Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0More Indigenous residents than 90% of Canadian towns: 12%
Here 9.7% of households rent their home, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 25%. Statistics Canada puts Stuartburn’s population at 1,907 for July 2025. Census figures put children under 15 at 21% in the town. At 9.2%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is lower than in 69% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Stuartburn
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 12% of residents, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, and 2.4% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
+5% since 2016, a pace 56% of Canadian towns didn’t match
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 10%. The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Manitoba’s towns +4%.
21% of residents are 65 or over, a share 61% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 8.4% of residents. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 66% of Canadian towns. Against that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Stuartburn households average 2.7 people, larger than in 76% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Stuartburn, 6.5% of households are one-parent families, beside 8.2% across Canada’s towns. Locally, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 70% of Canadian towns, at 52%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law; in Stuartburn, 8.4%. 23% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%).
94% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
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
27% of homes were built before 1961 and 19% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Median household income: $58,800 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Stuartburn’s median household took in $58,800 before tax, 32% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Manitoba’s towns have a median of $83,000. 15% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
10% 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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in the Americas (49%) and in Asia (27%). Immigrants are rarer here than in 65% of Canadian towns. Stuartburn sits close to the norm on residents without Canadian citizenship: 5.5%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Stuartburn ranks below 82% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 23%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of visible minority residents (5.2%), Stuartburn is below 68% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Stuartburn: 2.7% of residents have French as their mother tongue, above 67% of Canadian towns
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 87%, French 0.6%. 5.4% of residents speak English and French, a lower share than in 70% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, residents whose mother tongue is French come to 1.5%.
In Stuartburn, 7% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 28%, beside a typical 9.5%. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
54% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 54%; 21% of residents are 65 or over.
No nearby town is as old as Stuartburn
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Distances here run 37–42 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Stuartburn.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuartburn | 1,907 | — | 42.4 | 21% | 10% |
| La Broquerie | 7,808 | 36.8 km | 28.6 | 7.4% | 21% |
| De Salaberry | 4,401 | 37.6 km | 36.8 | 15% | 7.6% |
| Emerson-Franklin | 2,686 | 38.8 km | 42 | 21% | 8.2% |
| Steinbach | 21,671 | 41.3 km | 36 | 17% | 21% |
| Mitchell | 19,950 | 41.8 km | 28.8 | 8.7% | 19% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Manitoba’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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.
Questions about Stuartburn’s residents
Is Stuartburn good for families?
Under 15: 21% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 60% of households. One-parent families: 6.5%. Schools near Stuartburn are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Stuartburn?
The median household in Stuartburn took in $58,800 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Stuartburn?
Stuartburn had about 1,907 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,731, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Stuartburn?
A median age of 42.4. Children under 15 make up 21%, and people 65 and over 21%.
Is Stuartburn bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.4% are. Another 0% speak only French and 94% only English, and French is the first language of 2.7%.
How diverse is Stuartburn?
10% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 5.2% belong to a visible minority and 12% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Stuartburn?
76% are Christian and 23% have no religion; 0.9% follow another religion.
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).