Kootenay Boundary A
Small town · British Columbia · Population 1,624
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
- 49.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 (estimated) · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 24.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 25.5% (estimated) · 2016: 29.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.8%2016: 16.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.6%2016: 9.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.5%2016: 20.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.3%2016: 37.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.4%2016: 16.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.9%2011: 32% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%40.6%2011: 39.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%3.6%2011: 5.3% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24.6%2016: 22.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.2%2011: 3.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.6%2016: 8.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28.6%2016: 30.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%22.3%2016: 23.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32%2016: 30.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%9.1%2016: 6.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%98.1%2016: 97.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1.9%2016: 2.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%96.3%2016: 94.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.8%2016: 4.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%91.3%2016: 89.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%9.4%2016: 10.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.4%2016: 87.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%8.6%2016: 12.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%29%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%39.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%7.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.6%2016: 94.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.5%2016: 1.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3%2016: 2.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3%2016: 1.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021