Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.054% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 99% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, against 15% in The Pas. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 5,634 for July 2025. In The Pas, 13% of households are one-parent families. On renter households, The Pas sits higher than 76% of Canadian towns: 41%.
What stands out about the people of The Pas
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 54% of residents, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and 32% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
The Pas’s median age is 34.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 21% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Growth of +5% since 2016 puts The Pas ahead of 56% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate is close to the census count. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Manitoba’s towns, +4%.
The Pas is younger than 92% of Canadian towns: a median age of 34.4
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 14% in The Pas and 19% across Canada’s towns. Here, 21% of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ The Pas, 34.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
The Pas ranks above 71% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 33%
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.
At 2.5 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
34% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 78% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns, The Pas has 13%. 39% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%.
Fewer households in single-detached houses than 62% of Canadian towns: 55%
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
12% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Set beside that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 0.2% of the total.
A median household income of $85,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of The Pas’s households had a total income above $85,000 and half below, close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $83,000, the median across Manitoba’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 23% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
More residents who moved in within the year than 79% of Canadian towns: 15%
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 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are 71% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. At 7%, the share of immigrants is lower than in 74% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (65%), then in Europe (17%).
49% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here nearly one in ten residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. Measured more widely, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Hindu (2.6%).
English is the mother tongue of 85%, and 6.2% speak French as well
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
0.8% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 61% of Canadian towns.
Only 26% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in The Pas
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in The Pas, 26%, and 32% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 13%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
61% 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. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 61%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
9th lowest median age among 41 towns of 5,542 to 5,733
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Montcalm is the youngest of them at 27.8; Osoyoos, at 63.2, the oldest. Closest in median age to The Pas are Huron South (33.6), Bankview (34.2), St. Matthews (35.4) and Evansdale (35.9).
The Pas and its 2 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Pas | 5,634 | — | 34.4 | 14% | 7% |
| Opaskwayak Cree Nation 21E | 2,184 | 3.8 km | 25 | 9.5% | 0% |
| Division No. 21, Unorganized | 1,820 | 19.2 km | 53.6 | 28% | 2.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 The Pas’s residents
Is The Pas good for families?
Under 15: 21% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 42% of households. One-parent families: 13%. Schools near The Pas are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in The Pas?
The median household in The Pas took in $85,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of The Pas?
The Pas had about 5,634 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 5,639, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in The Pas?
A median age of 34.4, younger than 92% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 21%, and people 65 and over 14%.
Is The Pas bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 6.2% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 94% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.8% grew up with French.
How diverse is The Pas?
7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 8.2% belong to a visible minority and 54% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in The Pas?
44% are Christian and 49% have no religion; 6.9% 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).