Kootenay Boundary C / Christina Lake
Small town · British Columbia · Population 1,627
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
- 60 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 53.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 58.6 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 45.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.3% · 2016: 34.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%9.2%2016: 9.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.1%2016: 6.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%14.1%2016: 13.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.8%2016: 36%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%37.4%2016: 34.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%15%2011: 19.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%40.6%2011: 45.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.6%2011: 4.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.1%2016: 26.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.6%2011: 3.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.3%2016: 11%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%33.5%2016: 28.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%14.6%2016: 15.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.7%2016: 28.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%20.9%2016: 16.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96%2016: 95.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4%2016: 4.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.3%2016: 90.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 1.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.7%2016: 8.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%91.2%2016: 92.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%9.4%2016: 7.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%88.7%2016: 87.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- 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%11.3%2016: 12.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%14.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%30.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%20.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.1%2016: 90.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.5%2016: 7.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 2.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 2.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021