Average & Median Income in Manitoba by Age

In 2020, the median total income in Manitoba was $39,200 and the average was $49,240, among people aged 15 and over with income (Statistics Canada, 2021 Census). That compares with a national median of $41,200. The median was $44,000 for men and $35,600 for women. After adjusting for inflation, the median was $36,800 in 2015, so it rose 7% over five years.

The average sits above the median because a smaller number of high incomes pull it up — the guide to average income in Canada explains which figure to use.

How Manitoba compares

Manitoba's income ranking climbs further with age than any other province's. Among Manitobans aged 25-34, a median income of $40,400 ties Nova Scotia's for the lowest of the ten provinces; by the 55-64 and 65+ bands Manitoba ranks fourth, at $46,400 and $34,400, ahead of British Columbia in both and above the national medians of $46,000 and $33,200. Manitoba's median income also falls less from its peak band, 45-54, to 65 and older than any other province's, a decline of 35.3 percent. Net worth shows none of this movement. Manitoba ranks sixth of ten in every age band, behind Saskatchewan and ahead of Quebec each time, from $118,300 among those 25-34 to $649,200 among those 55-64. Against Saskatchewan, the comparison is one-sided: Saskatchewan's median income and median net worth are both higher than Manitoba's in all five age bands. The net worth gap between the two is small, though; at 65 and older it is $561,000 for Saskatchewan against $549,200 for Manitoba.