Okanagan-Similkameen H
Small town · British Columbia · Population 2,232
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
- 58.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 55.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 57.7 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 (estimated) · 2011: 2.1 (estimated) · 2016: 2.1 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 46.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 29.1% (estimated) · 2016: 29.3% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%9.4%2016: 7.4% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%4.5%2016: 6.7% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%15%2016: 13.1% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%38.1%2016: 41.6% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%33.4%2016: 31.8% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%13.7%2011: 16.1% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%43.4%2011: 46.4% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%3.3%2011: 5.4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%32.1%2016: 26.1% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.5%2011: 5.9% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%19.3%2016: 19.5% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.9%2016: 32.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13.7%2016: 13.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.6%2016: 26.3% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.3%2016: 8.8% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.8%2016: 96.4% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2%2016: 4.1% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%94.4%2016: 92.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.7%2016: 6.4% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.1% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%88.7%2016: 89.8% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%10.8%2016: 11.9% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%84%2016: 91.2% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.5%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.5%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.5%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%14.6%2016: 8.8% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%9.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%31.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%22.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.3%2016: 91.3% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.1%2016: 4.4% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.9%2016: 3.8% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021