Terrace
Town · British Columbia · Population 12,017
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
- 38 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 46.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 42.8% · 2016: 45.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.8%2016: 18.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.7%2016: 12.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.3%2016: 26.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.1%2016: 27.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16%2016: 14.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23%2011: 26.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.5%2011: 25%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.9%2011: 10.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.5%2016: 27.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13%2011: 10.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.2%2016: 13.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28%2016: 25.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.6%2016: 11.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.5%2016: 26.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%25.7%2016: 22.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93%2016: 93%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.3%2016: 6.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 0.6%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%82.9%2016: 85.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.8%2016: 1.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%15.3%2016: 13.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%70.1%2016: 69.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%30%2016: 30.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%60%2016: 61.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.5%2016: 4.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%9.2%2016: 9.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7%2016: 7.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%12.1%2016: 12.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%7.2%2016: 5.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%12.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%45.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.5%2016: 85.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.1%2016: 0.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8%2016: 9.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.4%2016: 3.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1%2016: 1.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021