Photo: Words in the Wind · CC BY 4.0Indigenous residents: 13%, a higher share than 92% of Canadian towns
Recent arrivals are 69% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. 85% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 80% of Canadian towns. Its population is up 4% on 2016. For WestLake-Gladstone, the census puts residents without Canadian citizenship at 10%.
What stands out about the people of WestLake-Gladstone
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
13% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 7% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
A town of families
23% of residents are under 15, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 6% of households are one-parent families and households average 2.4 people. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A change of +4% since 2016 leaves WestLake-Gladstone behind 52% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 10% higher again.
Children under 15 make up 23% in WestLake-Gladstone, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Half of WestLake-Gladstone’s residents are under 39.2, younger than in 69% of Canadian towns. Here, a fifth of residents are 65 or over. Across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents are under 15. The biggest five-year age group is 5–9, with 7.8% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ WestLake-Gladstone, 39.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
More one-person households than 63% of Canadian towns: 30%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families make up 6% of households and couple families 58%, against 8.2% and 53% across Canada’s towns. Against that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Average household size: 2.4 people.
Common-law partners: 7.9%, a lower share than 73% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
With married residents 15 and over at 54%, WestLake-Gladstone is ahead of 75% of Canadian towns on that count. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Renter households: 21%, a lower share than 60% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 34% of homes were built before 1961 and 10% in 2001 or later.
$62,400 a year: where the middle household sits
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
WestLake-Gladstone’s median household took in $62,400 before tax, 27% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $83,000 is the median household income across Manitoba’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 16% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Only 8.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in WestLake-Gladstone
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (57%), then in Europe (33%). Compared with other places, immigrants are scarce here: 12%, fewer than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 54% of Canadian towns, at 34%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 9% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. Elsewhere, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
67% have English as their mother tongue; 0.9% also speak French
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
7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 0.9% in WestLake-Gladstone. Lower than in 92% of Canadian towns: 0.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 15% in WestLake-Gladstone, less than in 83% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 21% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 63% of residents aged 15 and over
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.
63% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Youngest by rank: 18th of 41 towns of 3,551 to 3,657 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Between Opportunity No. 17 (31.2) and South Tuxedo (57.7) lies the rest of the group. In age, WestLake-Gladstone keeps company with Melancthon (39.2), Eaglemere (39.2), Burkholme (40) and Radisson (40.2).
Of the 5 towns nearest WestLake-Gladstone, 1 are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. The nearest places to WestLake-Gladstone with figures are 29–47 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WestLake-Gladstone | 3,604 | — | 39.2 | 20% | 12% |
| Glenella-Lansdowne | 1,253 | 28.6 km | 41.2 | 23% | 5.1% |
| North Norfolk | 4,084 | 31.3 km | 37.2 | 18% | 2.9% |
| Neepawa | 6,328 | 36.8 km | 38.8 | 18% | 40% |
| Sandy Bay 5 | 2,906 | 39.8 km | 21.8 | 4.4% | 0% |
| North Cypress-Langford | 3,234 | 47.4 km | 37.2 | 15% | 9.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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.
Questions about WestLake-Gladstone’s residents
Is WestLake-Gladstone bilingual?
0.9% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 98% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.5%.
How diverse is WestLake-Gladstone?
Immigrants make up 12% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 9% are members of a visible minority, and 13% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in WestLake-Gladstone?
Christian: 64%. No religion: 34%. Another religion: 1.9%.
Is WestLake-Gladstone good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 23%. 58% of households are couple families and 6% one-parent families. Schools near WestLake-Gladstone are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in WestLake-Gladstone?
$62,400 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in WestLake-Gladstone (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of WestLake-Gladstone?
Statistics Canada estimates 3,604 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 3,273 in WestLake-Gladstone, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in WestLake-Gladstone?
39.2 is the median age, younger than 69% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 23%. 65 and over: 20%.
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).