Winkler
Town · Manitoba · Population 13,745
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
- 33.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 35.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 34.5 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 (estimated) · 2016: 2.7 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 51.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 47.4% (estimated) · 2016: 50.1% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%22.6%2016: 23.3% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.4%2016: 15.2% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.9%2016: 25.9% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%20.4%2016: 21.6% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.7%2016: 13.9% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%33.8%2011: 35.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.1%2011: 29.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.5%2011: 5.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24.7%2016: 23.8% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7%2011: 5.7% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%27.3%2016: 32.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.8%2016: 28.4% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.4%2016: 4.9% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%17.2%2016: 20.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.5%2016: 13.9% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.7%2016: 94.5% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1.7%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.6%2016: 3.7% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%54.4%2016: 48.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.4%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%45.2%2016: 51.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 17.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 14.5% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%67.9%2016: 71.7% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%32.1%2016: 28.2% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%62.4%2016: 64.1% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%8.4%2016: 7.6% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%13.6%2016: 14.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.4%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.6%2016: 6.4% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%6.1%2016: 5.1% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.6%2016: 2.2% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%7.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%22.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%34.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%12%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.1%2016: 91.3% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.2%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.3%2016: 4.4% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.4%2016: 2.8% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021