North Vancouver
Small city · British Columbia · Population 58,120
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
- 42 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 48.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 53.4% · 2016: 49.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.6%2016: 13.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.5%2016: 10.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%32.4%2016: 30.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28%2016: 29.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.5%2016: 16.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.6%2011: 19.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.7%2011: 21.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8%2011: 9.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%37.5%2016: 38.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.1%2011: 9.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.7%2016: 3.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.1%2016: 19.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.9%2016: 7.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.3%2016: 26%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%51%2016: 43.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%88.9%2016: 88.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.2%2016: 9.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.7%2016: 1.6%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%61.4%2016: 64.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.7%2016: 1.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%36.9%2016: 34.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 48.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 42.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%53.3%2016: 52.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%46.7%2016: 47.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%10.7%2016: 12%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.4%2016: 3.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.9%2016: 7.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%11.4%2016: 11.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%38.1%2016: 41.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%28.5%2016: 23.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%13.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%19.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%12.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%67.1%2016: 61.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%15.1%2016: 23.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%12.3%2016: 11.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.4%2016: 2.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3%2016: 1.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021