Winnipeg Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Demographics== <!--Please note which census the data refers to before making edits. Thanks.--> {{Main|Demographics of Winnipeg}} {{historical populations | style="text-align:center;"|percentages=on | title = {{small|[[Population growth]] since 1871}} | 1871|241 | 1881|7,995 | 1891|26,529 | 1901|42,540 | 1911|136,035 | 1921|179,097 | 1931|218,785 | 1941|221,969 | 1951|235,710 | 1961|265,420 | 1971|246,246 | 1981|564,373 | 1991|616,790 | 2001|619,544 | 2011|663,617 | 2021|749,607 | footnote = {{small|The drastic population increase between 1971 and 1981 was due in part to Winnipeg's amalgamation in 1972.}} | source =<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1932-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1932/193201410103_p.%20103.pdf|title=Censuses 1871–1931|work=Canada Year Book 1932|publisher=Statistics Canada|accessdate=30 August 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019190112/http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1932-eng.aspx?opt=%2Feng%2F1932%2F193201410103_p.%20103.pdf|archivedate=19 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1955-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1955/195501710145_p.%20145.pdf|title=Census 1941–1951|work=Canada Year Book 1955|publisher=Statistics Canada|accessdate=30 August 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209035552/http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1955-eng.aspx?opt=%2Feng%2F1955%2F195501710145_p.%20145.pdf|archivedate=9 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1967-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1967/196702210189_p.%20189.pdf|title=Census 1961|work=Canada Year Book 1967|publisher=Statistics Canada|accessdate=30 August 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223151220/http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1967-eng.aspx?opt=%2Feng%2F1967%2F196702210189_p.%20189.pdf|archivedate=23 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Canada Year Book 1974|chapter=Censuses 1966, 1971|publisher=Statistics Canada|url=https://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/1974-eng.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Canada Year Book 1988|chapter=Censuses 1981, 1986|publisher=Statistics Canada}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/statcan/rh-hc/CS96-304-1994-eng.pdf|page=9|date=28 April 1992|publisher=Statistics Canada|title=Twenty-five largest municipalities|work=The Daily|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324174505/http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/statcan/rh-hc/CS96-304-1994-eng.pdf|archivedate=24 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4611040&Geo2=PR&Code2=46&Data=Count&SearchText=Winnipeg&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=|publisher=Statistics Canada|accessdate=30 August 2014|title=2001 Community Profiles: Winnipeg|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209064155/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4611040&Geo2=PR&Code2=46&Data=Count&SearchText=winnipeg&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=|archivedate=9 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/as-sa/98-310-x/98-310-x2011001-eng.pdf|accessdate=30 August 2014|publisher=Statistics Canada|title=The Canadian Population in 2011|page=19|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702225851/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/as-sa/98-310-x/98-310-x2011001-eng.pdf|archivedate=2 July 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="2021CityCensus"/> }} In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Winnipeg had a population of 749,607 living in 300,431 of its 315,465 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:749607-705244}}|705244|1}} from its 2016 population of 705,244. With a land area of {{cvt|461.78|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|749607|461.78|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000246 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=9 February 2022 | accessdate=20 February 2022}}</ref> As of the 2021 census, 16.6 percent of residents were 14 years old or younger, 66.4 percent were between 15 and 64 years old, and 17.0 percent were 65 or over. The average age of a Winnipegger was 40.3.<ref name="2021CityCensus"/> At the [[census metropolitan area]] (CMA) level in the 2021 census, the Winnipeg CMA had a population of {{val|834678|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|330326|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|347144|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:834678-783099}}|783099|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|783099|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|5285.46|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|834678|5285.46|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021censusCMA>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000501 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=9 February 2022 | accessdate=28 March 2022}}</ref> Winnipeg represents 54.9% of the population of the province of Manitoba, the highest population concentration in one city of any province in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=101&S=50&O=A|accessdate=5 March 2014|publisher=Statistics Canada|title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312215907/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=101&S=50&O=A|archivedate=12 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=301&S=3&O=D|accessdate=5 March 2014|publisher=Statistics