Photo: Beems3 · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 83% of Canadian towns: half of Manitouwadge is over 49.2
Set against 64% across Canada’s towns, 87% of households live in a single-detached house in Manitouwadge. The town is home to some 2,052 people (July 2025 estimate), in 920 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put Indigenous residents at 9.9% in the town. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
+2% since 2016: slower than 65% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 4%.
Children under 15: 14%, a lower share than 68% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 here.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 83% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Compared with 27% across Canada’s towns, 32% of households are one person living alone here. The census found that 8.2% of households are one-parent families in Manitouwadge.
A higher share of common-law partners than 80% of Canadian towns, at 16%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: nearly a quarter of adults (typical: 27%). The wider picture: just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Renter households make up 20% in Manitouwadge, less than in 62% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. To put it in context, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 29% predate 1961, 1.1% date from 2001 or later. 10% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
Household income at the median: $70,500 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Manitouwadge had $70,500 before tax, 18% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns, half of households had more than $91,600 before tax. In 2020, 21% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 80% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Of the immigrants living here, 11% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (58%), then in Asia (26%). Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 65% of Canadian towns.
Above 60% of Canadian towns: 38% of residents said they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 3.8% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 35%.
Residents whose mother tongue is French: 12%, a higher share than 76% of Canadian towns
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
Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Manitouwadge comes in at 18%. The usual figure: 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns.
Manitouwadge ranks below 96% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 9.9%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 16%, against 9.5%. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 46% of residents 15 and over had a job
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.
With 24% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 46% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
A younger town than 1 of the 5 around it: Manitouwadge
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Distances here run 60–110 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Manitouwadge.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manitouwadge | 2,052 | — | 49.2 | 24% | 9.7% |
| Marathon | 3,223 | 60.2 km | 43.2 | 16% | 6.9% |
| Hornepayne | 1,110 | 76.4 km | 41.2 | 16% | 2.6% |
| Terrace Bay | 1,553 | 100.0 km | 48.8 | 24% | 12% |
| Geraldton | 4,398 | 104.4 km | 47.2 | 21% | 3.4% |
| Schreiber | 1,068 | 110.2 km | 54.4 | 24% | 5.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Ontario’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.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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.
Questions about Manitouwadge’s residents
What is the median income in Manitouwadge?
The median household in Manitouwadge took in $70,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Manitouwadge?
Manitouwadge had about 2,052 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,974, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Manitouwadge?
A median age of 49.2. Children under 15 make up 14%, and people 65 and over 24%.
Is Manitouwadge bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 18% are. Another 1% speak only French and 81% only English, and French is the first language of 12%.
How diverse is Manitouwadge?
9.7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 3.8% belong to a visible minority and 9.9% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Manitouwadge?
59% are Christian and 38% have no religion; 3.1% follow another religion.
Is Manitouwadge good for families?
Under 15: 14% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 53% of households. One-parent families: 8.2%. Schools near Manitouwadge are on its Schools page.
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).