A median age of 34.9: Peguis is younger than 91% of Canadian towns
Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 21%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. 38% of residents are immigrants, more than in 83% of Canadian towns. At the 2021 Census, 11,177 people lived in Peguis, in 3,915 households. The census found that 49% of residents belong to a visible minority locally.
What stands out about the people of Peguis
Younger than most towns
Line Peguis’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 34.9; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 22% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
A year before the census, 22% of residents lived elsewhere, 2.1 times the typical share; over five years, 69% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of children under 15 than 91% of Canadian towns, at 22%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. Meanwhile, among Manitoba’s towns, Brockville has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 54%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Peguis, 34.9. 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.
Bigger households than 83% of Canadian towns: 2.8 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Compared with 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 6% of households are one-parent families here. Add to that, at 21%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 72% of Canadian towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 84% of Canadian towns, at 56%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns, against 7.7% in Peguis.
A higher share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 73% of Canadian towns, at 5%
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
In Peguis, 43% of households live in a single-detached house, beside 64% across Canada’s towns. Census figures put renter households at 36% locally.
Before tax, the median household income is $95,100 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Peguis’s households had a total income above $95,100, 11% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Manitoba’s towns have a median of $83,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 27% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 96% of Canadian towns: 22%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (64%) and in Africa (14%). Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Most recent wave: 58% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
Peguis sits above 76% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (6.4%)
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 35% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Peguis comes in at 32%. Other faiths: Sikh (13%), Hindu (4%) and Muslim (2.8%).
1.6% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 52% of Canadian towns
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
At home: English 66%, French 0.6%. As a reference point, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns. Nothing unusual on bilingual residents: 7.3%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 39% in Peguis, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 5.1% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
69% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 69%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (10,972 to 11,380 people), the 6th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Thornbury is the oldest at 58.8, Bridgwater Trails the youngest at 30.4. Nearest to Peguis in age: Hochelaga (34.5), New Kleinburg (34.6), Sheridan (35.2) and East London (37.3).
No nearby town is as young as Peguis
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peguis | 11,177 | — | 34.9 | 12% | 38% |
| Eaglemere | 3,631 | 0.9 km | 39.2 | 22% | 30% |
| Grassie | 2,857 | 1.6 km | 38.5 | 12% | 29% |
| Mission Gardens | 3,979 | 1.8 km | 40.3 | 16% | 29% |
| Munroe East | 8,873 | 1.8 km | 35.9 | 13% | 31% |
| East Elmwood | 3,611 | 2.0 km | 36.2 | 12% | 27% |
| Valley Gardens | 8,329 | 2.1 km | 39 | 21% | 31% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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 Peguis’s residents
What religion are people in Peguis?
Christian: 47%. No religion: 32%. Another religion: 22%.
Is Peguis good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 22%. 58% of households are couple families and 6% one-parent families. Schools near Peguis are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Peguis?
$95,100 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Peguis (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Peguis?
11,177, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Peguis alone.
What is the average age in Peguis?
34.9 is the median age, younger than 91% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 22%. 65 and over: 12%.
Is Peguis bilingual?
7.3% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 89% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.6%.
How diverse is Peguis?
Immigrants make up 38% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 49% are members of a visible minority, and 6.4% 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).