The demographics of Winnipeg reveal the city to be a typically Canadian one: multicultural and multilingual.
Winnipeg is also prominent in the size and ratio of its First Nations population, which plays an important part in the city's makeup.
Per capita, Winnipeg has more Indigenous residents (12.4%) than any other major Canadian city (population 100,000+).
[citation needed] There are 45,005 people of mixed race backgrounds in Winnipeg, making that both the highest ratio (6.9%) and in total numbers (Toronto is second with 42,795).
The 2021 census reported that immigrants (individuals born outside Canada) comprise 207,950 persons or 25.4 percent of the total population of Metro Winnipeg.
[49] While this represents a numerical increase, it is a significant proportional decline compared with one century prior, when the 1921 census reported that immigrants (individuals born outside Canada) comprised 85,233 persons or 47.6 percent of the total population of Winnipeg.
[62] This was slightly lower than the national average ($54,098),[63] and is in the bottom 10 of lowest median incomes in Canada.