What kind of people live in Winnipeg?

Because the metropolitan area contains an estimated 742,400 residents in 2011, the variety found in the Demographics and in routine observation covers an extremely wide area. For example:

The average Winnipegger is 38.7 years of age while the average Canadian is older at 39.5 years of age.

Some are tall, some are short and some are very short including infants and toddlers.

The census recorded 63,745 Native Americans and only 1,725 Japanese.

Some residents were rich and some were poor.

Among the population only 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female.

Some are fat and some are slim. A few are very obese and a very few are skinny.

Eleven percent of the population are bilingual.

Some in the population are young and some are old.

There were 2,115 Arabs and only 280 Inuits.

Some people are kind and some are downright mean.

Those with an English ethnic origin numbered 141,480 and those of Polish origin numbered 50,555.

Some residents are brilliant and a few are ignorant. Some are well educated but remain ignorant and a rare few are drop outs with a rare spark of genius.