Mossey River
Small town · Manitoba · Population 1,450
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
- 44.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 50.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 46.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 12.4% (estimated) · 2016: 27.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%20.3%2016: 15.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.1%2016: 9.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%17.6%2016: 18.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.2%2016: 31%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.4%2016: 25.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16.4%2011: 23.1% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.6%2011: 26% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%15.6%2011: 8.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.2%2016: 39.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.2%2011: 2.9% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%27.6%2016: 22.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%33.1%2016: 38.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.2%2016: 7.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%16.5%2016: 21.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.6%2016: 6.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%98.2%2016: 98.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1.4%2016: 1.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%87.6%2016: 84.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.7%2016: 0.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%11.7%2016: 14.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%73.8%2016: 80.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%26.2%2016: 18.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.9%2016: 87.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.8%2016: 1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.6%2016: 5.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.8%2016: 1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.9%2016: 5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%24.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%43.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%17.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%86.7%2016: 86.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 3.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%10%2016: 12.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 3.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021