Photo: Themightyquill · CC BY-SA 2.5Older than 98% of Canadian towns: half of Ashcroft is over 58.4
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Ashcroft has 6.3%. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 1,744 for July 2025. Locally, 62% of residents said they have no religion. On one-person households, Ashcroft sits higher than 79% of Canadian towns: 35%.
What stands out about the people of Ashcroft
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 12% of residents, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, and 5% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Ashcroft is 58.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 37% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
From 2016 to 2021, Ashcroft outgrew 69% of Canadian towns: +7%
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across British Columbia’s towns, +6%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 37% in Ashcroft, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Set against 16% across Canada’s towns, 13% of residents are under 15 in Ashcroft. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Households here average 2 people, below 90% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
By its share of one-parent families (6.3%), Ashcroft is below 80% of Canadian towns.
More common-law partners than 74% of Canadian towns: 14%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 17% of adults (typical: 27%). As a yardstick, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Ashcroft ranks below 60% of Canadian towns on renter households: 21%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
20% of homes were built before 1961 and 4.4% in 2001 or later. The wider picture: 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Against a figure of 64% across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses in Ashcroft comes in at 65%.
Median household income here: $63,600 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Ashcroft: half had less than $63,600, 26% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $87,000, the median across British Columbia’s towns. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 18% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Ashcroft: 15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 79% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Against a figure of 17% across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants in Ashcroft comes in at 9.9%. Across Canada’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%. Locally, 0.9% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
A larger share of Indigenous residents than 90% of Canadian towns: 12%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 15% across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents in Ashcroft comes in at 3.1%. For comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
1.8% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 57% of Canadian towns
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 97%, French 0.3%. Typically, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns. On bilingual residents, Ashcroft sits lower than 87% of Canadian towns: 3.9%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 98% of Canadian towns: 8.8%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 16%, beside a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 41%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 41%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 37% are 65 or over.
Every neighbour of Ashcroft has a younger population
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashcroft | 1,744 | — | 58.4 | 37% | 9.9% |
| Cache Creek | 1,053 | 9.2 km | 57.2 | 31% | 12% |
| Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola | 1,189 | 15.6 km | 55.2 | 34% | 14% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Ashcroft’s residents
What is the median income in Ashcroft?
Median total household income in Ashcroft was $63,600 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Ashcroft?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,744 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Ashcroft counted 1,670, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ashcroft?
Half the residents are older than 58.4 and half younger; 13% are children under 15 and 37% are 65 or over.
Is Ashcroft bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 3.9% are. Another 0% speak only French and 96% only English, and French is the first language of 1.8%.
How diverse is Ashcroft?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 9.9%. A visible minority makes up 3.1% and Indigenous residents 12%.
What religion are people in Ashcroft?
Most often Christian (37%) or no religion (62%); other religions make up 1.6%.
Is Ashcroft good for families?
Children under 15 are 13% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 49% of households and one-parent families 6.3%. Schools near Ashcroft are on its Schools page.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).