Smithers
Small town · British Columbia · Population 5,378
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
- 39.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 37.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 45.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 48.5% · 2016: 42.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.2%2016: 18.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.9%2016: 13.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.4%2016: 26.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.1%2016: 26.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.3%2016: 15.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.5%2011: 26.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.6%2011: 23.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.4%2011: 9.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.9%2016: 33.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.5%2011: 9.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.4%2016: 9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.1%2016: 28%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.4%2016: 14.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.5%2016: 25.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%30.4%2016: 22.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.1%2016: 92.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.6%2016: 7.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%86.3%2016: 87.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.2%2016: 1.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%12.5%2016: 11.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 9.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 8.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%70.4%2016: 68.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%29.4%2016: 31.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%62.8%2016: 66.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.6%2016: 5.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.2%2016: 3.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.9%2016: 1.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%17.3%2016: 17%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%7.1%2016: 6.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%15.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%36.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%33.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%71.5%2016: 73.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1%2016: 1.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%19.7%2016: 17.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%6.3%2016: 5.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.4%2016: 2.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021