Photo: Rob Swystun from Winnipeg, Canada · CC BY 2.0A median age of 58.8: Winnipeg Beach is older than 99% of Canadian towns
16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, against 9.4% in Winnipeg Beach. Across Winnipeg Beach, nearly nine in ten households live in a single-detached house. On residents with no religion, Winnipeg Beach sits higher than 75% of Canadian towns: 43%. The town had about 1,480 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 760 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Winnipeg Beach
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
19% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 2.1% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Older than most towns
Winnipeg Beach’s median age is 58.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 35% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Winnipeg Beach went from 1,145 people in 2016 to 1,439 in 2021, +26%: faster growth than in 98% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Many people living alone
41% of households are one person living alone, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 35% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A growing town: +26% since 2016, faster than 98% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Manitoba’s towns, by more than +4%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 3%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 35% in Winnipeg Beach, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 7%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 41%, a higher share than 90% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 1.9 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. 7.3% of households are one-parent families.
43% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 60% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 20% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Common-law partners account for 12%. For comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Fewer renter households than 69% of Canadian towns: 17%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
11% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. For comparison, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
$60,800 a year: where the middle household sits
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
Winnipeg Beach’s median household took in $60,800 before tax, 29% 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 22% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 69% of Canadian towns: 13%
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Most immigrants were born in Europe (61%) or in the Americas (21%). Lower than in 89% of Canadian towns: 1% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Nearly one in ten immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
19% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 96% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 15% across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents in Winnipeg Beach comes in at 3.8%. Other faiths: Jewish (2.1%). Measured more widely, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
1.7% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 55% of Canadian towns
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 98%, French 0.3%. 4.5% of residents speak English and French, a lower share than in 81% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for residents whose mother tongue is French across Canada’s towns: 1.5%.
10% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 95% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
15% have no certificate, diploma or degree (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 41%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 41%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 35% are 65 or over.
Nearby, 1 of 2 towns have older populations than Winnipeg Beach
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
Questions about Winnipeg Beach’s residents
What is the population of Winnipeg Beach?
About 1,480, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,439 people in Winnipeg Beach, 26% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Winnipeg Beach?
The median age is 58.8. 9.4% are under 15 and 35% 65 or older.
Is Winnipeg Beach bilingual?
English and French: 4.5% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 96%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.7%.
How diverse is Winnipeg Beach?
Immigrants: 12% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 3.8%. Indigenous identity: 19%.
What religion are people in Winnipeg Beach?
43% said they have no religion and 53% that they are Christian; 3.8% named another faith.
Is Winnipeg Beach good for families?
9.4% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 46% of households and one-parent families 7.3%. Schools near Winnipeg Beach are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Winnipeg Beach?
Half of Winnipeg Beach’s households had more than $60,800 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).