North Vancouver
Small city · British Columbia · Population 88,168
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
- 44.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.7
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 36% · 2016: 35.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.5%2016: 17.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.8%2016: 12.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.3%2016: 21.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.2%2016: 31.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.2%2016: 17.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%35.3%2011: 37.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.3%2011: 24%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.1%2011: 8.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%20.6%2016: 19.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.7%2011: 10%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.1%2016: 2.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17%2016: 18.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.2%2016: 6.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.7%2016: 24.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%54%2016: 48.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%87.5%2016: 87.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%11%2016: 11.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.4%2016: 1.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%69%2016: 72.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.4%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%29.6%2016: 26.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 24.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 22.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%76.4%2016: 78.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%23.6%2016: 21.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%49.3%2016: 52%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.6%2016: 1.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%8.9%2016: 9.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%17.9%2016: 17.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%13.6%2016: 12.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%8.8%2016: 6.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%21.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%36.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%80.2%2016: 78.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%9.2%2016: 13.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.7%2016: 4.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.2%2016: 2.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.7%2016: 1.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021