Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainWhitehead ranks below 99% of Canadian towns on renter households: 4.9%
With one-person households at 15%, Whitehead is behind 91% of Canadian towns on that count. More Indigenous residents than in 78% of Canadian towns: 6.8%. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 1,824 for July 2025. Residents aged 65 and over: 14% of the total.
Whitehead’s population moved +2% on 2016, less than in 66% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Manitoba’s towns, +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 9% higher again.
More children under 15 than 86% of Canadian towns: 20%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Half of Whitehead’s residents are under 40.4, younger than in 61% of Canadian towns. Locally, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. No age band is larger than 10–14: nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 76% of Canadian towns: 2.7 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.
One-parent families make up 4.1% of households and couple families 75%, against 8.2% and 53% across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 97% of Canadian towns, at 62%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
21% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Measured more widely, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners stands at 11%.
97% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 98% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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. Newer homes outnumber old: 28% date from 2001 or later, 17% from before 1961. As a reference point, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $105,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Whitehead’s households had a total income above $105,000, 22% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Manitoba’s towns, the median household income is $83,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 18% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Whitehead sits above 60% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (12%)
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
With immigrants at 6%, Whitehead is behind 78% of Canadian towns on that count. On residents without Canadian citizenship, Whitehead sits lower than 71% of Canadian towns: 2.4%. The wider picture: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (75%) and in the Americas (10%).
Whitehead ranks above 85% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 49%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 3% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. By way of comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
93% have English as their mother tongue; 5.1% 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
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Whitehead, 5.1%. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than in 62% of Canadian towns: 1.2%.
Below 75% of Canadian towns: 18% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 8.2% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 68%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
68% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Of the 5 towns nearest Whitehead, 2 are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. The nearest places to Whitehead with figures are 15–27 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead | 1,824 | — | 40.4 | 14% | 6% |
| Brandon | 59,444 | 14.8 km | 36.8 | 16% | 18% |
| Souris | 2,737 | 21.1 km | 43.6 | 24% | 9.5% |
| Sioux Valley Dakota Nation | 1,090 | 25.6 km | 27.8 | 6.6% | 0% |
| Riverdale | 2,205 | 26.3 km | 40 | 17% | 10% |
| Elton | 1,437 | 26.7 km | 40.8 | 16% | 4.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Manitoba’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are 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.
Questions about Whitehead’s residents
What religion are people in Whitehead?
Christian: 48%. No religion: 49%. Another religion: 2.7%.
Is Whitehead good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 20%. 75% of households are couple families and 4.1% one-parent families. Schools near Whitehead are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Whitehead?
$105,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Whitehead (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Whitehead?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,824 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,679 in Whitehead, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Whitehead?
40.4 is the median age. Under 15: 20%. 65 and over: 14%.
Is Whitehead bilingual?
5.1% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 95% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.2%.
How diverse is Whitehead?
Immigrants make up 6% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 3% are members of a visible minority, and 6.8% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).