Winnipeg BeachManitoba
Home to 1,480 people, this town lies in Manitoba. It lies in Division No. 18.
Is Winnipeg Beach a good place to live?
Winnipeg Beach’s strongest subject is hazard risk (B). The local economy is weaker than most (D−). Health is a weak point (C−). Owners valued their homes at a median $220,000 in 2021, which is 3.6 years of the typical household’s pay.
Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Canadian towns get an overall grade from 2,500 residents, so Winnipeg Beach has subject grades only.
This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Safety less sure: no police service names this town, so its crime figure is the nearest police detachment's, shared with a wider area. Crime here is counted against the people who live here, but many visitors or second-home owners add to it, so the rate per resident runs higher than residents' own risk. 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.
What makes Winnipeg Beach stand out
The 3 things Winnipeg Beach does most differently from other towns.
How Winnipeg Beach grades
Each subject compares Winnipeg Beach with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Canadian towns get an overall grade from 2,500 residents, so Winnipeg Beach has subject grades only.
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The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Winnipeg Beach.
Trips to work from Winnipeg Beach take longer than from Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 36 min on average
By car: that was how 95% of commuters travelled at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Winnipeg Beach | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 36 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.
People in Winnipeg Beach’s health region live to 78.5 on average, 3.0 years short of the typical Canadian town
Shared with the rest of the Interlake-Eastern Health Region: health survey and life expectancy
The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 20% of adults, above Manitoba’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%) alike. Smoking is commoner than in the province: 17% of adults, against 12% for Manitoba. The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 50%; Manitoba as a whole is at 51%. Closer to home, a hospital is 14 km from the average resident of Winnipeg Beach, further than the usual 3.7 km.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Winnipeg Beach | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smokers | 17% | 10% | 12% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 78.5 | 80.0 | 81.5 |
| Very good or excellent health | 50% | 52% | 52% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
The nearest high school to Winnipeg Beach is 23 km away
Young children have 15 km to the nearest elementary school, higher than both Manitoba’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winnipeg Beach SchoolIn Winnipeg BeachElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
| Schools within 3 km | Winnipeg Beach | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest secondary school | 23 km | 1.1 km | 1.2 km |
| Nearest elementary school | 15 km | 0.5 km | 0.5 km |
Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · Ungraded on schools in Manitoba, because the province publishes no results school by school.
More of Winnipeg Beach’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 19%
3.8% of residents belong to a visible minority, below both Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%). Immigrants make up just over one in ten residents, above Manitoba’s towns (7.7%) and Canadian towns (6.4%) alike.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 51.7% of Winnipeg Beach
The 2021 census counted 745 women and 695 men here, where women make up 50.9% of Canada.
| Winnipeg Beach | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.4% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 56% | 64% | 64% |
| 65+ | 35% | 17% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 22% | 16% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 47% | 52% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Manitoba and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
The force covering Winnipeg Beach records less serious violence than Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns, at 72
No police detachment reports under Winnipeg Beach’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own
Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 28.5 per 1,000 a year, below Manitoba’s towns (58.8) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike. Violent crime in the area its police cover: 11 per 1,000 people a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Winnipeg Beach | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 72 | 198 | 86 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 28.5 | 58.8 | 31.2 |
| Crime Severity Index | 77 | 129 | 67 |
| Violent crime | 11 | 18 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 published for the Gimli detachment area, not by town
25% of homes tested in Winnipeg Beach’s area are above the radon guideline
Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Interlake health region
Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.004 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Wildfire is a moderate presence around Winnipeg Beach: 1.8% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 0.05% a year, short of the band that counts against Risk. No flood study for Winnipeg Beach is on the national inventory.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Winnipeg Beach | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 25% | 12% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.004 | $0.006 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Winter nights bite in Winnipeg Beach: January lows of −22.7°C, colder than Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns
Rain and melted snow add up to 517 mm a year, about level with Manitoba’s towns (519 mm) and below Canadian towns (883 mm). Gardeners get 124 frost-free days, from 25 May to 27 September. For the wettest month, look to June: 87 mm on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Winnipeg Beach | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| January night low | −22.7°C | −21.2°C | −13.5°C |
| Precipitation a year | 517 mm | 519 mm | 883 mm |
| Days with frost a year | 195 | 193 | 159 |
| July afternoon high | 25.3°C | 25.8°C | 25.5°C |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Gimli)
Only 13% of households in Winnipeg Beach spend 30% or more of their income on shelter, against 18% in the typical Canadian town
82% of households own their home, above both Manitoba’s towns (75%) and Canadian towns (74%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Winnipeg Beach | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 13% | 15% | 18% |
| Households owning their home | 82% | 75% | 74% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $220,000 | $300,000 | $406,000 |
| Rent as a share of income | 18% | 20% | 20% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · The 2021 census asked owners what their home was worth; those values, and 2020 incomes, are what this compares.
What November brings in Winnipeg Beach: −9°C at night, freezing by day
Expect around 21 cm of snow in November. Precipitation in November averages 23 mm. The year peaks in July (25°C) and bottoms out in January (−23°C). ECCC’s forecast for Gimli is on the Weather page, hour by hour.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −10°C | −20°C | 50 mm |
| Spring | 8°C | −4°C | 112 mm |
| Summer | 24°C | 12°C | 233 mm |
| Autumn | 9°C | 0°C | 122 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Gimli); the forecast is on the Weather page
A 18,704-vote win for James Bezan made Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman safer in 2021 than 88% of ridings
James Bezan (Conservative Party of Canada) is the MP for Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, the riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) that takes in Winnipeg Beach.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
The nearest public library to Winnipeg Beach is Evergreen Regional Library, 15 km away
The next is South Interlake Regional Library (Teulon), 23 km away.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Only 0.1% of the land within 10 km of Winnipeg Beach is protected
National parks are all over 100 km off. For a provincial park, Grand Beach Provincial Park lies 27 km off. Within 5 km are 3 beaches; Boundary Beach is the nearest.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Winnipeg Beach | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| Protected land within 10 km | 0.1% | 1.1% | 2.3% |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
33% of Winnipeg Beach’s homes were built before 1961
| Heritage | Winnipeg Beach | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 33% | 23% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Winnipeg Beach
Famous people from around Winnipeg Beach
No notable person born in Winnipeg Beach is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Photo credits
David Arnason: Árni Hjartarson, CC BY-SA 3.0
Winnipeg Beach’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winnipeg Beach | 1,480 | — | — | C+ | C+ | C− |
| Dunnottar | 1,012 | 5.7 | — | — | C+ | D |
| Gimli | 6,914 | 15 | D | C | D | C− |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Winnipeg Beach
Who are the people of Winnipeg Beach?
At the 2021 census, 12% were immigrants and 4% belonged to a visible minority (Canadian towns’ median: 15%). 19% identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
Is Winnipeg Beach growing?
It grew from 1,145 people in 2016 to 1,439 in 2021, up 25.7%; the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 1,480.
What kind of homes are in Winnipeg Beach?
89% 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 1.9 people; 41% are one person living alone.
How old are the people of Winnipeg Beach?
The median resident is 58.8 years old, against 45.2 for the median of Canadian towns. 9% are under 15 and 35% are 65 or over.
About Winnipeg Beach
Town in Manitoba
For Winnipeg Beach, TownRatings uses Statistics Canada’s census-subdivision boundary in Manitoba, and every figure on its pages covers that whole area.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,480 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Manitoba
- Census division
- Division No. 18
- Census subdivision
- 4618034
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · 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).