More Indigenous residents than 98% of Canadian towns: 24%
The share of one-parent families tops 99% of Canadian towns: 17%. Census figures put immigrants at 40% in Weston. 38% of households rent their home, a higher share than in 72% of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood had 6,661 residents in 2,375 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Weston
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 24% of residents, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and 11% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Weston’s residents are under 35.3 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 21% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Younger than 89% of Canadian towns: half of Weston is under 35.3
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
15% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 90% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Weston, 35.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 81% of Canadian towns: 2.8 people on average
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.
A quarter of households are one person living alone (Canada’s towns: 27%).
38% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 72% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners in Weston comes in at 8.3%. Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married.
More households in buildings of five or more storeys than 69% of Canadian towns: 3.4%
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
59% of homes were built before 1961 and 6.2% in 2001 or later. Weston has more households in single-detached houses than 64% of Canadian towns, at 74%.
Before tax, the median household income is $68,700 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Weston’s households had a total income below $68,700, 20% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Manitoba’s towns have a median of $83,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 38% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Above 79% of Canadian towns: 13% of residents are not Canadian citizens
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 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (89%) or in Europe (3.3%). A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: more than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. The share of residents without Canadian citizenship across Canada’s towns is 5.8%. Just over two in five immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
In Weston, 52% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
A third of residents said they have no religion; across Canada’s towns the figure is 35%. On average, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 58%, and 2.9% 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
Residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.7%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns. 24% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.1% speak neither official language. Weston has fewer bilingual residents than 95% of Canadian towns, at 2.9%.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 67% of Canadian towns, at 20%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Weston, 20%, and 25% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 18%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
In work on census day: 56% of adults
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
56% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (6,531 to 6,792), the 6th youngest of 41 towns
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages here range from 33.7 in West Broadway to 61.6 in Southern Gulf Islands. The towns whose median age is nearest to Weston’s: Sherwood (34.8), Rivers Edge / Castlemore Crossing (35.3), Stipeley (35.7) and Fairhaven (36).
Around Weston, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weston | 6,661 | — | 35.3 | 11% | 40% |
| Brooklands | 3,114 | 0.7 km | 36.2 | 11% | 35% |
| Burrows-Keewatin | 2,506 | 1.7 km | 34.7 | 15% | 29% |
| Shaughnessy Park | 5,169 | 1.9 km | 38.4 | 14% | 59% |
| Burrows Central | 5,565 | 2.1 km | 37.6 | 11% | 49% |
| Sargent Park | 6,242 | 2.1 km | 41.4 | 17% | 45% |
| Daniel McIntyre | 9,584 | 2.7 km | 37.4 | 14% | 47% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Manitoba’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Weston’s residents
What religion are people in Weston?
Most often Christian (64%) or no religion (33%); other religions make up 3.3%.
Is Weston good for families?
Children under 15 are 21% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 42% of households and one-parent families 17%. Schools near Weston are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Weston?
Median total household income in Weston was $68,700 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Weston?
Weston had 6,661 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Weston?
Half the residents are older than 35.3 and half younger, younger than 89% of Canadian towns; 21% are children under 15 and 11% are 65 or over.
Is Weston bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 2.9% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 96% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.7% grew up with French.
How diverse is Weston?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 40%. A visible minority makes up 52% and Indigenous residents 24%.
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).