Victoria
Small city · British Columbia · Population 91,867
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
- 42.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.7 years
- Average household size
- 1.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.8 · 2011: 1.8 · 2016: 1.8
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 53%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 57.7% · 2016: 55.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%9.2%2016: 9.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.5%2016: 10.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%34%2016: 32.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24%2016: 26.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.2%2016: 21%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%10.4%2011: 10%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.4%2011: 22.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.7%2011: 6.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%49%2016: 48.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.5%2011: 11.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.5%2016: 6.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.1%2016: 21.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.6%2016: 6.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.7%2016: 23%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%48.1%2016: 41.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%86%2016: 86.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%13.2%2016: 13%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.8%2016: 0.8%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%81%2016: 82.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.9%2016: 1.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%17.1%2016: 15.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 30.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 28.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%39.5%2016: 39.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%60.5%2016: 60.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%13.6%2016: 14.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.3%2016: 2.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.7%2016: 4.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%9%2016: 9.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%47.8%2016: 50.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%22.3%2016: 17.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%33%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%53.3%2016: 48.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%11.1%2016: 14.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%22.5%2016: 23.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%9.6%2016: 11.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.5%2016: 2.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021