9.6% of households rent their home, fewer than in 90% of Canadian towns
With Indigenous residents at 7.7%, Dakota Crossing is ahead of 81% of Canadian towns on that count. Census day 2021: 13,048 residents and 4,895 households here. For Dakota Crossing, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 7.4%. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 22% here, more than in 67% of Canadian towns.
A median age of 45.8: Dakota Crossing is older than 72% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 13%, Dakota Crossing is ahead of 76% of Canadian towns on that count. The largest age band is 55–59: nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Dakota Crossing, 45.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women.
23% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 64% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Dakota Crossing the average household is 2.6 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Few places have so few one-parent families: 6.9% here, fewer than in 71% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
In Dakota Crossing, 5.8% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 87% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: a quarter of adults (typical: 27%). For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%. Across Dakota Crossing, 56% of residents 15 and over are married.
More households in buildings of five or more storeys than 63% of Canadian towns: 1.6%
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
38% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 0.4% built before 1961. In Dakota Crossing, 65% of households live in a single-detached house, beside 64% across Canada’s towns.
Median household income here: $105,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Dakota Crossing had $105,000 before tax, 22% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Manitoba’s towns have a median of $83,000. In 2020, 22% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Immigrants make up 22% in Dakota Crossing, more than in 58% 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 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
37% of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 1.1% of residents. As a reference point, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (56%), then in Europe (16%).
Visible minority residents make up 27% in Dakota Crossing, more than in 65% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (3.1%) and Hindu (2.8%). Elsewhere, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Nothing unusual on residents with no religion: 35%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
8% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
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
At home, 12% mostly speak another language; 1.5% speak neither English nor French. Nearly a fifth of residents speak English and French, more than in 73% of Canadian towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 41%, a higher share than 74% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 4.3% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 60% of residents 15 and over had a job
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 60%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (12,799 to 13,302 people), the 9th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The span goes from 31 (Thompson) up to 56.8 (Forest). By median age, Dakota Crossing sits among Yonge-St.Clair (45), Lakeview (45.4), Erin (46.8) and Quantztown (47.1).
Every neighbour of Dakota Crossing has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dakota Crossing | 13,048 | — | 45.8 | 22% | 22% |
| River Park South | 12,304 | 1.4 km | 40 | 15% | 25% |
| Royalwood | 6,439 | 1.6 km | 44.6 | 16% | 25% |
| Meadowood | 6,991 | 1.7 km | 42.9 | 23% | 26% |
| Fraipont | 4,221 | 2.1 km | 33.6 | 6.5% | 32% |
| Worthington | 6,093 | 2.6 km | 36.9 | 17% | 36% |
| Island Lakes | 4,148 | 2.9 km | 44.4 | 16% | 21% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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. 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. 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 Dakota Crossing’s residents
How diverse is Dakota Crossing?
22% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 27% belong to a visible minority and 7.7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Dakota Crossing?
55% are Christian and 35% have no religion; 10% follow another religion.
Is Dakota Crossing good for families?
Under 15: 15% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 63% of households. One-parent families: 6.9%. Schools near Dakota Crossing are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Dakota Crossing?
The median household in Dakota Crossing took in $105,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Dakota Crossing?
The 2021 Census counted 13,048 people in Dakota Crossing.
What is the average age in Dakota Crossing?
A median age of 45.8, older than 72% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 15%, and people 65 and over 22%.
Is Dakota Crossing bilingual?
19% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 80% English only. French is the mother tongue of 8%.
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).