BY 3.03.9% of households rent their home, below 99% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%; St. Andrews has 17%. 6.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. With a median age of 46.8, St. Andrews is older than 76% of Canadian towns. This Manitoba town had about 12,021 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 4,405 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of St. Andrews
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
14% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 93% of Canadian towns; 2.9% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
−2% since 2016: slower than 87% 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
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Manitoba’s towns. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 3% higher again.
Fewer children under 15 than 61% of Canadian towns: 15%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Across St. Andrews, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ St. Andrews, 46.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 67% of Canadian towns: 2.6 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families trails 77% of Canadian towns: 6.5%.
57% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 88% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
23% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of common-law partners stands at 10%.
St. Andrews: 95% of households live in a single-detached house, above 96% of Canadian towns
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 21% date from 2001 or later, 15% from before 1961. 1.1% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, a higher share than in 61% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Households here have a median income of $106,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
St. Andrews’s median household took in $106,000 before tax, 23% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Manitoba’s towns is $83,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 20% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
8.3% of residents are immigrants
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
Compared with 17% across Canada’s towns, 8.3% of residents are immigrants here. On top of that, 2.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens, a lower share than in 67% of Canadian towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (62%), then in the Americas (20%).
Indigenous residents make up 14% in St. Andrews, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 43%, against 35% across Canada’s towns. In St. Andrews, 3.4% of residents belong to a visible minority. Elsewhere, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
88% have English as their mother tongue; 4.9% also speak French
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
The share of bilingual residents trails 76% of Canadian towns: 4.9%. 1.3% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 21% in St. Andrews, less than in 66% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 8.3% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 62%
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
62% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
The 15th oldest of 41 towns of 11,740 to 12,317 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The youngest is Cityscape (31.5) and the oldest Elliot Lake (60.4). The towns whose median age is nearest to St. Andrews’s: Saint-Raymond (46.8), Grey Highlands (46.8), Milliken (47.6) and St. Clements (48).
St. Andrews sits below 1 of its 4 closest neighbours on median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Andrews | 12,021 | — | 46.8 | 19% | 8.3% |
| Selkirk | 11,570 | 8.1 km | 44 | 25% | 7% |
| St. Clements | 12,029 | 10.3 km | 48 | 20% | 8.7% |
| Stony Mountain | 9,180 | 17.6 km | 40.8 | 15% | 4.2% |
| West St. Paul | 10,796 | 18.5 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. 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. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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 St. Andrews’s residents
Is St. Andrews good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 69% of households and one-parent families 6.5%. Schools near St. Andrews are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in St. Andrews?
Median total household income in St. Andrews was $106,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of St. Andrews?
The latest figure is an estimate: 12,021 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, St. Andrews counted 11,723, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in St. Andrews?
Half the residents are older than 46.8 and half younger, older than 76% of Canadian towns; 15% are children under 15 and 19% are 65 or over.
Is St. Andrews bilingual?
4.9% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 95% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.3%.
How diverse is St. Andrews?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 8.3%. A visible minority makes up 3.4% and Indigenous residents 14%.
What religion are people in St. Andrews?
Most often Christian (55%) or no religion (43%); other religions make up 1.7%.
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).