Photo: Kenny Louie from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0Immigrants make up 52% in Buckingham Heights, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
The average household has 3 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. There were 2,920 households in Buckingham Heights at the 2021 Census, home to 8,794 people. 48% of residents said they have no religion. Few places have so few households in single-detached houses: 47% here, fewer than in 72% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Buckingham Heights
More immigrants than most towns
52% of residents are immigrants, against 16% across British Columbia’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (78%) or in Europe (9.8%); 24% of them 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.
Buckingham Heights ranks above 63% of Canadian towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 12%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 8% of residents. The wider picture: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. With a median age of 41.7, Buckingham Heights is younger than 52% of Canadian towns. On top of that, 18% of Buckingham Heights is 65 or over, against 21% across British Columbia’s towns and 19% across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Buckingham Heights, 41.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Fewer one-person households than 91% of Canadian towns: 15%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families stands at 7.2%. Set beside that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of common-law partners than 93% of Canadian towns: 4.3%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
With married residents 15 and over at 57%, Buckingham Heights is ahead of 88% of Canadian towns on that count. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Buckingham Heights ranks below 58% of Canadian towns on renter households: 22%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
30% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 14% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $117,700 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
Buckingham Heights’s median household took in $117,700 before tax, 37% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). British Columbia’s towns have a median of $87,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 30% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
A higher share of residents without Canadian citizenship than 88% of Canadian towns, at 17%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Nearly a quarter of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 4.3% of residents. By way of comparison, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (78%) or in Europe (9.8%).
Visible minority residents make up 75% in Buckingham Heights, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 2.8% across Canada’s towns, the share of Indigenous residents in Buckingham Heights comes in at 0.6%. To put it in context, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Sikh (5.5%), Buddhist (5.1%), Muslim (4.4%) and Hindu (2.1%).
61% have a mother tongue other than English or French
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Buckingham Heights, 4.3%. On the census count, 0.3% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 48%, a higher share than 82% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 4.3% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
Employment: 56% of residents 15 and over had a job
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
56% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (8,587 to 9,004 people), the 19th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest is Iqaluit (32.8) and the oldest Renfrew (54). By median age, Buckingham Heights sits among Crestview (40.9), Dauphin (41.2), Rosewood Park (42.1) and Delson (42.4).
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Buckingham Heights are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Buckingham Heights’s residents
What religion are people in Buckingham Heights?
32% are Christian and 48% have no religion; 19% follow another religion.
Is Buckingham Heights good for families?
Under 15: 15% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 56% of households. One-parent families: 7.2%. Schools near Buckingham Heights are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Buckingham Heights?
The median household in Buckingham Heights took in $117,700 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Buckingham Heights?
The 2021 Census counted 8,794 people in Buckingham Heights.
What is the average age in Buckingham Heights?
A median age of 41.7, younger than 52% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 15%, and people 65 and over 18%.
Is Buckingham Heights bilingual?
4.3% 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 0.3%.
How diverse is Buckingham Heights?
52% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 75% belong to a visible minority and 0.6% have an Indigenous identity.
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).