YellowheadManitoba

Population 1,867: a town in Manitoba. Statistics Canada places it in the Division No. 15 census division.

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Population

1,867

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

55.2

years · Manitoba’s towns: 40

Postsecondary

48%

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

14%

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is Yellowhead a good place to live?

Housing is within reach (A+). Walkability is another plus (A−). Crime is the sore point (C−). Health lags (C+). Its other grades sit near the middle: B for jobs & income and C+ for hazard risk.

With fewer than 2,500 residents, Yellowhead gets subject grades but no overall one among Canadian towns.

This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Safety is the police detachment's figure, shared with the towns and countryside around it. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.

StrongestA⁺Cost of living A⁻WalkabilityWeakestC⁻Safety

How Yellowhead grades

Each subject compares Yellowhead with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.

How grading works

With fewer than 2,500 residents, Yellowhead gets subject grades but no overall one among Canadian towns.

Cost of livingGraded on home prices against local incomesA⁺Open →WalkabilityAmong the easiest places to get around without a carA⁻Open →SafetyNear the bottom of the towns comparedC⁻Open →Jobs & incomeGraded on incomes, poverty and employmentBOpen →HealthResidents’ health trails most townsC⁺Open →Hazard riskBased on earthquake losses and radon in homes; a high wildfire risk can pull it downC⁺Open →

SchoolsThe province publishes no results school by school, which leaves towns in Manitoba without a schools grade.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Yellowhead stand out

The 3 things Yellowhead does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

1.8 times household income

The middle of Canadian towns: 4.7 times

Median owner’s estimate $120,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Cost of living

Better than 99%

of Canadian towns on cost of living

Its cost of living grade: A+.

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

32% are 65 or over

Midway across Canadian towns: 19%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Yellowhead.

HousingCost of living A⁺

Renting in Yellowhead costs 12% of household income, less than in both Manitoba’s towns and Canadian towns

$120,000median home value, 2021A⁺Cost of living Grade

Owners make up 86% of households, above Manitoba’s towns (75%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. 10% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%).

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Yellowhead$120,000

Manitoba$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Yellowhead	Manitoba	Canada
Rent as a share of income	12%	20%	20%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	10%	15%	18%
Households owning their home	86%	75%	74%

$552

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$572

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

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Renting$552 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census Cost of living1.8 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $120,000, against the median household income Owners and renters86% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020.

SafetySafety C⁻

The violent severity index where Yellowhead is policed is 149 (Manitoba’s towns: 198; Canadian towns: 86)

111Crime Severity Index

Violent incidents in its police area came to 18.7 per 1,000 residents a year, close to Manitoba’s towns (18) and above Canadian towns (12). Property crime in the area its police cover: 35 per 1,000 people a year. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Yellowhead detachment area, Yellowhead included.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

2023104

2024100

2025129

2023–2025	Yellowhead	Manitoba	Canada
Violent Crime Severity Index	149	198	86
Crime Severity Index	111	129	67
Property crime per 1,000	35	58.8	31.2
Violent crime	18.7	18	12

non-violent Crime Severity Index

40%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageYellowhead’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety111 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Yellowhead’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Yellowhead safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

Work & commuteJobs & income B

More of Yellowhead’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 94% of Canadian towns

14%walk, cycle or take transit

The car took 86% of commuters, near both Manitoba’s towns (87%) and Canadian towns (89%). The commute to work averages 24 min.

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van86%

Walk13%

Bicycle2%

Census 2021	Yellowhead	Manitoba	Canada
Car or van	86%	87%	89%
Average trip	24 min	24 min	26 min

$64,500

median household income, 2020

31%

worked from home, May 2021

59%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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Unemployment5.6% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work14% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to35 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Prairie View

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.

HealthHealth C⁺

Life expectancy around Yellowhead is 78.8 years, 2.7 less than for the typical Canadian town

51%very good or excellent healthC⁺Health Grade

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Prairie Mountain Health Region

Smokers make up 15% of the region’s adults, higher than both Manitoba’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). Across the region, just over half of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Manitoba (51%). Closer to home, a hospital is 7.7 km from the average resident of Yellowhead, further than the usual 3.7 km.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Yellowhead51%

Manitoba’s towns52%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Yellowhead	Manitoba	Canada
Smokers	15%	10%	12%
Life expectancy at birth	78.8	80.0	81.5
Chronic conditions (average share)	18%	18%	17%

78.8

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

7.7 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

15%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

7.6 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageYellowhead’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey51% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care7.7 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 7.6 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 81.2, men 76.6 Conditions and habits18% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities

Who lives here

Older than 95% of Canadian towns: half of Yellowhead is over 55.2

55.2median age

Visible minorities make up 4.7% of the population, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%). 5.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than Manitoba’s towns (12%) yet higher than Canadian towns (2.8%).

YellowheadManitobaCanada

ManitobaCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

32%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree23%

Postsecondary qualification48%

Women and men · all residents

50.3% of Yellowhead’s residents are women

In 2021 there were 925 women to 915 men; Canada as a whole is 50.9% women.

