Photo: Rkehler3 · CC0A higher share of Indigenous residents than 98% of Canadian towns, at 29%
17% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; across Canada’s towns the figure is 11%. Ste. Anne is home to some 3,587 people (July 2025 estimate), in 1,150 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households in single-detached houses at 52% here. One-parent families are more common here than in 84% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Ste. Anne
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 29% of residents, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and 4.1% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Growing faster than most
Ste. Anne went from 2,114 people in 2016 to 2,891 in 2021, +37%: faster growth than in 99% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Younger than most towns
Line Ste. Anne’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 34.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 22% are under 15 and 19% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A town of renters
50% of households rent their home, more than in 85% of Canadian towns; 22% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Ste. Anne grew +37% from 2016 to 2021, ahead of 99% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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 24%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Manitoba’s towns, by more than +4%.
A median age of 34.8: Ste. Anne is younger than 91% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Children under 15: 22%, above 92% of Canadian towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 19%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Ste. Anne, 34.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women.
Above 59% of Canadian towns: 29% of households are one person living alone
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households average 2.4 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 27% across Canada’s towns.
Ste. Anne sits above 76% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (15%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly a quarter of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. To put it in context, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of renter households than 85% of Canadian towns: 50%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Households here have a median income of $73,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Ste. Anne: half had less than $73,000, 15% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $83,000 is the median household income across Manitoba’s towns. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 23% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
6% 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
Just over a fifth of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. For Ste. Anne, the census puts residents without Canadian citizenship at 2%. The town has fewer immigrants than 78% of Canadian towns, at 6%.
More residents with no religion than 70% of Canadian towns: 42%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
3.4% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). Across Canada’s towns, just over a third of residents said they have no religion.
Ste. Anne ranks above 84% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 35%
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 82%, French 11%. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%. Higher than in 78% of Canadian towns: 21% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Only 15% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Ste. Anne
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%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 58% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
58% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
4th lowest median age among 41 towns of 3,536 to 3,639
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The span goes from 31.2 (Opportunity No. 17) up to 57.7 (South Tuxedo). Next to Ste. Anne on this scale come McMillan (33.5), Morris (33.6), Ramsay (35.9) and East Elmwood (36.2).
Every nearby town is older than Ste. Anne
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
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Manitoba’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about Ste. Anne’s residents
Is Ste. Anne bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 35% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 64% speak only English and 0.7% only French; 21% grew up with French.
How diverse is Ste. Anne?
Immigrants: 6% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 3.4%. Indigenous identity: 29%.
What religion are people in Ste. Anne?
42% said they have no religion and 57% that they are Christian; 1.6% named another faith.
Is Ste. Anne good for families?
22% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 52% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Ste. Anne are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ste. Anne?
Half of Ste. Anne’s households had more than $73,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Ste. Anne?
About 3,587, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,891 people in Ste. Anne, 37% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ste. Anne?
The median age is 34.8, younger than 91% of Canadian towns. 22% are under 15 and 19% 65 or older.
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).