Kirkfield is older than 93% of Canadian towns: a median age of 54.1
Here nearly one in ten residents have an Indigenous identity, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 2.8%. One-person households: 37% of the total. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 9% here, fewer than in 80% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 4,100 residents in 1,930 households.
What stands out about the people of Kirkfield
Older than most towns
Half of Kirkfield’s residents are under 54.1 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 33% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
31% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 13% of homes are condominiums. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
33% of residents are 65 or over, a share 96% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Children under 15 make up 13%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. No age band is larger than 60–64: 8.3% of residents. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Kirkfield, 54.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 80% of Canadian towns
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-parent families trails 83% of Canadian towns: 6%.
7.5% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 77% 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
46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, against 51% in Kirkfield. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Kirkfield: 31% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, above 91% 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
60% of households live in a single-detached house, against 64% across Canada’s towns. Still, on renter households, Kirkfield sits higher than 61% of Canadian towns: 31%.
Households here have a median income of $84,400 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes sit at the middle in Kirkfield: half had more than $84,400, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Manitoba’s towns have a median of $83,000. Pandemic benefits reached 18% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
13% of residents are immigrants
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
Set against 17% across Canada’s towns, 13% of residents are immigrants in Kirkfield. On residents without Canadian citizenship, Kirkfield sits lower than 62% of Canadian towns: 3.5%. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (43%), then in Asia (39%).
Kirkfield ranks below 53% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 34%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Jewish (2.1%). Compared with other places, visible minority residents are scarce here: 8.3%, fewer than in 61% of Canadian towns. Against that, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
More bilingual residents than 56% of Canadian towns: 8.7%
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: English 93%, French 0.2%. The comparison figure for bilingual residents is 7.5% across Canada’s towns. Kirkfield sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.7%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
More degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 66% of Canadian towns: 36%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 6%, beside a typical 9.5%. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 51% of adults
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.
At 51%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 33% are 65 or over.
Oldest by rank: 6th of 41 towns of 4,032 to 4,169 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages here range from 29 in Mistissini to 58.4 in Alexander. In age, Kirkfield keeps company with Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges (50.4), Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs (53.2), Lac-Etchemin (56.8) and Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen (57.6).
Every nearby town is younger than Kirkfield
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkfield | 4,100 | — | 54.1 | 33% | 13% |
| Westwood | 5,716 | 0.7 km | 44.5 | 21% | 12% |
| Sturgeon Creek | 3,202 | 1.1 km | 44.1 | 22% | 19% |
| Booth | 9,016 | 1.7 km | 42.7 | 23% | 14% |
| Heritage Park | 5,817 | 1.8 km | 45.1 | 25% | 14% |
| Crestview | 8,658 | 2.1 km | 40.9 | 19% | 15% |
| Betsworth | 7,476 | 2.2 km | 47.4 | 25% | 13% |
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. 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.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- 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.
Questions about Kirkfield’s residents
Is Kirkfield good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 13%. 50% of households are couple families and 6% one-parent families. Schools near Kirkfield are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kirkfield?
$84,400 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Kirkfield (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Kirkfield?
The 2021 Census counted 4,100 people in Kirkfield.
What is the average age in Kirkfield?
54.1 is the median age, older than 93% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 13%. 65 and over: 33%.
Is Kirkfield bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 8.7% are. Another 0% speak only French and 91% only English, and French is the first language of 1.7%.
How diverse is Kirkfield?
Immigrants make up 13% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 8.3% are members of a visible minority, and 8.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Kirkfield?
Christian: 60%. No religion: 34%. Another religion: 6%.
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).