More Indigenous residents than 87% of Canadian towns: 10%
47% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Here, 6% of households live in a building of five or more storeys. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Census day 2021: 6,991 residents and 2,765 households in Meadowood.
Meadowood is older than 55% of Canadian towns: a median age of 42.9
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 60–64, with 7.1% of residents. Nothing unusual on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Meadowood, 42.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A larger share of one-parent families than 71% of Canadian towns: 9.6%
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.
Households average 2.5 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns. In Meadowood, 26% of households are one person living alone.
7.4% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 28% of adults, against a typical 27%. Across Meadowood, 50% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
In Meadowood, 28% of households rent their home, more than in 56% 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
12% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 2.2% built before 1961. As a yardstick, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Set against 64% across Canada’s towns, just over three in five households live in a single-detached house in Meadowood.
Median household income: $85,100 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Meadowood’s households had a total income above $85,100 and half below, close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Manitoba’s towns the median is $83,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 23% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
A higher share of immigrants than 66% of Canadian towns, at 26%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Set against 5.8% across Canada’s towns, 10% of residents are not Canadian citizens in Meadowood. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (48%), then in Africa (20%). 12% lived at another address a year earlier, more than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. For immigrants, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 17%.
A higher share of visible minority residents than 68% of Canadian towns, at 31%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (4.3%), Hindu (3.3%) and Sikh (2.2%). For visible minority residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 15%. In Meadowood, 34% of residents said they have no religion, beside 35% across Canada’s towns.
More residents whose mother tongue is French than 72% of Canadian towns: 5.7%
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
By its share of bilingual residents (14%), Meadowood is above 69% of Canadian towns. At home, 15% mostly speak another language; 1.9% speak neither English nor French. Across Canada’s towns, residents whose mother tongue is French come to 1.5%.
In Meadowood, 31% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 9.3%, beside a typical 9.5%. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 53% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 53% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 23% of residents are 65 or over.
20th highest median age among 41 towns of 6,812 to 7,167
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Between Rhineland (27.2) and Fairwinds (61.6) lies the rest of the group. Nearest to Meadowood in age: L'Ange-Gardien (42), Raleigh (42.7), Douglas (43.2) and Old Tuxedo (43.9).
Meadowood is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowood | 6,991 | — | 42.9 | 23% | 26% |
| Worthington | 6,093 | 0.9 km | 36.9 | 17% | 36% |
| Royalwood | 6,439 | 1.6 km | 44.6 | 16% | 25% |
| Dakota Crossing | 13,048 | 1.7 km | 45.8 | 22% | 22% |
| Minnetonka | 4,461 | 2.1 km | 46.9 | 25% | 16% |
| Pulberry | 7,723 | 2.1 km | 42.2 | 20% | 18% |
| Niakwa Place | 3,461 | 2.2 km | 43.2 | 26% | 20% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Manitoba’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Meadowood’s residents
What religion are people in Meadowood?
Christian: 53%. No religion: 34%. Another religion: 14%.
Is Meadowood good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 53% of households are couple families and 9.6% one-parent families. Schools near Meadowood are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Meadowood?
$85,100 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Meadowood (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Meadowood?
The 2021 Census counted 6,991 people in Meadowood.
What is the average age in Meadowood?
42.9 is the median age, older than 55% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 23%.
Is Meadowood bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 14% are. Another 0% speak only French and 84% only English, and French is the first language of 5.7%.
How diverse is Meadowood?
Immigrants make up 26% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 31% are members of a visible minority, and 10% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).