Photo: Words in the Wind · CC BY-SA 4.0Two Borders ranks below 93% of Canadian towns on renter households: 8.7%
Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. The census found that 25% of residents are 65 or over in Two Borders. With about 1,082 residents in July 2025, Two Borders counted 480 households at the 2021 Census. Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 (Canada’s towns: 11%).
What stands out about the people of Two Borders
Fewer people than before
Two Borders went from 1,175 people in 2016 to 1,120 in 2021, −5%: slower growth than in 96% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A −5% change since 2016: slower than 96% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated 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 3% on the census.
Half of Two Borders is over 47.2, older than 77% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
60–64 is the most common age band: 9.4% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across Two Borders, 18% of residents are under 15.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 64% of Canadian towns: 2.3 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.
The share of one-parent families trails 91% of Canadian towns: 5.2%. On the census count, 27% of households are one person living alone.
Two Borders sits above 99% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (65%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 17% of adults, beside a typical 27%. The usual figure: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Two Borders, the census puts common-law partners at 6.5%.
A higher share of households in single-detached houses than 92% of Canadian towns, at 92%
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
34% of homes were built before 1961 and 16% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
A median household income of $73,500 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Two Borders’s, at $73,500, is 15% lower. The provincial yardstick is $83,000, the median across Manitoba’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 15% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
4% of residents are immigrants
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
17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, against 4% in Two Borders. On the census count, 1.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
Two Borders sits below 68% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (29%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Census figures put Indigenous residents at 2.7% in Two Borders. The share of residents with no religion across Canada’s towns is 35%.
English is the mother tongue of 99%, and 1.8% 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
7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 1.8% in Two Borders. Residents whose mother tongue is French account for 0.4%.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 91% of Canadian towns, at 12%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 13% hold 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.
Employment: 71% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 71%.
Every nearby town is younger than Two Borders
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. Distances here run 22–44 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Two Borders.
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. 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.
Questions about Two Borders’s residents
What is the population of Two Borders?
About 1,082, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,120 people in Two Borders, 5% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Two Borders?
The median age is 47.2. 18% are under 15 and 25% 65 or older.
Is Two Borders bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 1.8% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 98% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.4% grew up with French.
How diverse is Two Borders?
Immigrants: 4% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 2.7%.
What religion are people in Two Borders?
29% said they have no religion and 69% that they are Christian; 1.8% named another faith.
Is Two Borders good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 66% of households and one-parent families 5.2%. Schools near Two Borders are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Two Borders?
Half of Two Borders’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).