Electoral Area A, Cariboo sits above 92% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (14%)
8.7% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 13% of households rent their home. At 7.4%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is lower than in 87% of Canadian towns. Electoral Area A, Cariboo is home to some 6,172 people (July 2025 estimate), in 2,605 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Electoral Area A, Cariboo
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 14% of residents, more than in 92% of Canadian towns, and 3.7% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Electoral Area A, Cariboo changed by −1% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 85% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, Statistics Canada’s estimate had barely moved. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across British Columbia’s towns, by more than +6%.
Half of Electoral Area A, Cariboo is over 46.4, older than 74% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Electoral Area A, Cariboo. Residents aged 65 and over account for 22%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Electoral Area A, Cariboo, 46.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Electoral Area A, Cariboo sits below 64% of Canadian towns for one-person households (23%)
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.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Electoral Area A, Cariboo, 2.4. The benchmark for one-person households across Canada’s towns: 27%. The census found that 9% of households are one-parent families locally.
Above 77% of Canadian towns: 15% of residents 15 and over live common-law
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 46% across Canada’s towns, half of residents 15 and over are married in Electoral Area A, Cariboo. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
78% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 69% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 9.7% date from 2001 or later, 8.3% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
$80,000 a year is the median household income here
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s median household took in $80,000 before tax, 7% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across British Columbia’s towns, half of households had more than $87,000 before tax. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 25% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
5.6% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Compared with 5.8% across Canada’s towns, 1% of residents are not Canadian citizens here. Most immigrants were born in Europe (52%) or in the Americas (19%). Electoral Area A, Cariboo has fewer immigrants than 79% of Canadian towns, at 5.6%.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 98% of Canadian towns: 66%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of visible minority residents (2.8%), Electoral Area A, Cariboo is below 78% of Canadian towns. Against that, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 95%, and 3% speak French as well
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
Residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.9%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns. Electoral Area A, Cariboo has fewer bilingual residents than 94% of Canadian towns, at 3%.
Electoral Area A, Cariboo ranks below 95% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 11%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 15%, beside a typical 9.5%. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 50% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 22% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 50% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 6th of 41 towns of 6,088 to 6,260 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Between Grosvenor Park (32.9) and Tay Valley (57.2) lies the rest of the group. Closest in median age to Electoral Area A, Cariboo are Dutch Settlement (45.4), Woodstock (45.6), Cumberland (46.5) and Playfair Park - Guildwood Estates (46.8).
A younger town than 3 of the 4 around it: Electoral Area A, Cariboo
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area A, Cariboo | 6,172 | — | 46.4 | 22% | 5.6% |
| Quesnel | 10,253 | 5.5 km | 45.6 | 23% | 8.3% |
| Electoral Area I, Cariboo | 1,707 | 7.8 km | 52.4 | 25% | 6.7% |
| Electoral Area C, Cariboo | 1,289 | 13.2 km | 49.6 | 24% | 5.8% |
| Electoral Area B, Cariboo | 4,169 | 16.6 km | 48.8 | 22% | 8.7% |
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. 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.
- 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 Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s residents
What religion are people in Electoral Area A, Cariboo?
33% are Christian and 66% have no religion; 1.1% follow another religion.
Is Electoral Area A, Cariboo good for families?
Under 15: 17% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 59% of households. One-parent families: 9%. Schools near Electoral Area A, Cariboo are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Electoral Area A, Cariboo?
The median household in Electoral Area A, Cariboo took in $80,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Electoral Area A, Cariboo?
Electoral Area A, Cariboo had about 6,172 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 6,169, 1% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Electoral Area A, Cariboo?
A median age of 46.4, older than 74% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 17%, and people 65 and over 22%.
Is Electoral Area A, Cariboo bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 3% are. Another 0% speak only French and 97% only English, and French is the first language of 0.9%.
How diverse is Electoral Area A, Cariboo?
5.6% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 2.8% belong to a visible minority and 14% have an Indigenous identity.
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).