Below 99% of Canadian towns: 2.8% of households rent their home
27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, against 10% in Grassie. The neighbourhood counted 2,857 residents and 880 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 12% of residents are 65 or over. Lower than in 84% of Canadian towns: 7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Grassie sits above 87% of Canadian towns for children under 15 (21%)
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. With a median age of 38.5, Grassie is younger than 73% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Grassie, 38.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
3.2 people per household, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, against 5.6% in Grassie.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 97% of Canadian towns, at 62%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%; Grassie has 5.7%. On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Grassie sits above 99% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (99%)
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 51% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 1.1% built before 1961.
The median household brings in $127,800 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
Half of Grassie’s households had a total income above $127,800, 49% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $83,000 is the median household income across Manitoba’s towns. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 25% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Grassie ranks above 71% of Canadian towns on immigrants: 29%
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 11%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (67%), then in Europe (16%).
40% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 77% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
33% of residents said they have no religion (Canada’s towns: 35%). The share of visible minority residents across Canada’s towns is 15%. Indigenous residents account for 4.4%.
8.7% of residents speak English and French, more than in 56% of Canadian towns
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
21% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2.8% speak neither official language. Across the comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 1.6%.
Grassie ranks above 60% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 33%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 5.8% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 70%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 70%.
Among 41 towns of 2,822 to 2,891 people, the 9th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Between McKernan (30) and Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part (61.2) lies the rest of the group. By median age, Grassie sits among Shaver (37.6), Bridgeport North (37.8), Crerar (39.1) and Meyonohk (39.8).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Grassie
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grassie | 2,857 | — | 38.5 | 12% | 29% |
| Eaglemere | 3,631 | 1.4 km | 39.2 | 22% | 30% |
| Peguis | 11,177 | 1.6 km | 34.9 | 12% | 38% |
| Meadows | 3,822 | 1.6 km | 44.8 | 19% | 16% |
| Valley Gardens | 8,329 | 1.8 km | 39 | 21% | 31% |
| Springfield North | 8,327 | 2.4 km | 42.2 | 18% | 17% |
| Munroe East | 8,873 | 2.5 km | 35.9 | 13% | 31% |
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. 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. 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. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Grassie’s residents
What is the average age in Grassie?
A median age of 38.5, younger than 73% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 21%, and people 65 and over 12%.
Is Grassie bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 8.7% are. Another 0% speak only French and 89% only English, and French is the first language of 1.6%.
How diverse is Grassie?
29% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 40% belong to a visible minority and 4.4% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Grassie?
45% are Christian and 33% have no religion; 22% follow another religion.
Is Grassie good for families?
Under 15: 21% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 72% of households. One-parent families: 5.6%. Schools near Grassie are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Grassie?
The median household in Grassie took in $127,800 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Grassie?
Grassie had 2,857 residents at the 2021 Census.
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).