Photo: Herb Neufeld · CC BY 2.0Centennial is younger than 97% of Canadian towns: a median age of 32.1
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%; Centennial has 16%. Visible minority residents account for 54%. The neighbourhood has more households in buildings of five or more storeys than 95% of Canadian towns, at 47%. The 2021 Census counted 4,483 residents in 1,715 households.
What stands out about the people of Centennial
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 29% of residents, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and 20% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Centennial’s residents are under 32.1 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 25% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
82% of households rent their home, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 70% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
More immigrants than most towns
42% of residents are immigrants, against 18% across Manitoba’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (53%) and in Africa (40%); 66% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of children under 15 than 97% of Canadian towns, at 25%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Centennial comes in at 13%. Still, residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 90% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Centennial, 32.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
More one-person households than 92% of Canadian towns: 43%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 7% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 86% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%. On average, 2.5 people share a household.
A smaller share of married residents 15 and over than 92% of Canadian towns: 28%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Common-law partners make up 8.2%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Renter households make up 82% in Centennial, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
Just over a fifth of households live in a single-detached house, against 64% across Canada’s towns. For renter households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 25%.
$40,300 a year is the median household income here
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Centennial’s households had a total income below $40,300, 53% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Manitoba’s towns is $83,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 39% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Immigrants make up 42% in Centennial, more than in 87% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are 66% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. More residents who moved in within the year than in 85% of Canadian towns: 17%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (53%) and in Africa (40%).
29% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (19%). On average, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. Little separates the share of residents with no religion here, 35%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 54%, and 4.5% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%; Centennial has 4.5%. An Indigenous language is the mother tongue of 3.4%.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 69% of Canadian towns: 19%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 32% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 42% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 42%; 11% of residents are 65 or over.
1st lowest median age among 41 towns of 4,398 to 4,572
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Caraquet is the oldest at 54.4, Centennial the youngest at 32.1. Next to Centennial on this scale come Warner County No. 5 (33.2) and Blue Quill (33.5).
The towns around Centennial are all older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial | 4,483 | — | 32.1 | 11% | 42% |
| West Alexander | 5,161 | 0.6 km | 35.8 | 13% | 51% |
| Central Park | 4,328 | 0.9 km | 38.8 | 18% | 38% |
| Spence | 4,378 | 1.1 km | 33.1 | 8.6% | 34% |
| William Whyte | 11,432 | 1.4 km | 33.3 | 11% | 28% |
| South Portage | 3,037 | 1.4 km | 34 | 7.7% | 32% |
| North Point Douglas | 2,670 | 1.5 km | 41.8 | 21% | 16% |
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. 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.
- 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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Manitoba’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
Questions about Centennial’s residents
Is Centennial bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4.5% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 87% speak only English and 0.6% only French; 1.5% grew up with French.
How diverse is Centennial?
Immigrants: 42% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 54%. Indigenous identity: 29%.
What religion are people in Centennial?
35% said they have no religion and 41% that they are Christian; 23% named another faith.
Is Centennial good for families?
25% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 27% of households and one-parent families 16%. Schools near Centennial are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Centennial?
Half of Centennial’s households had more than $40,300 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Centennial?
Centennial had 4,483 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Centennial?
The median age is 32.1, younger than 97% of Canadian towns. 25% are under 15 and 11% 65 or older.
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).