Okanagan-Similkameen B
Small town · British Columbia · Population 1,151
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
- 50.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27.8% · 2016: 27.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.1%2016: 12.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.4%2016: 10%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.5%2016: 19.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.7%2016: 32.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.8%2016: 25.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.4%2011: 17.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29%2011: 35.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.4%2011: 7.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28%2016: 30.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%17.2%2011: 12.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.2%2016: 16%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%35.5%2016: 34%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.6%2016: 15%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24%2016: 27%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%15.7%2016: 8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.2%2016: 90.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.7%2016: 7.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.2%2016: 2.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%77.8%2016: 75.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%3%2016: 3.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%19.1%2016: 21%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%79.8%2016: 77%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%20.2%2016: 24.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.5%2016: 93.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.1%2016: 1.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%7.4%2016: 5.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%22.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%81.2%2016: 90.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%13%2016: 3.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.9%2016: 5.9%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.9%2016: 3.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021