Who lives in Yellowhead
	Yellowhead	Manitoba	Canada
Under 15	14%	17%	16%
15 to 64	54%	64%	64%
65+	32%	17%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	23%	16%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	48%	52%	56%

Full pageYellowhead’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

Ages55.2 median age · 32% are 65 or over Households870 households · 2.1 people per household Immigrants5% belong to a visible minority English and French3% speak both · 0% speak French but not English

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Manitoba and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

Climate

January nights in Yellowhead drop to −19.6°C (Manitoba towns −21.2°C, Canadian towns −13.5°C)

25.4°CJuly afternoons

Frost comes on 196 days a year, about level with Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). Snow peaks in December: 26 cm in a normal year. June is the wettest month, with 101 mm of rain and snow on average.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−8.1°C

Spring9.1°C

Summer24.4°C

Autumn9.9°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Yellowhead	Manitoba	Canada
Precipitation a year	517 mm	519 mm	883 mm
January night low	−19.6°C	−21.2°C	−13.5°C
Days with frost a year	196	193	159
July afternoon high	25.4°C	25.8°C	25.5°C

196

days with frost a year

days with precipitation a year

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The yearJuly highs 25.4°C, January lows −19.6°C Rain and snow517 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow142 cm of snow a year Weather station71 km to the station · Elkhorn

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Elkhorn)

Natural hazardsHazard risk C⁺

35% of homes tested in Yellowhead’s area are above the radon guideline

Lowwildfire bandC⁺Hazard risk Grade

Radon tests for the Assiniboine health region

Little of the land around Yellowhead has burned: 0.2% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.008% a year. No one has filed a flood map for Yellowhead on the national inventory.

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Yellowhead35%

Manitoba’s towns12%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Yellowhead	Manitoba	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	35%	12%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.006	$0.006	$0.030

Low

wildfire band

23 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

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Radon35% of tests above the guideline WildfireLow wildfire band · 0.2% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 FloodNo flood study on record Earthquakes$0.006 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

Schools

One school serves Yellowhead: Shoal Lake School

1school within 3 km

School	Level	Students	System
Shoal Lake SchoolIn YellowheadAll grades	All grades	–	English public

0.3 km

to the nearest secondary school

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Every school1 school for every grade Language0 of 1 teach in French · 3% of schools in Manitoba Questions“What schools are there in Yellowhead?”

Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · Why no schools grade in Manitoba? The province publishes no results school by school.

Weather

A normal November in Yellowhead runs from −9°C to freezing

0°Ca normal November afternoon

Snow is normal by November, about 22 cm over the month. By December, a normal day reaches −7°C and a night falls to −16°C. November normally sees 26 mm of precipitation. Also worth knowing: across the year, normals run from −20°C nights in January to 25°C afternoons in July.

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November0°C

December−7°C

January−10°C

February−7°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−8°C	−18°C	70 mm
Spring	9°C	−3°C	129 mm
Summer	24°C	11°C	228 mm
Autumn	10°C	−1°C	90 mm

−9°C

a normal November night

26 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

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Next 24 hoursTemperature and chance of rain, hour by hour The week aheadECCC’s days ahead, beside the normals The yearWarmest July, coldest January

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Elkhorn); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Yellowhead’s MP is Dan Mazier (Conservative Party of Canada), for Riding Mountain

The Conservative Party of Canada has 7 of the 14 MPs elected in Manitoba.

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Who runs itRural Municipality

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade A⁺

Yellowhead has no public library of its own; the nearest is Erickson District Library, 48 km away

The next is Prairie Crocus Regional Library (Riverdale), 52 km away.

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Places to belong9.6 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

Within 9.7 km of Yellowhead: Riding Mountain National Park

1.2%of the land within 10 km protected

A provincial park, Rivers Provincial Park, lies 32 km away. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 1.2% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. One unnamed beach is mapped within 5 km.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Yellowhead1.2%

Manitoba’s towns1.1%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Yellowhead	Manitoba	Canada
Public protected areas within 10 km	5	12	4
Protected land within 10 km	1.2%	1.1%	2.3%

9.7 km

to Riding Mountain National Park

32 km

to Rivers Provincial Park

beach within 5 km

public protected areas within 10 km

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Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas57 protected areas within 10 km · Riding Mountain National Park National & provincial parks9.7 km to a national park · Riding Mountain National Park

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Yellowhead

15pages on Yellowhead

The big questions

SafetyC⁻Crime Severity Index 111 Housing & costA⁺Homes 1.8 × income Property pricesSchoolsOne school within 3 km HealthC⁺Life expectancy 78.8 in its region Work & commuteB56% of adults in work Natural hazardsC⁺Wildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors1.2% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 25°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 55.2 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Prairie Mountain Regional Museum and 2 more in and around Yellowhead

Sights in Yellowhead and close by, ordered by how widely each is known.

All attractions →

MuseumMuseumPrairie Mountain Regional Museumin town MuseumMuseumStrathclair Museumin town MuseumMuseumSandy Lake Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Museum3.9 km outside town, to the east

About Yellowhead

Town in Manitoba

For Yellowhead, TownRatings uses Statistics Canada’s census-subdivision boundary in Manitoba, and every figure on its pages covers that whole area.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 1,867 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Manitoba
Census division: Division No. 15
Census subdivision: 4615063

Questions about Yellowhead

What kind of homes are in Yellowhead?

Single-detached houses make up 93% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments.

Who are the people of Yellowhead?

Visible minorities are 5% of the population, where the middle of Canadian towns is 15%. Immigrants make up 5%, and Indigenous people 6%.

Has Yellowhead grown?

It went from 1,948 people in 2016 to 1,841 in 2021, down 5.5%, while the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 1,867.

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. 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).