Photo: Bluejaywpg · Public domain6.7% of households rent their home, below 97% of Canadian towns
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails three quarters of Canadian towns: 15%. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 6.2% in Stony Mountain. Fewer one-person households than in 77% of Canadian towns: 20%. Some 9,180 people live in the town, by the estimate for July 2025. The census figures here are for the whole of Rockwood, the municipality that includes Stony Mountain.
What stands out about the people of Stony Mountain
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
16% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 1.8% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Growth of +8% since 2016 puts Stony Mountain ahead of 72% 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
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Manitoba’s towns +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 9% higher again.
A median age of 40.8: Stony Mountain is younger than 58% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
No age band is larger than 55–59: nearly one in ten residents. At 17%, the share of children under 15 is higher than in 63% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Stony Mountain, 40.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men.
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.
Here 6.4% of households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%.
More married residents 15 and over than 64% of Canadian towns: 51%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
31% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). For comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 9.2%.
More households in single-detached houses than 92% of Canadian towns: 92%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. For comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 21% date from 2001 or later, 19% from before 1961.
$101,000 a year: the median household income
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Stony Mountain: half had more than $101,000, 17% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Manitoba’s towns, the median household income is $83,000. 19% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
4.2% of residents are immigrants
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
Recent arrivals are 15% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. 1.1% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Lower than in 84% of Canadian towns: 4.2% of residents are immigrants.
16% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 35% across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents said they have no religion in Stony Mountain. Still, 2% of residents belong to a visible minority, fewer than in 85% of Canadian towns. Typically, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
87% have English as their mother tongue; 4.8% 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
5.1% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.3% speak neither official language. On bilingual residents, Stony Mountain sits lower than 77% of Canadian towns: 4.8%. Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 1.2%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 13% in Stony Mountain, less than in 87% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 11% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
An employment rate of 65%
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.
65% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Of 41 towns its size (9,004 to 9,357 people), the 19th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Hampton Village (32.3) and the oldest Vankleek Hill (52.4). Closest in median age to Stony Mountain are Strathcona (40.2), Boischatel (40.8), Thistletown-Beaumond Heights (40.9) and Walsh Acres/Lakeridge/Garden Ridge (41.2).
Every nearby town is older than Stony Mountain
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Mountain | 9,180 | — | 40.8 | 15% | 4.2% |
| Stonewall | 5,443 | 10.9 km | 44 | 21% | 4.6% |
| St. Andrews | 12,021 | 17.6 km | 46.8 | 19% | 8.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Manitoba’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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.
Questions about Stony Mountain’s residents
What is the population of Stony Mountain?
Stony Mountain had about 9,180 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 8,440, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Stony Mountain?
A median age of 40.8, younger than 58% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 17%, and people 65 and over 15%.
Is Stony Mountain bilingual?
4.8% 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 1.2%.
How diverse is Stony Mountain?
4.2% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 2% belong to a visible minority and 16% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Stony Mountain?
52% are Christian and 46% have no religion; 1.8% follow another religion.
Is Stony Mountain good for families?
Under 15: 17% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 67% of households. One-parent families: 6.4%. Schools near Stony Mountain are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Stony Mountain?
The median household in Stony Mountain took in $101,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).