Swan River
Small town · Manitoba · Population 4,049
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
- 42.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 (estimated) · 2011: 2.1 (estimated) · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 41.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44.5% (estimated) · 2016: 42.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.6%2016: 17.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.6%2016: 11.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.7%2016: 20.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%22.6%2016: 23.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.4%2016: 26.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17%2011: 18.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.7%2011: 27.4% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.2%2011: 8.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%38.4%2016: 38.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.8%2011: 5.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.6%2016: 16.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.4%2016: 33.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.3%2016: 6.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.1%2016: 28.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.6%2016: 14.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97%2016: 97.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.8%2016: 2.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%86.6%2016: 87.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.6%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%12.8%2016: 11.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 8.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%58.6%2016: 61.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%41.6%2016: 38.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%66.6%2016: 66.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.6%2016: 6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.2%2016: 2.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.5%2016: 0.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%20.5%2016: 18.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.6%2016: 5.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%21.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%40.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%81.8%2016: 87.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%16.8%2016: 10.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1%2016: 0.9%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.7%2016: 0.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021