Photo: Johntwrl · Public domainCapilano sits above 88% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (90%)
47% of residents said they have no religion (Canada’s towns: 35%). There were 2,095 households in Capilano at the 2021 Census, home to 5,046 people. The census found that just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over here. With a median age of 45.9, Capilano is older than 72% of Canadian towns.
Below 68% of Canadian towns: 9.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Set against 16% across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents are under 15 in Capilano. The largest age band is 60–64: 8.7% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Capilano, 45.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
In Capilano, 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 56% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
On the census count, 7.2% of households are one-parent families. A household here has 2.4 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4.
Capilano: 52% of residents 15 and over are married, above 68% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 24% of adults, against a typical 27%. Common-law partners: 10% of the total. Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married.
Below 76% of Canadian towns: 15% of households rent their home
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, a quarter of households rent their home. Older homes outnumber new: 73% predate 1961, 2% date from 2001 or later.
Households here have a median income of $118,400 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Capilano had $118,400 before tax, 38% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Alberta’s towns has $92,200 before tax. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 22% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Residents who moved in within the year: 9%, a lower share than 72% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
10% of residents are immigrants, against 17% across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 2.4% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Against that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Indigenous residents: 6.1%, a higher share than 75% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, Capilano has 8.6%. Measured more widely, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
86% have English as their mother tongue; 7.9% also speak French
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At 1.9%, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
39% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 70% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 4.9% (typical 9.5%). The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 58% of residents aged 15 and over
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment here, 58%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
Of 41 towns its size (4,963 to 5,129 people), the 17th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The span goes from 31.6 (River-Osborne) up to 61.6 (Northern Bruce Peninsula). In age, Capilano keeps company with Idlewood (45.5), Big Lakes County (45.6), Twin Brooks (46.7) and Electoral Area C, North Okanagan (47.2).
The towns around Capilano are all younger
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capilano | 5,046 | — | 45.9 | 21% | 10% |
| Gold Bar | 2,685 | 1.1 km | 39.2 | 16% | 12% |
| Forest Heights | 4,118 | 1.6 km | 41.3 | 21% | 16% |
| Highlands | 2,677 | 1.9 km | 44 | 21% | 12% |
| Ottewell | 8,040 | 2.2 km | 42.9 | 21% | 15% |
| Virginia Park | 3,431 | 2.2 km | 43.8 | 19% | 22% |
| Beverly Heights | 3,252 | 2.3 km | 45.5 | 22% | 17% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
Questions about Capilano’s residents
What religion are people in Capilano?
Christian: 52%. No religion: 47%. Another religion: 0.9%.
Is Capilano good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 59% of households are couple families and 7.2% one-parent families. Schools near Capilano are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Capilano?
$118,400 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Capilano (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Capilano?
The 2021 Census counted 5,046 people in Capilano.
What is the average age in Capilano?
45.9 is the median age, older than 72% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 21%.
Is Capilano bilingual?
English and French: 7.9% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 92%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 1.9%.
How diverse is Capilano?
Immigrants make up 10% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 8.6% are members of a visible minority, and 6.1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).