Revelstoke
Small town · British Columbia · Population 8,275
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
- 37.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 40.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 45%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 39.8% (estimated) · 2016: 40.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.7%2016: 15.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.8%2016: 9.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%39.1%2016: 33.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%22.8%2016: 27.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.7%2016: 14.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23%2011: 23.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.1%2011: 29.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.4%2011: 7.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.9%2016: 29.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%17.6%2011: 11.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.7%2016: 9.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%26.1%2016: 26.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%15%2016: 17%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.3%2016: 25.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%28.8%2016: 21.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%88%2016: 91%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%11.3%2016: 8.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.5%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%85.1%2016: 87.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%4.7%2016: 3.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%10.3%2016: 8.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%74.9%2016: 73.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%25.2%2016: 26.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%75.7%2016: 63%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.7%2016: 4.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.7%2016: 3.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.3%2016: 2.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%10.1%2016: 12.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.4%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.1%2016: 15.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%23.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%43.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%17.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%75.2%2016: 73.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.3%2016: 1.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.9%2016: 7.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%12.3%2016: 14.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.4%2016: 2.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021