Photo: Amakuha · CC BY 4.0Indigenous residents: 25%, a higher share than 98% of Canadian towns
Of the immigrants living here, 55% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. At 35%, the share of immigrants is higher than in 79% of Canadian towns. Brooklands had 3,114 residents in 1,070 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 92% of households live in a single-detached house.
What stands out about the people of Brooklands
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 25% of residents, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and 15% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Brooklands’s median age is 36.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 19% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Brooklands is younger than 86% of Canadian towns: a median age of 36.2
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 11%, against 19% across Canada’s towns. In Brooklands, 15% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Brooklands, 36.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 85% of Canadian towns: 2.9 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-person households is 22%, against 27% across Canada’s towns. In Brooklands, 11% of households are one-parent families. Shared houses stand out: 7% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 86% of Canadian towns.
A smaller share of married residents 15 and over than 67% of Canadian towns: 40%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
38% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). As a reference point, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 9.4%.
Renter households make up 29% in Brooklands, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
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
Nearly half of homes were built before 1961 and 22% in 2001 or later. The wider picture: a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
$77,200 a year is the median household income here
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Brooklands’s, at $77,200, is 10% lower. Manitoba’s towns have a median of $83,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 38% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 76% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Set against 5.8% across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents are not Canadian citizens in Brooklands. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (88%) and in Europe (4.6%).
Visible minority residents make up 46% in Brooklands, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 39%, Brooklands is ahead of 61% of Canadian towns on that count. The usual figure: 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Sikh (4.2%).
English is the mother tongue of 54%, and 2.6% speak French as well
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
Brooklands sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.8%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. 26% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.3% speak neither official language. On bilingual residents, Brooklands sits lower than 96% of Canadian towns: 2.6%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 51% of Canadian towns: 26%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 17% here, 9.5% in the typical town. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 61% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 61%.
41 towns of 3,062 to 3,162 people: this is the 6th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is La Loche (25.6) and the oldest Valhalla (66). In age, Brooklands keeps company with Crystallina Nera West (31.7), Lower Mount Royal (34.1), Ange-Gardien (36.8) and Saint-Dominique (37.2).
Older than Brooklands: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklands | 3,114 | — | 36.2 | 11% | 35% |
| Weston | 6,661 | 0.7 km | 35.3 | 11% | 40% |
| Burrows-Keewatin | 2,506 | 1.7 km | 34.7 | 15% | 29% |
| Shaughnessy Park | 5,169 | 2.3 km | 38.4 | 14% | 59% |
| Tyndall Park | 12,393 | 2.4 km | 39 | 16% | 51% |
| Sargent Park | 6,242 | 2.5 km | 41.4 | 17% | 45% |
| Burrows Central | 5,565 | 2.7 km | 37.6 | 11% | 49% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- 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 Brooklands’s residents
What religion are people in Brooklands?
Christian: 54%. No religion: 39%. Another religion: 7.6%.
Is Brooklands good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 19%. 44% of households are couple families and 11% one-parent families. Schools near Brooklands are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Brooklands?
$77,200 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Brooklands (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Brooklands?
The 2021 Census counted 3,114 people in Brooklands.
What is the average age in Brooklands?
36.2 is the median age, younger than 86% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 19%. 65 and over: 11%.
Is Brooklands bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 2.6% are. Another 0% speak only French and 96% only English, and French is the first language of 0.8%.
How diverse is Brooklands?
Immigrants make up 35% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 46% are members of a visible minority, and 25% 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).