Metro Vancouver A
Town · British Columbia · Population 18,612
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
- 31.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 34.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 28.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 67.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 76.7% · 2016: 68.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.7%2016: 14.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%24.9%2016: 29%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.8%2016: 25.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%21.2%2016: 20.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%11.5%2016: 9.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.9%2011: 33.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%18.3%2011: 17.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.1%2011: 10.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%32.9%2016: 29.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.9%2011: 11.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%1%2016: 1.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%8.1%2016: 10.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%1.7%2016: 1.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%9.7%2016: 14.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%79.6%2016: 71.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%85.2%2016: 84.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.7%2016: 9.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%5.1%2016: 6.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%38.6%2016: 35.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.4%2016: 1.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%60%2016: 63.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 64.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 60.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%42.7%2016: 46.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%57.3%2016: 53.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%6.4%2016: 7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.8%2016: 1.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.4%2016: 10.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.7%2016: 0.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%32.5%2016: 44.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%52%2016: 36.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%4.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%5.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%47.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%23.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%47%2016: 38.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%17.1%2016: 23.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%24.4%2016: 28.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%8.3%2016: 8.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.2%2016: 1.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021