North Okanagan C
Small town · British Columbia · Population 4,511
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
- 47.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 39.4% (estimated) · 2016: 32.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.6%2016: 14.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.2%2016: 9.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.8%2016: 21.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.7%2016: 33.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.2%2016: 20.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.2%2011: 29.9% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34%2011: 35.8% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.7%2011: 6.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%19.2%2016: 19%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%14%2011: 9.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.6%2016: 8.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.7%2016: 27.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%15.2%2016: 16.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.4%2016: 27.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%20%2016: 20.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93%2016: 93.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.9%2016: 6.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%88.3%2016: 88.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.4%2016: 1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%10.2%2016: 10.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%83.1%2016: 84.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17.2%2016: 15%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%75.5%2016: 80.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.1%2016: 3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.3%2016: 0.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%13.4%2016: 12%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.8%2016: 2.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.9%2016: 1.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%8.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%37%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%32.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.7%2016: 93.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.8%2016: 1.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.2%2016: 0.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.9%2016: 3.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021