Valhalla is older than 99% of Canadian towns: a median age of 66
At 1.5 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents account for 7.9%. More residents who moved in within the year than in 83% of Canadian towns: 16%. Census day 2021: 3,153 residents and 2,085 households in Valhalla.
What stands out about the people of Valhalla
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Valhalla is 66; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 52% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
77% of households rent their home, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 99% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 64%, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and 52% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 64% of households, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, and 28% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Valhalla sits above 99% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (52%)
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
No age band is larger than 85+: 12% of residents, 6.2 times the share across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 5.2%. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Valhalla, 66. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
60% women, 40% men
About 66 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Above 99% of Canadian towns: 64% of households are one person living alone
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.
In Valhalla, 5.3% of households are one-parent families, beside 8.2% across Canada’s towns. For one-person households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 27%.
Married residents 15 and over: 32%, a lower share than 84% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
In Valhalla, 7.4% of residents 15 and over live common-law, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. Singles who have never married make up 24% of adults, beside a typical 27%.
Valhalla: 77% of households rent their home, above 98% 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
64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns, against 1.4% in Valhalla. Meanwhile, households in buildings of five or more storeys are more common here than in 97% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, a quarter of households rent their home.
The midpoint household income is $48,800 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
Household incomes run lower in Valhalla: half had less than $48,800, 43% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $83,000, the median across Manitoba’s towns. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 16% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Valhalla sits above 58% of Canadian towns for immigrants (21%)
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
Of the immigrants living here, 24% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. The share of immigrants across Canada’s towns is 17%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (63%) and in Asia (23%).
Residents with no religion make up 32% in Valhalla, less than in 60% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 10% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Canada’s towns: 35%.
English is the mother tongue of 70%, and 4.5% speak French as well
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
At home: English 90%, French 0.3%. Valhalla has fewer bilingual residents than 81% of Canadian towns, at 4.5%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 1.8%.
A university degree: 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Employment: 37% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
37% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 52% are 65 or more.
41 towns of 3,110 to 3,201 people: this is the 1st oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The group spans La Loche, youngest at 25.6, to Valhalla, oldest at 66. Closest in median age to Valhalla are Saint-Alexis-des-Monts (59.2) and Trois-Pistoles (59.6).
The towns around Valhalla are all younger
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valhalla | 3,153 | — | 66 | 52% | 21% |
| Rivergrove | 2,742 | 0.8 km | 50.2 | 30% | 22% |
| Riverbend | 5,453 | 1.3 km | 38.5 | 9.6% | 24% |
| River East | 7,774 | 1.4 km | 47.9 | 27% | 15% |
| Rossmere-A | 13,613 | 1.6 km | 39.3 | 21% | 24% |
| Kildonan Drive | 5,063 | 2.1 km | 48.2 | 27% | 14% |
| Rossmere-B | 4,732 | 2.8 km | 40.7 | 17% | 17% |
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. 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. 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. The middle of Manitoba’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
Questions about Valhalla’s residents
What is the median income in Valhalla?
The median household in Valhalla took in $48,800 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Valhalla?
Valhalla had 3,153 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Valhalla?
A median age of 66, older than 99% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 5.2%, and people 65 and over 52%.
Is Valhalla bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4.5% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 95% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.8% grew up with French.
How diverse is Valhalla?
21% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 10% belong to a visible minority and 7.9% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Valhalla?
64% are Christian and 32% have no religion; 4.1% follow another religion.
Is Valhalla good for families?
Under 15: 5.2% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 26% of households. One-parent families: 5.3%. Schools near Valhalla are on its Schools page.
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).