Photo: Mennowiki · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Steinbach is under 36, younger than 87% of Canadian towns
Indigenous residents: 10% here and 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Statistics Canada puts Steinbach’s population at 21,671 for July 2025. Here, 38% of households rent their home. 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 86% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Steinbach
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Steinbach is 36; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 21% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A town people move to
A year before the census, 18% of residents lived elsewhere, 1.7 times the typical share; over five years, 51% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Faster growth than 85% of Canadian towns: Steinbach changed by +11% since 2016
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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 22% higher again.
Above 89% of Canadian towns: 21% of residents are under 15
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
20–24 is the most common age band: 7.5% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Here, 17% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Steinbach, 36. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
2.6 people per household, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Census figures put one-parent families at 7.7% in Steinbach. There is little gap on one-person households: 27%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
In Steinbach, 5.4% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 89% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
55% of residents 15 and over are married, against 46% across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
A higher share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 70% of Canadian towns, at 3.7%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
47% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 8.6% built before 1961. Fewer households in single-detached houses than in 62% of Canadian towns: 55%.
Median household income here: $72,500 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Steinbach: half had less than $72,500, 16% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Manitoba’s towns, the typical figure is $83,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 21% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Steinbach: 18% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 90% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 10% here and 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%. 21% of residents are immigrants.
21% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 85% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Steinbach, 16% of residents belong to a visible minority. Across Canada’s towns, just over a third of residents said they have no religion.
64% have English as their mother tongue; 4.3% also speak French
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 13% mostly speak another language; 1.1% speak neither English nor French. Lower than in 83% of Canadian towns: 4.3% of residents speak English and French. There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.7%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 23% in Steinbach, less than in 58% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 15% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 62% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 62%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 9th of 41 towns of 21,267 to 22,170 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
They run from Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver, at 31.4, to Port Colborne, at 50.4. The towns whose median age is nearest to Steinbach’s: Sandalwood East (mountainash) (34.6), Brentwood (35.6), Black Creek (37.4) and Cornell (37.5).
Among its 4 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Steinbach
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steinbach | 21,671 | — | 36 | 17% | 21% |
| Mitchell | 19,950 | 7.7 km | 28.8 | 8.7% | 19% |
| La Broquerie | 7,808 | 10.2 km | 28.6 | 7.4% | 21% |
| Ste. Anne | 3,587 | 15.7 km | 34.8 | 19% | 6% |
| Ste. Anne | 6,387 | 17.8 km | 38 | 17% | 12% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Steinbach’s residents
Is Steinbach good for families?
Children under 15 are 21% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 55% of households and one-parent families 7.7%. Schools near Steinbach are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Steinbach?
Median total household income in Steinbach was $72,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Steinbach?
The latest figure is an estimate: 21,671 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Steinbach counted 17,806, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Steinbach?
Half the residents are older than 36 and half younger, younger than 87% of Canadian towns; 21% are children under 15 and 17% are 65 or over.
Is Steinbach bilingual?
4.3% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 95% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.7%.
How diverse is Steinbach?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 21%. A visible minority makes up 16% and Indigenous residents 10%.
What religion are people in Steinbach?
Most often Christian (76%) or no religion (21%); other religions make up 3.3%.
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).