Photo: FedexPope · CC BY 3.0Only 4.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Victoria
In Victoria, just over nine in ten households live in a single-detached house, beside 64% across Canada’s towns. At 8.5%, the share of Indigenous residents is higher than in 84% of Canadian towns. Some 1,333 people live in the town, by the estimate for July 2025. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 26% in the town.
A growing town: +5% since 2016, faster than 55% 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
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 12%. The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Manitoba’s towns +4%.
Children under 15 make up 19% in Victoria, more than in 80% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
With a median age of 45.6, Victoria is older than 71% of Canadian towns. On average, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with nearly one in ten residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 64% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Set against 27% across Canada’s towns, 29% of households are one person living alone in Victoria. Census figures put one-parent families at 4.3% locally.
Married residents 15 and over: 60%, a higher share than 94% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
20% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners stands at 7.3%.
A smaller share of renter households than 81% of Canadian towns: 13%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Renter households: 25% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Older homes outnumber new: 29% predate 1961, 23% date from 2001 or later.
Household income at the median: $70,000 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
The middle household in Victoria had $70,000 before tax, 19% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Manitoba’s towns, the median household income is $83,000. Pandemic benefits reached 15% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
4.3% 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
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 2.4%, below 71% of Canadian towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in the Americas (56%) and in Europe (22%). Fewer immigrants than in 84% of Canadian towns: 4.3%.
Residents with no religion make up 30% in Victoria, less than in 64% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 35% of residents said they have no religion.
Victoria: 4.6% of residents have French as their mother tongue, above 71% 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
Locally, 7.1% of residents speak English and French. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is 1.5%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 16% in Victoria, less than in 80% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 12% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
63% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. 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%, below this 63%.
Older than Victoria: 1 of the 5 towns nearby
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. The nearest places to Victoria with figures are 21–39 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | 1,333 | — | 45.6 | 26% | 4.3% |
| Norfolk-Treherne | 1,960 | 21.2 km | 43.6 | 24% | 2% |
| Glenboro-South Cypress | 1,759 | 24.9 km | 44.8 | 24% | 3.1% |
| Lorne | 3,022 | 34.1 km | 44.4 | 23% | 6.7% |
| Carberry | 1,950 | 37.8 km | 40 | 23% | 7% |
| Argyle | 1,035 | 38.6 km | 50 | 26% | 6.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. “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 Victoria’s residents
How diverse is Victoria?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 4.3%. A visible minority makes up 0% and Indigenous residents 8.5%.
What religion are people in Victoria?
Most often Christian (68%) or no religion (30%); other religions make up 1.5%.
Is Victoria good for families?
Children under 15 are 19% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 62% of households and one-parent families 4.3%. Schools near Victoria are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Victoria?
Median total household income in Victoria was $70,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Victoria?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,333 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Victoria counted 1,188, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Victoria?
Half the residents are older than 45.6 and half younger; 19% are children under 15 and 26% are 65 or over.
Is Victoria bilingual?
7.1% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 93% English only. French is the mother tongue of 4.6%.
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).