Port Coquitlam
Small city · British Columbia · Population 61,498
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
- 41.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 · 2011: 2.7 (estimated) · 2016: 2.7
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 40.7% · 2016: 37.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.7%2016: 16.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.4%2016: 12.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.7%2016: 26.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.5%2016: 31%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.7%2016: 12.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%32.1%2011: 34.7% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23.5%2011: 21.8% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.1%2011: 10.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%22.7%2016: 22.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.7%2011: 11.6% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.5%2016: 7.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%25.4%2016: 28.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.3%2016: 9.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.4%2016: 27.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%33.4%2016: 26.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.6%2016: 90.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.6%2016: 6.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.8%2016: 2.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%62.4%2016: 66.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 1.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%36.7%2016: 32.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 28.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 27.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%77.1%2016: 76.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%22.9%2016: 23.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%36.7%2016: 38.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.7%2016: 3.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%16.1%2016: 15.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%15.2%2016: 16.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%26.5%2016: 25.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.8%2016: 1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%40.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%19.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85.9%2016: 82.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%8%2016: 12.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.2%2016: 2.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2%2016: 1.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021