Burns Lake
Small town · British Columbia · Population 1,659
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 39.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 34.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 46%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 41.2% (estimated) · 2016: 37.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.7%2016: 19.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.1%2016: 12.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.2%2016: 25.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.8%2016: 27%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.5%2016: 14.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21%2011: 25%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.4%2011: 26.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%12.3%2011: 11.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.3%2016: 28.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8%2011: 8.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.5%2016: 17.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%35.9%2016: 27.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.7%2016: 11%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26%2016: 27.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%20.4%2016: 17.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.7%2016: 95.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.7%2016: 3.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%88.3%2016: 84.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.3%2016: 0.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%11.4%2016: 14.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%59.4%2016: 60.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%40.6%2016: 39.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%64.2%2016: 74.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.4%2016: 2.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.8%2016: 0.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.9%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%17.5%2016: 20.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%5.1%2016: 2.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%15.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%45.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%7.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87%2016: 88.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.9%2016: 1.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.7%2016: 9.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021