Canada|title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities)|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525001350/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=301&S=3&O=D|archivedate=25 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Apart from the city of Winnipeg, the Winnipeg CMA includes the [[List of rural municipalities in Manitoba|rural municipalities]] of [[Rural Municipality of Springfield|Springfield]], [[Rural Municipality of St. Clements|St. Clements]], [[rural Municipality of Taché|Taché]], [[Rural Municipality of East St. Paul|East St. Paul]], [[Rural Municipality of Macdonald|Macdonald]], [[Rural Municipality of Ritchot|Ritchot]], [[Rural Municipality of West St. Paul|West St. Paul]], [[Rural Municipality of Headingley|Headingley]], the [[Brokenhead 4, Manitoba|Brokenhead 4 reserve]], [[Rural Municipality of Rosser|Rosser]] and [[Rural Municipality of St. François Xavier|St. François Xavier]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CMA&Code1=602&Geo2=PR&Code2=46&Data=Count&SearchText=Winnipeg&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1|accessdate=5 March 2014|publisher=Statistics Canada|title=Census profile: Winnipeg (census metropolitan area)|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305052713/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CMA&Code1=602&Geo2=PR&Code2=46&Data=Count&SearchText=Winnipeg&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1|archivedate=5 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Statistics Canada]]'s estimate of the Winnipeg CMA population as of 1 July 2020 is 850,056, making it the 7th largest CMA in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|title=Population estimates, July 1, by census metropolitan area and census agglomeration, 2016 boundaries1|url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710013501|publisher=Statistics Canada|accessdate=13 June 2021}}</ref> Winnipeg has a significant and increasing [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|Indigenous]] population, with both the highest percentage of Indigenous peoples (12.4%) for any major Canadian city, and the highest total number of Indigenous peoples (90,995) for any single non-reserve municipality.<ref name="2021CityCensus"/> The Aboriginal population grew by 22% between 2001 and 2006, compared to an increase of 3% for the city as a whole; this population tends to be younger and less wealthy than non-Aboriginal residents.<ref name=uaps/> Winnipeg also has the highest Métis population in both percentage (6.5%) and numbers (47,915);<ref name="2021CityCensus"/> the growth rate for this population between 2001 and 2006 was 30%.<ref name=uaps>{{cite web|url=http://www.uaps.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/UAPS-Winnipeg-report_FINAL.pdf|work=Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study|title=Winnipeg Report|publisher=Environics Institute|year=2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207041046/http://uaps.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/UAPS-Winnipeg-report_FINAL.pdf|archivedate=7 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The 2021 census reported that [[Immigration to Canada|immigrants]] comprise 201,040 persons or 27.3% of the total population of Winnipeg. Of the total immigrant population, the top countries of origin were the Philippines (62,100 persons or 30.9%), India (27,605 persons or 13.7%), and China (8,900 persons or 4.4%).<ref name="2021CityCensus">{{Cite web |date=26 October 2022 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Winnipeg, City (CY) Manitoba [Census subdivision] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Winnipeg&DGUIDlist=2021A00054611040&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0|publisher=Statistics Canada}}</ref> The city receives over 10,000 net international immigrants per year.<ref name=ctr>{{cite web|url=http://www.winnipeg.ca/cao/pdfs/TheCommunityTrendsReportOctober2013.pdf|publisher=City of Winnipeg|title=Community Trends Report|date=October 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326080309/http://www.winnipeg.ca/cao/pdfs/TheCommunityTrendsReportOctober2013.pdf|archivedate=26 March 2014}}</ref> Winnipeg has the greatest percentage of Filipino residents (11.3%) of any major Canadian city, although [[Toronto]] has more Filipinos by total population.<ref name="2021CityCensus"/> As of 2021, 34% of residents were of a [[visible minority]].<ref name="2021CityCensus"/> More than a hundred languages are spoken in Winnipeg, of which the most common is English: 95 percent of Winnipeggers speak English as their first language, and 2.8 percent have a first language of French (Canada's other [[official language]]). Other languages spoken as a [[mother tongue]] in Winnipeg include [[Filipino language|Tagalog]] (6.0%), [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] (4.1%), and [[Mandarin language|Mandarin]] (1.5%). Several Indigenous languages are also spoken, such as [[Ojibwe language|Ojibwe]] (0.2%) and [[Cree language|Cree]] (0.1%).<ref name="2021CityCensus"/> The [[2021 census (Canada)|2021 Census]] reported the religious make-up of Winnipeg as: 50.4% [[Christians|Christian]], including 24.0% [[Catholic]], 4.0% [[United Church of Canada|United Church]], and 2.7% [[Anglican]]; 4.4% [[Sikh]]; 3.3% [[Muslim]]; 2.0% [[Hindu]]; 1.5% [[Jewish]]; 0.9% [[Buddhist]]; 0.4% [[Native American religion|traditional (aboriginal) spirituality]]; 0.7% other; and 36.4% no religious affiliation.<ref name="2021CityCensus"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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