A larger share of visible minority residents than 91% of Canadian towns: 62%
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%; Bainbridge has 13%. Households in single-detached houses are rarer here than in just over two thirds of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood counted 3,015 residents and 1,005 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 21% here.
What stands out about the people of Bainbridge
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 62%, more than in 91% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 41%. Identity & religion ↓
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 41% of residents; the medians are 16% across British Columbia’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (78%) or in Europe (11%), and 19% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bainbridge: 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, above 76% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The median age in Bainbridge is 43.3, higher than in 58% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 65–69, with 7.6% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Bainbridge, 43.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 90% of Canadian towns: 3 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.
Nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, against 10% in Bainbridge.
A lower share of common-law partners than 92% of Canadian towns, at 4.5%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
29% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%. Here, 58% of residents 15 and over are married.
A higher share of renter households than 57% of Canadian towns, at 29%
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
Older homes outnumber new: 8.3% predate 1961, 7.8% date from 2001 or later. Across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households is 25%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Half of households earn more than $120,500 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $120,500, the middle household in Bainbridge out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 40%. The median across British Columbia’s towns is $87,000. In 2020, 28% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Bainbridge: 41% of residents are immigrants, above 86% 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 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Where 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, Bainbridge has 13%. Across the comparison, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Here, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Residents with no religion make up 52% in Bainbridge, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Buddhist (3.9%) and Muslim (3.8%). The usual figure: just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents: 2.5%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
56% have a mother tongue other than English or French
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
31% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 5.5% speak neither official language. At 0.5%, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is lower than in 92% of Canadian towns. Bilingual residents make up 6.8%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Above 80% of Canadian towns: 46% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 6.7% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
55% of residents 15 and over were in work
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 55%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Youngest by rank: 17th of 41 towns of 2,976 to 3,057 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
They run from Albany, at 29.9, to Electoral Area C, Strathcona, at 58.4. The towns whose median age is nearest to Bainbridge’s: North Shore (42.4), Kirkendall South (42.9), East Garafraxa (44) and Lorne (44.4).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Bainbridge
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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. 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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
Questions about Bainbridge’s residents
What is the population of Bainbridge?
The 2021 Census counted 3,015 people in Bainbridge.
What is the average age in Bainbridge?
Half the residents are older than 43.3 and half younger, older than 58% of Canadian towns; 15% are children under 15 and 21% are 65 or over.
Is Bainbridge bilingual?
6.8% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 88% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.5%.
How diverse is Bainbridge?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 41%. A visible minority makes up 62% and Indigenous residents 2.5%.
What religion are people in Bainbridge?
Most often Christian (36%) or no religion (52%); other religions make up 12%.
Is Bainbridge good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 59% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Bainbridge are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bainbridge?
Median total household income in Bainbridge was $120,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).