Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainIndigenous residents make up 14% in Crestview, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
The share of one-parent families is 13%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 34% of households rent their home. The median age in Crestview is 40.9, lower than in 57% of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood counted 8,658 residents and 3,660 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Crestview
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
14% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 4.6% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Children under 15 make up 17% in Crestview, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 35–39, with 7.4% of residents. Across the comparison, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Among Manitoba’s towns, Brockville has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 54%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Crestview, 40.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 59% of Canadian towns: 2.3 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-person households is 29%, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Crestview sits below 60% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (43%)
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 31% of adults, against a typical 27%. As a yardstick, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 11% in Crestview.
2.5% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 66% 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
Older homes outnumber new: 8.2% predate 1961, 0.8% date from 2001 or later. On households in single-detached houses, Crestview sits lower than 60% of Canadian towns: 56%.
Median household income here: $83,900 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Crestview had $83,900 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Manitoba’s towns, the household in the middle had $83,000. Pandemic benefits reached 24% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 60% 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
Of the immigrants living here, 41% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. As a yardstick, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (56%) or in Europe (23%).
44% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 77% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 18% in Crestview and 15% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
83% have English as their mother tongue; 6.6% also speak French
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
5.8% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.6% speak neither official language. Crestview sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.7%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Below 59% of Canadian towns: 23% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 8.9% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
An employment rate of 61%
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.
61% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Youngest by rank: 19th of 41 towns of 8,484 to 8,825 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The span goes from 30.2 (Garneau) up to 54 (Renfrew). Nearest to Crestview in age: Dalhousie (39.9), Heart Lake North (40.4), Dauphin (41.2) and Lac la Biche County (41.6).
The towns around Crestview are all older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crestview | 8,658 | — | 40.9 | 19% | 15% |
| Buchanan | 3,473 | 0.9 km | 43.4 | 18% | 15% |
| Sturgeon Creek | 3,202 | 1.3 km | 44.1 | 22% | 19% |
| Heritage Park | 5,817 | 1.7 km | 45.1 | 25% | 14% |
| Westwood | 5,716 | 1.8 km | 44.5 | 21% | 12% |
| Kirkfield | 4,100 | 2.1 km | 54.1 | 33% | 13% |
| Glendale | 3,586 | 2.5 km | 48.2 | 26% | 12% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Manitoba’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
Questions about Crestview’s residents
What is the population of Crestview?
8,658, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Crestview alone.
What is the average age in Crestview?
40.9 is the median age, younger than 57% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 19%.
Is Crestview bilingual?
6.6% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 93% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.7%.
How diverse is Crestview?
Immigrants make up 15% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 18% are members of a visible minority, and 14% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Crestview?
Christian: 50%. No religion: 44%. Another religion: 5.5%.
Is Crestview good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 49% of households are couple families and 13% one-parent families. Schools near Crestview are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Crestview?
$83,900 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Crestview (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).