Pitt Meadows
Town · British Columbia · Population 19,146
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
- 43.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 41% (estimated) · 2016: 40.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.1%2016: 17.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.8%2016: 11.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.6%2016: 25.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.3%2016: 30.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.2%2016: 15.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%30.3%2011: 33.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.4%2011: 26%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.6%2011: 9.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23%2016: 22.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.6%2011: 10.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.8%2016: 7.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.6%2016: 31.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.1%2016: 10.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.7%2016: 28.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%25.8%2016: 22.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91%2016: 91.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.8%2016: 7.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.2%2016: 1.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%77.1%2016: 78.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%21.7%2016: 20%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 25.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 27.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%79.5%2016: 77.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%20.5%2016: 22.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%41.9%2016: 42.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.2%2016: 2.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%18.6%2016: 18.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%8.8%2016: 9.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%23.2%2016: 22.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%2%2016: 2.1%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.4%2016: 2.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%3.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%22.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%41.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%27.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.1%2016: 83.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%5.5%2016: 11.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.3%2016: 3.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.1%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021