Coldstream
Town · British Columbia · Population 11,171
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
- 48.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.7
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 38.1% (estimated) · 2016: 33.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.3%2016: 15.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.6%2016: 12.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.9%2016: 18.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.7%2016: 34.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.5%2016: 19.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%31.6%2011: 32.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36%2011: 36.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.5%2011: 5.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%16.8%2016: 15.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.1%2011: 8.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.6%2016: 6.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27.1%2016: 24.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.2%2016: 12.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.4%2016: 30.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%29.8%2016: 26.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92%2016: 92.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.4%2016: 7.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.5%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%89%2016: 88.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%9.9%2016: 10.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%89.6%2016: 89.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%10.4%2016: 10.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%82.8%2016: 83.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.2%2016: 2.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.7%2016: 1.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.7%2016: 5.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.2%2016: 1.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%5.4%2016: 5.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%9.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%35.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%30.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%19.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.4%2016: 91.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.5%2016: 1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3%2016: 2.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.9%2016: 1.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.3%2016: 3.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021