Wasagamack is younger than 99% of Canadian towns: a median age of 19
A First Nations reserve, Wasagamack is home to Wasagamack First Nation. Against a figure of 27% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households in Wasagamack comes in at 6%. About 2,175 people lived in the community in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. Here, 12% of residents said they have no religion. Compared with other places, households in single-detached houses are common here: 74%, more than in 63% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Wasagamack
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 100% of residents, more than in 99% of Canadian towns. 99% are Registered or Treaty Indians and 36% grew up speaking an Indigenous language. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Wasagamack is 19; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 41% are under 15 and 3.4% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Wasagamack went from 1,403 people in 2016 to 2,088 in 2021, +49%: faster growth than in 99% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
From 2016 to 2021, Wasagamack outgrew 99% of Canadian towns: +49%
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
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Manitoba’s towns +4%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of Canadian towns, at 3.4%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops 99% of Canadian towns: 18%. No age band is larger than 5–9: 16% of residents, 3 times the share across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
Wasagamack households average 5 people, larger than in 99% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
18% of households are one-parent families (Canada’s towns: 8.2%).
A smaller share of common-law partners than 80% of Canadian towns: 6.9%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
47% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Wasagamack has fewer married residents 15 and over than 73% of Canadian towns, at 37%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
74% of homes are single-detached houses
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
63% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Renter households are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
The midpoint household income is $56,400 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
Wasagamack’s median household took in $56,400 before tax, 34% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Manitoba’s towns have a median of $83,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 28% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
In Wasagamack, 100% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous identity: 100% (2.8%).
Beyond English and French: 16% grew up with another language
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is French are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. For Wasagamack, the census puts bilingual residents at 0.5%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 99% of Canadian towns: 3.2%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 56% here, 9.5% in the typical town. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
30% of residents 15 and over were in work
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 3.4% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 30% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The towns around Wasagamack are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Distances here run 16–79 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Wasagamack.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasagamack | 2,175 | — | 19 | 3.4% | 0% |
| St. Theresa Point | 3,619 | 16.0 km | 19.8 | 3.4% | 0% |
| Garden Hill First Nation | 3,143 | 22.4 km | 21.4 | 4.4% | 0% |
| God's Lake 23 | 1,655 | 78.9 km | 23.6 | 4.3% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A First Nations reserve. Reserves are compared with Canada’s towns but aren’t counted among them: they have no overall grade and no place in ranked lists. Census figures for small reserves are rounded, and some are suppressed.
- 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. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Manitoba’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about Wasagamack’s residents
Is Wasagamack good for families?
41% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 43% of households and one-parent families 18%. Schools near Wasagamack are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Wasagamack?
Half of Wasagamack’s households had more than $56,400 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Wasagamack?
About 2,175, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,088 people in Wasagamack, 49% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Wasagamack?
The median age is 19. 41% are under 15 and 3.4% 65 or older.
Is Wasagamack bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 0.5% are. Another 0% speak only French and 100% only English, and French is the first language of 0%.
How diverse is Wasagamack?
0% of residents belong to a visible minority and 100% have an Indigenous identity; Statistics Canada suppresses the immigration figures for Wasagamack.
What religion are people in Wasagamack?
12% said they have no religion and 88% that they are Christian; 0.5% named another faith.
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).