Photo: Alangh · CC BY-SA 3.013% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
With one-person households at 22%, St. Norbert is behind 70% of Canadian towns on that count. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 15% in the neighbourhood. Renter households are rarer here than in three quarters of Canadian towns. At the 2021 Census, 8,251 people lived in the neighbourhood, in 3,045 households.
What stands out about the people of St. Norbert
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
13% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 4.3% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Half of St. Norbert is under 41.6, younger than 53% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 20–24: 7.8% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 19%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ St. Norbert, 41.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
St. Norbert households average 2.7 people, larger than in 72% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
On the census count, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
Only 7.6% of residents 15 and over live common-law in St. Norbert
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
29% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). At 51%, the share of married residents 15 and over is higher than in 66% of Canadian towns. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 3.9%, a higher share than 71% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
17% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 9.3% built before 1961. The share of households in single-detached houses is 68%, against 64% across Canada’s towns.
Half above, half below $100,800 a year in household income
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in St. Norbert: half had more than $100,800, 17% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Manitoba’s towns have a median of $83,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 24% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
St. Norbert sits above 63% of Canadian towns for residents without Canadian citizenship (8.6%)
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
38% of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 1.8% of residents. Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in 64% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, residents without Canadian citizenship come to 5.8%. On the census count, a fifth of residents are immigrants.
More visible minority residents than 56% of Canadian towns: 20%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 37% in St. Norbert and 35% across Canada’s towns. Against that, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (2.1%) and Sikh (2%).
More residents whose mother tongue is French than 75% of Canadian towns: 8.6%
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 19% in St. Norbert. As a reference point, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns. At home, 8.9% mostly speak another language; 0.9% speak neither English nor French.
35% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 64% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
5.8% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
60% of residents 15 and over were in work
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 60%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 8,127 to 8,375 people: this is the 20th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The span goes from 30.5 (South Pointe) up to 54 (La Malbaie). Next to St. Norbert on this scale come Ponoka (41.2), Kildare-Redonda (41.2), Springfield North (42.2) and Vermilion River County (42.4).
Around St. Norbert, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Norbert | 8,251 | — | 41.6 | 19% | 20% |
| Richmond West | 6,114 | 2.2 km | 39 | 16% | 36% |
| Fort Richmond | 11,563 | 2.7 km | 32.1 | 15% | 38% |
| South Pointe | 8,168 | 2.9 km | 30.5 | 5.3% | 48% |
| Fairfield Park | 4,578 | 3.8 km | 31.6 | 10% | 40% |
| Normand Park | 5,299 | 4.4 km | 44.7 | 30% | 22% |
| Bridgwater Trails | 11,365 | 4.8 km | 30.4 | 3.3% | 48% |
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. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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.
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Manitoba’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about St. Norbert’s residents
Is St. Norbert bilingual?
English and French: 19% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 80%. French only: 0.2%. French mother tongue: 8.6%.
How diverse is St. Norbert?
Immigrants: 20% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 20%. Indigenous identity: 13%.
What religion are people in St. Norbert?
37% said they have no religion and 54% that they are Christian; 8.7% named another faith.
Is St. Norbert good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 59% of households and one-parent families 8.2%. Schools near St. Norbert are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in St. Norbert?
Half of St. Norbert’s households had more than $100,800 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of St. Norbert?
8,251, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for St. Norbert alone.
What is the average age in St. Norbert?
The median age is 41.6, younger than 53% of Canadian towns. 16% are under 15 and 19% 65 or older.
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).