Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHalf of Stanley is under 25.6, younger than 99% of Canadian towns
7.9% of households are one person living alone; across Canada’s towns the figure is 27%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 9,929 residents; the 2021 Census found 2,280 households. The share of renter households stands at 4.4%. Stanley has fewer residents who moved in within the year than 92% of Canadian towns, at 6.6%.
What stands out about the people of Stanley
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Stanley is 25.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 31% are under 15 and 5.4% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Stanley changed by ±0% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 76% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 11%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Manitoba’s towns, +4%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 99% of Canadian towns: 5.4%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
10–14 is the most common age band: 12% of residents, 2.1 times the share across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 18% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Stanley, 25.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 99% of Canadian towns: 3.9 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families is 2.9%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of common-law partners than 99% of Canadian towns, at 1%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of married residents 15 and over is 66%, against 46% across Canada’s towns. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
In Stanley, 92% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 92% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for households in single-detached houses is 64% across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 46% date from 2001 or later, 15% from before 1961.
Half of households earn more than $90,000 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
The middle household in Stanley had $90,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Manitoba’s towns: $83,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 14% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
More immigrants than 73% of Canadian towns: 31%
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 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Across Canada’s towns, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens; in Stanley, 13%. The wider picture: 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (45%) and in the Americas (39%).
Residents with no religion make up 7.2% in Stanley, less than in 99% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%; Stanley has 1%. Measured more widely, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents account for 1.8%.
51% have a mother tongue other than English or 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
By its share of bilingual residents (1.4%), Stanley is below 99% of Canadian towns. On the census count, 0.2% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Stanley sits below 99% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (7.6%)
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
31% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
An employment rate of 69%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 69%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 1st youngest of 41 towns of 9,787 to 10,080 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
They run from Stanley, at 25.6, to Blind Bay, at 58.8. In age, Stanley keeps company with Rosenberg (32.1) and Van Kirk (34.3).
Every nearby town is older than Stanley
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- 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 Stanley’s residents
Is Stanley bilingual?
English and French: 1.4% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 95%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.2%.
How diverse is Stanley?
Immigrants make up 31% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1% are members of a visible minority, and 1.8% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Stanley?
Christian: 93%. No religion: 7.2%. Another religion: 0.1%.
Is Stanley good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 31%. 84% of households are couple families and 2.9% one-parent families. Schools near Stanley are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Stanley?
$90,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Stanley (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Stanley?
Statistics Canada estimates 9,929 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 8,981 in Stanley, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Stanley?
25.6 is the median age, younger than 99% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 31%. 65 and over: 5.4%.
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).