Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainThompson ranks above 98% of Canadian towns on children under 15: 26%
Residents who moved in within the year: 3.9% here and 11% across Canada’s towns. The census found that 94% of households live in a single-detached house in Thompson. At 20%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 77% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 430 households here; by July 2025 the population was about 1,440.
What stands out about the people of Thompson
Younger than most towns
Half of Thompson’s residents are under 35.6 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Faster growth than 67% of Canadian towns: Thompson changed by +7% since 2016
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Manitoba’s towns +4%. The July 2025 estimate is down 5% on the census.
Half of Thompson is under 35.6, younger than 88% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
More residents are 5–9 than any other five-year age: 9.2% of residents, 1.7 times the share across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 16% of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 76% of Canadian towns: 2.7 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families is 6.9%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
In Thompson, 63% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 23% of adults, against a typical 27%. On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 5.8% in Thompson.
13% of households rent their home, below 81% 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
Just over two in five homes were built before 1961 and 14% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Against that, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Household income at the median: $73,500 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $73,500, the middle household in Thompson earned 15% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Manitoba’s towns, the typical figure is $83,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 16% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants is 17%; Thompson has 10%. Immigrants here were most often born in the Americas (38%), then in Europe (29%). On residents without Canadian citizenship, Thompson sits lower than 63% of Canadian towns: 3.4%.
Residents with no religion: 32%, a lower share than 61% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority; in Thompson, 3%. As a reference point, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 65%, and 2.3% speak French as well
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, 21% mostly speak another language; 1.3% speak neither English nor French. On bilingual residents, Thompson sits lower than 97% of Canadian towns: 2.3%. Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 0.7%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 89% of Canadian towns, at 13%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Thompson, 13%, and 27% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 23%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
67% 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.
More people work here than in the typical town: 67%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Median age: 3 of the 5 towns around Thompson are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. The nearest places to Thompson with figures are 20–27 km away.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Manitoba’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
Questions about Thompson’s residents
What is the population of Thompson?
About 1,440, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,518 people in Thompson, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Thompson?
The median age is 35.6. 26% are under 15 and 16% 65 or older.
Is Thompson bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 2.3% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 97% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.7% grew up with French.
How diverse is Thompson?
Immigrants: 10% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 3%. Indigenous identity: 3%.
What religion are people in Thompson?
32% said they have no religion and 69% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
Is Thompson good for families?
26% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 70% of households and one-parent families 6.9%. Schools near Thompson are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Thompson?
Half of Thompson’s households had more than $73,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).