Term: Winnipeg, Manitoba Statistics - As Reported by Statistics Canada from the Canadian Census

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2019-01-28

Definition:

The following information on Winnipeg, Manitoba was reported in the 2016 Canadian Census:

• Winnipeg, is the capital city in the province of Manitoba, Canada.
  
  
• Winnipeg is an ethnically diverse city with a reported population of 705,244 (at the Census SubDivision (CSD) level), an increase of 6.3% between 2011 and 2016.
  
  
• As a Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), the reported population is 778,489, an increase of 6.6% between 2011 and 2016.
  
  
• According to the 2016 Census, 12.2% of the population self-identify as Indigenous (5.3% First Nations, 6.6% Metis) and 25.5% are immigrants.
  
  
• Approximately 35% of the population rents and of those who rent, 18.3% live in subsidized housing and 39.6% spend more than 30% of their income on shelter costs.
  
  
• Almost one in five families (18.5%) are headed by a single parent.
  
  
• A substantial percentage (13.3%) of the population have incomes below the low income cut-offs (after tax).

SOURCE: All statistics reported in this glossary term came from the Statistics Canada Census Profile, 2016 Census web page using the search function place name = Winnipeg:

https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E - accessed on January 28, 2019.