Selkirk
Town · Manitoba · Population 10,504
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 38.1% · 2016: 40.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.7%2016: 15.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.7%2016: 12.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.5%2016: 22%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.5%2016: 26.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.7%2016: 23.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.6%2011: 21.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23.2%2011: 24.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%13.9%2011: 14.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.7%2016: 32.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.5%2011: 7.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%15.7%2016: 16.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%36.3%2016: 33.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.4%2016: 9.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.3%2016: 28.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.2%2016: 12.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%94.4%2016: 94.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.2%2016: 5.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%89.3%2016: 91.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.2%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%9.6%2016: 7.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%60.1%2016: 63.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%39.9%2016: 36.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%61.4%2016: 63.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.2%2016: 3.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.6%2016: 5.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.2%2016: 0.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%21.5%2016: 20.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%6%2016: 5.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%29.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%38.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%14.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.1%2016: 84.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.9%2016: 2.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9%2016: 10.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.3%2016: 1.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021