Kootenay Boundary E / West Boundary
Small town · British Columbia · Population 3,004
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
- 48.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 51.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 53.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 51.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.6% · 2016: 33.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.5%2016: 13.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9%2016: 7.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.8%2016: 18.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.6%2016: 36.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.3%2016: 24.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.7%2011: 17.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.2%2011: 40.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%3.9%2011: 5.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36.4%2016: 34.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.8%2011: 7.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.7%2016: 14.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.1%2016: 27.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%15.8%2016: 15.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.1%2016: 27.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18.6%2016: 14%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.7%2016: 94.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.2%2016: 5.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90.5%2016: 90.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2%2016: 1.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.5%2016: 7.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 16.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%78.8%2016: 84.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%21.6%2016: 15.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%62.7%2016: 77.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.9%2016: 2.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.9%2016: 1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.5%2016: 1.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%21.5%2016: 5.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.8%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.9%2016: 12.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%11.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%31.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%76.8%2016: 88.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%16.1%2016: 7.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%7.1%2016: 2.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021