Photo: Jack Borno · CC BY-SA 3.0Indigenous residents make up 11% in Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako, more than in 88% of Canadian towns
The share of children under 15 tops 80% of Canadian towns: 19%. Few places have so few renter households: 13% here, fewer than in 82% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 3,643 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,335 households. On the census count, 7.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
What stands out about the people of Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
11% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 88% of Canadian towns; 3.4% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Fewer people than before
Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako went from 3,665 people in 2016 to 3,517 in 2021, −4%: slower growth than in 95% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A −4% change since 2016: slower than 95% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across British Columbia’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
A median age of 44: Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako is older than 62% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Locally, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Among British Columbia’s towns, Qualicum Beach has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 56%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako, 44. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women.
Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako ranks below 74% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 21%
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 typical household size is 2.6 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 98% of Canadian towns: 3.7% of households are one-parent families. Against that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
In Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako, 60% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
A fifth of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). To put it in context, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 9.5% in Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako.
Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako ranks above 80% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 85%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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: 22% date from 2001 or later, 6% from before 1961. To put it in context, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. 9.7% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
A median household income of $88,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako’s, at $88,000, is close to it. The figure for British Columbia’s towns: $87,000. Pandemic benefits reached 21% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
11% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Immigrants here were most often born in the Americas (58%), then in Europe (24%). A year before the census, 7.1% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals are 8% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
52% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 88% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
1.7% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). For residents with no religion, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 35%.
92% have English as their mother tongue; 3% also speak French
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako has 3%. Across Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako, 0.9% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 9.5% in Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako, less than in 96% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako, 9.5%, and 32% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%).
In work on census day: 52% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
52% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 18% are 65 or more.
In its size band (3,589 to 3,698), the 17th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Between Opportunity No. 17 (31.2) and Piedmont (58) lies the rest of the group. Next to Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako on this scale come Deer Run (42.8), Deer Lodge (43), Saint-Sulpice (44.4) and Parkview West (44.6).
Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako and its 5 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. The nearest places to Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako with figures are 10–65 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako | 3,643 | — | 44 | 18% | 11% |
| Vanderhoof | 4,545 | 10.0 km | 38.4 | 17% | 9.2% |
| Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako | 1,772 | 56.7 km | 52.8 | 24% | 13% |
| Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako | 1,312 | 59.1 km | 50.4 | 22% | 5.8% |
| Fort St. James | 1,542 | 59.6 km | 38.8 | 16% | 11% |
| Electoral Area C, Fraser-Fort George | 3,811 | 64.9 km | 45.6 | 18% | 6.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako’s residents
What is the population of Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako?
About 3,643, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 3,517 people in Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako, 4% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako?
The median age is 44, older than 62% of Canadian towns. 19% are under 15 and 18% 65 or older.
Is Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako bilingual?
3% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 97% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.9%.
How diverse is Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako?
Immigrants: 11% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.7%. Indigenous identity: 11%.
What religion are people in Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako?
52% said they have no religion and 48% that they are Christian; 0.2% named another faith.
Is Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako good for families?
19% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 68% of households and one-parent families 3.7%. Schools near Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako?
Half of Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako’s households had more than $88,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).