Photo: Yuet Man Lee · CC BY-SA 4.0Above 93% of Canadian towns: 52% of residents are immigrants
Across Canada’s towns, the share of children under 15 is 16%; Broadview has 12%. 23% of households live in a single-detached house. More residents with no religion than in three quarters of Canadian towns: 43%. The neighbourhood counted 8,008 residents and 2,980 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Broadview
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 52% of residents; the medians are 16% across British Columbia’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (68%) or in Africa (14%), and 16% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 75%, more than in 95% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 52%. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Broadview sits above 72% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (23%)
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Half of Broadview’s residents are over 44.2, older than in 63% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. The largest age band is 30–34: 7.5% of residents. On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Broadview, 44.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
2.6 people per household, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
29% of households are one person living alone, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 7.4% of households are one-parent families.
Only 6.2% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Broadview
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
30% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Locally, 49% of residents 15 and over are married.
A higher share of renter households than 72% of Canadian towns, at 38%
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
Little separates the share of households in buildings of five or more storeys here, 0.7%, from the figure across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 30% date from 2001 or later, 17% from before 1961. Measured more widely, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $93,100 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
Half of Broadview’s households had a total income above $93,100, 8% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across British Columbia’s towns has $87,000 before tax. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 28% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
A larger share of residents without Canadian citizenship than 79% of Canadian towns: 14%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 60%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
16% of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 3.3% of residents. The wider picture: 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Across Broadview, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Visible minority residents: 75%, a higher share than 95% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (12%), Sikh (3.5%) and Buddhist (2.4%). Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 73% of Canadian towns. Typically, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
60% have a mother tongue other than English or 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
4.4% of residents speak English and French; across Canada’s towns the figure is 7.5%. The census found that 0.4% of residents have French as their mother tongue in Broadview.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 38%, a higher share than 69% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 8.8% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 55%
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.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 55%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 23% of residents are 65 or over.
In its size band (7,877 to 8,148), the 15th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Between Taber (27.4) and Haliburton Village (59.2) lies the rest of the group. Nearest to Broadview in age: Ottewell (42.9), Woodbine (43.5), Silver Heights (44.7) and Morgan Creek (44.8).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Broadview
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadview | 8,008 | — | 44.2 | 23% | 52% |
| Garden Village | 6,492 | 1.6 km | 42.9 | 19% | 52% |
| Renfrew-Collingwood | 23,392 | 1.6 km | 42.3 | 20% | 51% |
| Collingwood | 18,399 | 2.0 km | 37.7 | 14% | 57% |
| Brentwood | 22,170 | 2.2 km | 35.6 | 13% | 46% |
| Deer Lake | 8,417 | 2.5 km | 45.8 | 22% | 45% |
| Norquay Village | 11,287 | 2.7 km | 39.9 | 17% | 55% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for British Columbia’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. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- 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.
Questions about Broadview’s residents
What religion are people in Broadview?
Christian: 35%. No religion: 43%. Another religion: 22%.
Is Broadview good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 12%. 44% of households are couple families and 7.4% one-parent families. Schools near Broadview are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Broadview?
$93,100 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Broadview (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Broadview?
Broadview had 8,008 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Broadview?
44.2 is the median age, older than 63% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 12%. 65 and over: 23%.
Is Broadview bilingual?
4.4% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 89% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.4%.
How diverse is Broadview?
Immigrants make up 52% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 75% are members of a visible minority, and 1.4% 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).