Whyte Ridge ranks below 97% of Canadian towns on renter households: 6.5%
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%; Whyte Ridge has 10%. 17% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns. At the 2021 Census, 7,299 people lived in the neighbourhood, in 2,460 households.
A median age of 44.5: Whyte Ridge is older than 65% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 11% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. Children under 15: 15% of the total.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Whyte Ridge, 44.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
3 people per household, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 7.6% of the total.
Common-law partners: 4%, a lower share than 94% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Married residents 15 and over make up 60%, against 46% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
More households in single-detached houses than 98% of Canadian towns: 96%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Just over a fifth of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 0.8% built before 1961. The wider picture: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $139,700 a year
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
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Whyte Ridge’s, at $139,700, is 62% higher. $83,000 is the median household income across Manitoba’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 26% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
8.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 79% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
26% of residents are immigrants, against 17% across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are common here: 9.5%, more than in 66% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (62%) or in Europe (16%).
More visible minority residents than 68% of Canadian towns: 31%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Asked about religion, 33% said none and 52% Christian (Canada’s towns: 35% and 54%). Visible minority residents: 15% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Other faiths: Jewish (4%), Muslim (2.9%) and Sikh (2.9%).
66% have English as their mother tongue; 7.2% also speak French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 78%, French 0.1%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 1.4%.
55% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
2% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
64% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 64% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 13th oldest of 41 towns of 7,167 to 7,437 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Trent Lakes is the oldest at 58, Blairmore Suburban Centre the youngest at 31.8. In age, Whyte Ridge keeps company with Haysboro (42.4), Vanier South (42.9), North River Heights (44.6) and Wainfleet (47.2).
1 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Whyte Ridge
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whyte Ridge | 7,299 | — | 44.5 | 13% | 26% |
| Bridgwater Forest | 5,076 | 2.0 km | 33.7 | 6.9% | 44% |
| Linden Woods | 11,134 | 2.3 km | 47 | 24% | 30% |
| Bridgwater Trails | 11,365 | 2.5 km | 30.4 | 3.3% | 48% |
| Waverley Heights | 5,252 | 2.9 km | 35.9 | 16% | 33% |
| Tuxedo Industrial | 2,726 | 3.3 km | 34.3 | 15% | 22% |
| Fairfield Park | 4,578 | 3.5 km | 31.6 | 10% | 40% |
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. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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.
Questions about Whyte Ridge’s residents
What religion are people in Whyte Ridge?
Christian: 52%. No religion: 33%. Another religion: 15%.
Is Whyte Ridge good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 74% of households are couple families and 7.6% one-parent families. Schools near Whyte Ridge are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Whyte Ridge?
$139,700 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Whyte Ridge (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Whyte Ridge?
Whyte Ridge had 7,299 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Whyte Ridge?
44.5 is the median age, older than 65% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 13%.
Is Whyte Ridge bilingual?
English and French: 7.2% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 91%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.4%.
How diverse is Whyte Ridge?
Immigrants make up 26% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 31% are members of a visible minority, and 3.6% 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).