Photo: Shawn from Airdrie, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako: 16% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 94% of Canadian towns
In Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako, 7.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. Across Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako, 85% of households live in a single-detached house. On one-parent families, Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako sits lower than 91% of Canadian towns: 5.2%. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 1,312 for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 16% of residents, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, and 13% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Fewer people than before
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako went from 1,420 to 1,266 residents (−11%), slower growth than in 99% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako is 50.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 22% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako changed by −11% from 2016 to 2021, behind 99% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +6% across British Columbia’s towns.
A median age of 50.4: Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako is older than 86% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.4% here and 11% across Canada’s towns. The census found that 22% of residents are 65 or over in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 74% of Canadian towns: 2.2 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-person households is 30%, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako ranks above 75% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 15%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
20% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Measured more widely, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of renter households than 76% of Canadian towns: 15%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 13% date from 2001 or later, 1.7% from before 1961. Typically, 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.
A median household income of $93,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $93,000, the middle household in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 8%. The figure for British Columbia’s towns: $87,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 28% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
5.8% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
The share of residents without Canadian citizenship trails 68% of Canadian towns: 2.7%. Most immigrants were born in Europe (53%) or in the Americas (33%). Immigrants are rarer here than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns.
62% of residents said they have no religion, a share 97% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 2.7% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. The share of residents with no religion across Canada’s towns is 35%.
English is the mother tongue of 93%, and 3.2% speak French as well
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako comes in at 3.2%. Residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.2% of the total.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 84% of Canadian towns: 14%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 13%, beside a typical 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 54% of residents aged 15 and over
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 22% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 54% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
A younger town than 1 of the 4 around it: Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. No closer places have figures: these lie 5–59 km from Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako | 1,312 | — | 50.4 | 22% | 5.8% |
| Fort St. James | 1,542 | 5.4 km | 38.8 | 16% | 11% |
| Vanderhoof | 4,545 | 49.6 km | 38.4 | 17% | 9.2% |
| Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako | 1,772 | 58.1 km | 52.8 | 24% | 13% |
| Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako | 3,643 | 59.1 km | 44 | 18% | 11% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of British Columbia’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
Questions about Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s residents
What is the median income in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako?
Half of Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s households had more than $93,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako?
About 1,312, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,266 people in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako, 11% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako?
The median age is 50.4. 13% are under 15 and 22% 65 or older.
Is Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 3.2% are. Another 0% speak only French and 97% only English, and French is the first language of 1.2%.
How diverse is Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako?
Immigrants: 5.8% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.7%. Indigenous identity: 16%.
What religion are people in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako?
62% said they have no religion and 35% that they are Christian; 3.1% named another faith.
Is Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako good for families?
13% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 57% of households and one-parent families 5.2%. Schools near Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako 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).