Photo: Classenc · CC BY-SA 3.0Woodlands: 22% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 97% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, a quarter of households rent their home; in Woodlands, 8.7%. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 6.1% here. Compared with other places, children under 15 are common here: 19%, more than in 80% of Canadian towns. This Manitoba town is home to some 4,057 people (July 2025 estimate), in 1,375 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Woodlands
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 22% of residents, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, and 2.5% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Woodlands went from 3,416 to 3,797 residents (+11%), faster growth than in 85% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Woodlands grew +11% from 2016 to 2021, faster than 85% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Manitoba’s towns. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 7% higher again.
Woodlands is younger than 63% of Canadian towns: a median age of 40
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 30–34: 7.8% of residents. The highest share aged 65 or over among Manitoba’s towns is Brockville’s: 54%. Woodlands sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Woodlands, 40. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
Fewer one-person households than 69% of Canadian towns: 22%
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.
The share of one-parent families is 5.5%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns. For one-person households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 27%. A household here holds 2.5 people on average.
Married residents 15 and over make up 56% in Woodlands, more than in 84% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
23% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. By way of comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 10% in Woodlands.
Woodlands: 88% of households live in a single-detached house, above 85% 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
22% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 19% built before 1961. On average, 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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
$90,000 a year: the median household income
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 Woodlands’s households had a total income above $90,000 and half below, close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Manitoba’s towns, the typical figure is $83,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 18% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
4.3% of residents are immigrants
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
Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 10% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 0.4% of residents. Add to that, on immigrants, Woodlands sits lower than 84% of Canadian towns: 4.3%. Residents without Canadian citizenship account for 1.4%.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 91% of Canadian towns, at 54%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
With visible minority residents at 2.3%, Woodlands is behind just over four fifths of Canadian towns on that count. For residents with no religion, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 35%.
English is the mother tongue of 85%, and 4.1% 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, 9.5% mostly speak another language; 0.1% speak neither English nor French. Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Woodlands has 4.1%.
Only 15% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Woodlands
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 11% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 67% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 67% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (4,002 to 4,125), the 11th youngest of 41 towns
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The span goes from 29 (Mistissini) up to 59.2 (Okanagan Falls). The towns whose median age is nearest to Woodlands’s: Centremount (40), Morris-Turnberry (40), Matt Berry (40.4) and Parkdale (40.6).
Woodlands is younger than every town around it
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. No closer places have figures: these lie 23–29 km from Woodlands.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlands | 4,057 | — | 40 | 18% | 4.3% |
| Stonewall | 5,443 | 22.6 km | 44 | 21% | 4.6% |
| Stony Mountain | 9,180 | 28.5 km | 40.8 | 15% | 4.2% |
| St. Laurent | 1,577 | 28.8 km | 50.4 | 26% | 5.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 Woodlands’s residents
What is the population of Woodlands?
The latest figure is an estimate: 4,057 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Woodlands counted 3,797, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Woodlands?
Half the residents are older than 40 and half younger, younger than 63% of Canadian towns; 19% are children under 15 and 18% are 65 or over.
Is Woodlands bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4.1% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 96% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.3% grew up with French.
How diverse is Woodlands?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 4.3%. A visible minority makes up 2.3% and Indigenous residents 22%.
What religion are people in Woodlands?
Most often Christian (45%) or no religion (54%); other religions make up 1.3%.
Is Woodlands good for families?
Children under 15 are 19% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 65% of households and one-parent families 5.5%. Schools near Woodlands are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Woodlands?
Median total household income in Woodlands was $90,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).