Betsworth is older than 78% of Canadian towns: a median age of 47.4
With households in buildings of five or more storeys at 5.3%, Betsworth is ahead of 73% of Canadian towns on that count. The 2021 Census counted 7,476 residents in 3,025 households. Residents aged 65 and over: a quarter of the total. Compared with other places, Indigenous residents are common here: 6.5%, more than in 77% of Canadian towns.
Below 66% of Canadian towns: 15% of residents are under 15
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with 7.8% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. In Betsworth, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Betsworth, 47.4. The typical town is 42.
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: 23%, a lower share than 67% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%; Betsworth has 9.3%. Average household size: 2.4 people. The comparison figure for one-person households is 27% across Canada’s towns.
55% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
With common-law partners at 8.8%, Betsworth is behind 66% of Canadian towns on that count. Elsewhere, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Fewer renter households than 71% of Canadian towns: 17%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
13% of homes were built before 1961 and 7.5% in 2001 or later. As a reference point, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. On households in single-detached houses, Betsworth sits higher than just over two thirds of Canadian towns: 77%.
$107,000 a year: the median household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Betsworth’s households had a total income above $107,000, 24% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Manitoba’s towns the median is $83,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 20% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 8.3%, a lower share than 79% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 3.5% here and 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Europe (52%) or in Asia (29%).
A larger share of residents with no religion than 71% of Canadian towns: 42%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 8% of residents belong to a visible minority in Betsworth. By way of comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 56% of Canadian towns, at 8.6%
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 94%, French 0.2%. 1.2% of residents have French as their mother tongue, a lower share than in 62% of Canadian towns. The share of bilingual residents across Canada’s towns is 7.5%.
37% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
3.9% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
57% of residents 15 and over were in work
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 57%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (7,311 to 7,639), the 10th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Blairmore Suburban Centre is the youngest of them at 31.8; Trent Lakes, at 58, the oldest. In age, Betsworth keeps company with Wainfleet (47.2), Colborne (47.3), Port Credit (48.6) and Saint-Calixte (48.8).
Older than Betsworth: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Betsworth’s residents
What religion are people in Betsworth?
Christian: 54%. No religion: 42%. Another religion: 4.1%.
Is Betsworth good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 63% of households are couple families and 9.3% one-parent families. Schools near Betsworth are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Betsworth?
$107,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Betsworth (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Betsworth?
Betsworth had 7,476 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Betsworth?
47.4 is the median age, older than 78% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 25%.
Is Betsworth bilingual?
English and French: 8.6% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 91%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.2%.
How diverse is Betsworth?
Immigrants make up 13% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 8% are members of a visible minority, and 6.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).