Okanagan-Similkameen G
Small town · British Columbia · Population 2,298
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
- 62 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 54.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 58.9 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 (estimated) · 2016: 2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43.6% (estimated) · 2016: 32% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%8.3%2016: 9.9% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.3%2016: 5.7% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%13.9%2016: 13.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.2%2016: 32.5% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%42.5%2016: 38% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%11.5%2011: 14.9% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%39.2%2011: 42.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.3%2011: 5.4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.5%2016: 32.8% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.6%2011: 10% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17.4%2016: 15% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%40%2016: 37.4% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.4%2016: 13.6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.3%2016: 24.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%6.8%2016: 8.4% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93%2016: 94.6% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.6%2016: 4.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%84.3%2016: 83.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.4%2016: 2.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%13.3%2016: 14.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.2% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%84.6%2016: 82.1% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%14.9%2016: 17.9% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%55.9%2016: 58.5% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.4%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.2%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.9%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.4%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%40.1%2016: 37% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%19.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%21.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.3%2016: 90.5% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.2%2016: 5% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 3.3% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021