Photo: runran from An island in the stream · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 95% of Canadian towns: half of Yellowhead is over 55.2
In Yellowhead, 4.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. By contrast, 93% of households live in a single-detached house, a higher share than in 93% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 870 households locally; by July 2025 the population was about 1,867. Residents aged 15 to 24: nearly a tenth of the total.
What stands out about the people of Yellowhead
Older than most towns
Line Yellowhead’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 55.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 32% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Fewer people than before
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Yellowhead went from 1,948 to 1,841 residents (−6%), slower growth than in 97% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Yellowhead’s population moved −6% on 2016, less than in 97% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Manitoba’s towns +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 1% higher again.
Yellowhead sits above 96% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (32%)
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Set against 16% across Canada’s towns, 14% of residents are under 15 in Yellowhead. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 83% 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 make up 4%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many one-person households: 35% here, more than in 78% of Canadian towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 84% of Canadian towns, at 56%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns, Yellowhead has 8.8%. Single and never married: 17% of adults, against a typical 27%.
Renter households make up 13% in Yellowhead, less than in 80% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
31% of homes were built before 1961 and 11% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Half above, half below $64,500 a year in household income
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Yellowhead had $64,500 before tax, 25% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Manitoba’s towns, the typical figure is $83,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 15% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
5.3% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
37% of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 1.4% of residents. In Yellowhead, 2.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens. This Manitoba town has fewer immigrants than 81% of Canadian towns, at 5.3%.
More Indigenous residents than 73% of Canadian towns: 5.5%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, Yellowhead has 4.7%. Here, just over a third of residents said they have no religion. The wider picture: 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 87%, and 3% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Yellowhead, 3%. On the census count, 1.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Yellowhead ranks below 88% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 13%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 16% here, 9.5% in the typical town. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
56% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 56%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
1 of the 5 nearest towns are older than Yellowhead
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. Distances here run 28–34 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Yellowhead.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellowhead | 1,867 | — | 55.2 | 32% | 5.3% |
| Hamiota | 1,210 | 28.0 km | 48.4 | 30% | 7.8% |
| Rossburn | 1,015 | 30.5 km | 52.8 | 30% | 2.6% |
| Prairie View | 2,149 | 32.3 km | 41.6 | 23% | 4.1% |
| Harrison Park | 1,916 | 33.2 km | 58.8 | 35% | 3.9% |
| Waywayseecappo First Nation | 1,714 | 34.3 km | 21.6 | 4.6% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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 Yellowhead’s residents
How diverse is Yellowhead?
Immigrants make up 5.3% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 4.7% are members of a visible minority, and 5.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Yellowhead?
Christian: 64%. No religion: 35%. Another religion: 1.4%.
Is Yellowhead good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 56% of households are couple families and 4% one-parent families. Schools near Yellowhead are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Yellowhead?
$64,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Yellowhead (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Yellowhead?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,867 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,841 in Yellowhead, 6% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Yellowhead?
55.2 is the median age. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 32%.
Is Yellowhead bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 3% are. Another 0% speak only French and 97% only English, and French is the first language of 1.1%.
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).