East Kootenay C
Small town · British Columbia · Population 6,536
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
- 49.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 49.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 31.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 35.3% (estimated) · 2016: 33.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.4%2016: 14.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.5%2016: 10.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20%2016: 18.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.1%2016: 37.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.1%2016: 19.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25%2011: 28.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%39.6%2011: 42.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.6%2011: 4.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%20.2%2016: 18.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.6%2011: 8.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.3%2016: 8.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.3%2016: 29.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%17.6%2016: 17.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.1%2016: 29.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.5%2016: 15.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%94.5%2016: 95.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.4%2016: 4.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.8%2016: 93%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.2%2016: 1.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5%2016: 5.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%91.4%2016: 90.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%8.6%2016: 9.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%83.4%2016: 81.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.2%2016: 1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.2%2016: 0.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%15.2%2016: 16.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%7.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%40.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%30.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.8%2016: 94%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 0.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.2%2016: 3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.8%2016: 2.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021