Columbia-Shuswap C
Small town · British Columbia · Population 8,919
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
- 58.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 55.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 57.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 41.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43.1% · 2016: 32.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.3%2016: 11%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.2%2016: 6.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%15.6%2016: 14.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.8%2016: 35%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%34.1%2016: 33%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16%2011: 17.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%47%2011: 51.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%3.9%2011: 3.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24.1%2016: 22.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9%2011: 6.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.2%2016: 12.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.6%2016: 30.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%16.4%2016: 19.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.7%2016: 28.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.1%2016: 10%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.8%2016: 95.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.1%2016: 4.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.2%2016: 90.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.7%2016: 7.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%89.5%2016: 88.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%10.8%2016: 11.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%85.9%2016: 85.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.4%2016: 2.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.8%2016: 0.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.3%2016: 0.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.6%2016: 0.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%10.1%2016: 10.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%6.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%22.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%37%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%26.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.5%2016: 94.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.5%2016: 0.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.2%2016: 2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.2%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 3%
Statistics Canada, 2021