Riding Mountain West
Small town · Manitoba · Population 1,442
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
- 52 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 18.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 15.7% (estimated) · 2016: 33.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.2%2016: 12.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.3%2016: 11.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.4%2016: 20.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%33.2%2016: 37%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.2%2016: 18%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.5%2011: 25% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%42.9%2011: 37.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%3%2011: 4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.1%2016: 30.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.5%2011: 4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.6%2016: 12.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%35.9%2016: 31.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%15.2%2016: 14.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.2%2016: 29.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%15.9%2016: 11.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.2%2016: 96.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.1%2016: 3.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92%2016: 89.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 1.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.9%2016: 9.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%88.6%2016: 84.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%12.1%2016: 14.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%94.7%2016: 93.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.5%2016: 1.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.8%2016: 4.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%34.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.9%2016: 96.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.4%2016: 2.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021