Peace River B
Small town · British Columbia · Population 5,379
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
- 30.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 30.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 30.1 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 3.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.2 (estimated) · 2011: 3.2 (estimated) · 2016: 3.2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 19.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 24.8% (estimated) · 2016: 26.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%29.5%2016: 29.5% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.2%2016: 14.6% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.1%2016: 24.1% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%21.3%2016: 21.9% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%11.8%2016: 10% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%41.8%2011: 42.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.5%2011: 33% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%2.8%2011: 4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%19.4%2016: 15.1% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.5%2011: 7.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%26.5%2016: 26.8% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%34.8%2016: 35.6% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.5%2016: 13.3% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%18.4%2016: 16.9% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%8.5%2016: 7.3% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.9%2016: 94.9% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1.8%2016: 1.9% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%4.3%2016: 3.1% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%62.1%2016: 63% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.2%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%37.7%2016: 36.4% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%84.6%2016: 89.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%15.1%2016: 10.4% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%79.9%2016: 83.1% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.3%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%19.8%2016: 16.3% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%4.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%32.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%30.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.8%2016: 92.5% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.6%2016: 0% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.1%2016: 4.8% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.8%2016: 0% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021