Waywayseecappo First NationManitoba
The Waywayseecappo First Nation Treaty Four - 1874 hold this reserve. Some 1,714 people live in this First Nations reserve, in Manitoba.
Is Waywayseecappo First Nation a good place to live?
Jobs & income is its weak spot (D). It also trails on walkability (C−). Health is weaker too (C+).
Waywayseecappo First Nation is a First Nations reserve, so it has no overall grade and no place in ranked lists: Statistics Canada suppresses or doesn’t collect much of a reserve’s data, and its grades couldn’t be set fairly beside other towns’.
No Safety Grade: no police service publishes a crime rate for this place on its own. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread. A First Nations reserve: subject grades only, with no overall grade and no place in ranked lists.
How Waywayseecappo First Nation grades
Each subject compares Waywayseecappo First Nation with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Waywayseecappo First Nation is a First Nations reserve, so it has no overall grade and no place in ranked lists: Statistics Canada suppresses or doesn’t collect much of a reserve’s data, and its grades couldn’t be set fairly beside other towns’.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Waywayseecappo First Nation stand out
The 3 things Waywayseecappo First Nation does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Waywayseecappo First Nation.
More of Waywayseecappo First Nation’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 100%
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
51.8% of Waywayseecappo First Nation’s residents are women
Of the 2021 count, 730 were women and 680 men (women across Canada: 50.9%).
| Waywayseecappo First Nation | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 37% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 58% | 64% | 64% |
| 65+ | 4.6% | 17% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 46% | 16% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 20% | 52% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Manitoba and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Trips to work from Waywayseecappo First Nation are shorter than from Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 16 min on average
95% of commuters took the car to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Waywayseecappo First Nation | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 16 min | 24 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 95% | 87% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.
Waywayseecappo First Nation has cooler summers than Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 23.7°C
The thermometer drops below freezing on 206 days a year, above both Manitoba’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159). The coldest nights come in January, when Waywayseecappo First Nation averages a low of −22.3°C. A normal December brings 20 cm of snow, the most of any month. For the wettest month, look to June: 88 mm on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Waywayseecappo First Nation | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| July afternoon high | 23.7°C | 25.8°C | 25.5°C |
| January night low | −22.3°C | −21.2°C | −13.5°C |
| Precipitation a year | 448 mm | 519 mm | 883 mm |
| Days with frost a year | 206 | 193 | 159 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Roblin)
Lives run shorter around Waywayseecappo First Nation: 78.8 years, 2.7 below the typical Canadian town’s region
Shared with the rest of the Prairie Mountain Health Region: health survey and life expectancy
On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 51% very good or excellent, 51% for Manitoba. The survey counts 15% of adults as smokers, above both Manitoba’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). For Waywayseecappo First Nation itself the measure is access, and it lags: 7.6 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Waywayseecappo First Nation | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smokers | 15% | 10% | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 78.8 | 80.0 | 81.5 |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
In Waywayseecappo First Nation, November normally means −2°C afternoons and −11°C nights
Normal highs peak at 24°C in July; nights bottom out at −22°C in January. Snow is normal by November, about 13 cm over the month. Into December, the normals move to −10°C and −19°C. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 18 mm.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −10°C | −21°C | 49 mm |
| Spring | 8°C | −5°C | 94 mm |
| Summer | 23°C | 10°C | 229 mm |
| Autumn | 8°C | −3°C | 76 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Roblin); the forecast is on the Weather page
Dan Mazier (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Riding Mountain, the riding that includes Waywayseecappo First Nation
The Conservative Party of Canada has 7 of the 14 MPs elected in Manitoba.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
No public library stands in Waywayseecappo First Nation: the closest, Binscarth Library, is 26 km away
The next is Russell Library (Russell), 29 km away.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Around Waywayseecappo First Nation, 35% of tested homes have radon above the guideline
Measured across the Assiniboine health region: radon tests
Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.005 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Fire seldom reaches Waywayseecappo First Nation: since 1986, 1.3% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.04% a year). Also worth knowing: the national flood inventory has no study of the town.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Waywayseecappo First Nation | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 35% | 12% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.005 | $0.006 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Waywayseecappo First Nation is 14 km from Riding Mountain National Park
The 10 km around town hold 20 protected areas. 33 km from town is Asessippi Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. Of the country within 10 km, 1.3% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Waywayseecappo First Nation | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| Protected land within 10 km | 1.3% | 1.1% | 2.3% |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Everything we know about Waywayseecappo First Nation
About Waywayseecappo First Nation
First Nations reserve in Manitoba
Statistics Canada counts Waywayseecappo First Nation, a First Nations reserve in Manitoba, as its own census subdivision.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,714 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Manitoba
- Census division
- Division No. 16
- First Nation
- Waywayseecappo First Nation Treaty Four - 1874
- Census subdivision
- 4616017
Waywayseecappo First Nation’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waywayseecappo First Nation | 1,714 | — | — | — | — | C+ |
| Rossburn | 1,015 | 7.7 | — | A+ | C− | C+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Waywayseecappo First Nation
What kind of homes are in Waywayseecappo First Nation?
100% of homes are single-detached houses, against 64% for the median of Canadian towns, and 0% are in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. A household averages 3.3 people; 22% are one person living alone.
Is Waywayseecappo First Nation a young town or an old one?
Half its people are older than 21.6 (the middle of Canadian towns: 45.2); children under 15 make up 37%, people 65 and over 5%.
Is Waywayseecappo First Nation growing?
It added people: 1,365 in 2016, 1,409 in 2021, 3.2% more, where the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 1,714.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. 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).