Alexander
Small town · Manitoba · Population 3,854
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 58.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 54.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 56.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27.4% · 2016: 32.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.3%2016: 11.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.7%2016: 6.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%13.4%2016: 13.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%37.6%2016: 39.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%31.1%2016: 28.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%14.6%2011: 15.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%45.3%2011: 47.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.3%2011: 5.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.6%2016: 29.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.1%2011: 6.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.9%2016: 16.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.6%2016: 31.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13.9%2016: 14.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.4%2016: 27.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.9%2016: 10.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%86.1%2016: 84.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%13.7%2016: 15.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%83.9%2016: 80.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%7.9%2016: 9.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%8.2%2016: 9.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%93.8%2016: 91.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%6.2%2016: 9.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%95.4%2016: 94.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.8%2016: 0.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.3%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.1%2016: 0.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.4%2016: 4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%12.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%36%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%20.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.2%2016: 96.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.2%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.4%2016: 1.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 2.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021