Photo: Greg N · CC BY-SA 3.018% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Recent arrivals are 46% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Census day 2021: 12,523 residents and 5,085 households in Windsor Park. Locally, 4.3% of households live in a building of five or more storeys. The neighbourhood has more one-parent families than just over four fifths of Canadian towns, at 11%.
What stands out about the people of Windsor Park
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
18% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 3.4% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A median age of 40: Windsor Park is younger than 63% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; in Windsor Park, 12%. More residents are 30–34 than any other five-year age: 7.2% of residents. The highest share aged 65 or over among Manitoba’s towns is Brockville’s: 54%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Windsor Park, 40. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
2.5 people per household, more than in 53% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Census figures put one-person households at 27% in Windsor Park.
A lower share of married residents 15 and over than 54% of Canadian towns, at 45%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
29% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 11% in Windsor Park.
Above 56% of Canadian towns: 29% of households rent their home
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
Nearly two in five homes were built before 1961 and 6.4% in 2001 or later. Measured more widely, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%; Windsor Park has 66%.
$83,900 a year: where the middle household sits
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes sit at the middle in Windsor Park: half had more than $83,900, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Manitoba’s towns have a median of $83,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 25% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
A larger share of residents without Canadian citizenship than 57% of Canadian towns: 7.3%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (34%) and in Africa (25%). Measured more widely, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: more than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. On immigrants, 17% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 71% of Canadian towns: 42%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (2.9%). The usual figure: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Here a fifth of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%.
Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 10% in Windsor Park, more than in 76% 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 85%, French 4.6%. By way of comparison, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns. 22% of residents speak English and French, more than in 75% of Canadian towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 25% in Windsor Park, less than in 53% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 6.9% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 58% of adults
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.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 58%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 19th of 41 towns of 12,258 to 12,799 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At one end is Blackfalds (31.8), at the other Elliot Lake (60.4). Nearest to Windsor Park in age: River Park South (40), Cantley (40), Woodbine Corridor (40.6) and Varsity (42.6).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Windsor Park
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor Park | 12,523 | — | 40 | 18% | 17% |
| Southdale | 8,210 | 1.7 km | 44.7 | 22% | 18% |
| Niakwa Place | 3,461 | 2.1 km | 43.2 | 26% | 20% |
| Alpine Place | 3,721 | 2.1 km | 48.4 | 34% | 30% |
| Glenwood | 6,617 | 2.3 km | 37.3 | 13% | 14% |
| St. George | 4,254 | 3.1 km | 38.5 | 14% | 22% |
| Norwood East | 3,881 | 3.2 km | 39.3 | 17% | 15% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Windsor Park’s residents
Is Windsor Park bilingual?
22% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.6% speak French only and 77% English only. French is the mother tongue of 10%.
How diverse is Windsor Park?
Immigrants make up 17% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 20% are members of a visible minority, and 18% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Windsor Park?
Christian: 51%. No religion: 42%. Another religion: 7.2%.
Is Windsor Park good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 18%. 52% of households are couple families and 11% one-parent families. Schools near Windsor Park are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Windsor Park?
$83,900 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Windsor Park (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Windsor Park?
The 2021 Census counted 12,523 people in Windsor Park.
What is the average age in Windsor Park?
40 is the median age, younger than 63% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 18%. 65 and over: 18%.
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).