A larger share of residents with no religion than 99% of Canadian towns: 70%
Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house; in Electoral Area B, Cariboo, 85%. Half of the town’s 3,864 residents are older than 48.8 (older than just over four fifths of Canadian towns), in 1,630 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 8.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. Lower than in 73% of Canadian towns: 8.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
What stands out about the people of Electoral Area B, Cariboo
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 13% of residents, more than in 91% of Canadian towns, and 3.4% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Since 2016, Electoral Area B, Cariboo has changed by +1%, slower than 73% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across British Columbia’s towns, by more than +6%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 8% higher again.
Electoral Area B, Cariboo is older than 82% of Canadian towns: a median age of 48.8
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 22% in Electoral Area B, Cariboo and 19% across Canada’s towns. For Electoral Area B, Cariboo, the census puts children under 15 at 16%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Electoral Area B, Cariboo, 48.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women.
Fewer one-person households than 56% of Canadian towns: 25%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households in Electoral Area B, Cariboo hold 2.4 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4). One-parent families are rarer here than in 85% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of common-law partners than 79% of Canadian towns: 16%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of married residents 15 and over tops 64% of Canadian towns: 51%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Below 78% of Canadian towns: 14% of households rent their home
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
Just over one in ten homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 11% built before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, a quarter of households rent their home. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Half above, half below $79,500 a year in household income
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Electoral Area B, Cariboo had $79,500 before tax, 8% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across British Columbia’s towns have a median of $87,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 26% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
8.7% 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
Most immigrants were born in Europe (61%) or in the Americas (19%). On immigrants, Electoral Area B, Cariboo sits lower than 68% of Canadian towns: 8.7%. Just over a fifth of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
More Indigenous residents than 91% of Canadian towns: 13%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 15% belong to a visible minority and 2.8% are Indigenous; here, 1.8% and 13%.
English is the mother tongue of 94%, and 3.4% speak French as well
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
At 0.9%, residents whose mother tongue is French sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 91% of Canadian towns.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 90% of Canadian towns: 12%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Electoral Area B, Cariboo, 12%, and 32% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 15%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
48% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 48%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 22% of residents are 65 or over.
10th highest median age among 41 towns of 4,100 to 4,237
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At one end is Banff Trail (31.7), at the other Lake of Bays (58.4). By median age, Electoral Area B, Cariboo sits among Beaumaris (47.5), Patterson (48.6), Wildwood (49.5) and Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix (49.6).
Older than Electoral Area B, Cariboo: 2 of the 4 towns nearby
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, Cariboo | 4,169 | — | 48.8 | 22% | 8.7% |
| Quesnel | 10,253 | 11.1 km | 45.6 | 23% | 8.3% |
| Electoral Area C, Cariboo | 1,289 | 14.9 km | 49.6 | 24% | 5.8% |
| Electoral Area A, Cariboo | 6,172 | 16.6 km | 46.4 | 22% | 5.6% |
| Electoral Area I, Cariboo | 1,707 | 19.0 km | 52.4 | 25% | 6.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about Electoral Area B, Cariboo’s residents
What is the median income in Electoral Area B, Cariboo?
The median household in Electoral Area B, Cariboo took in $79,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Electoral Area B, Cariboo?
Electoral Area B, Cariboo had about 4,169 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 3,864, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Electoral Area B, Cariboo?
A median age of 48.8, older than 82% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 22%.
Is Electoral Area B, Cariboo bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 3.4% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 97% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.9% grew up with French.
How diverse is Electoral Area B, Cariboo?
8.7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1.8% belong to a visible minority and 13% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Electoral Area B, Cariboo?
30% are Christian and 70% have no religion; 0.5% follow another religion.
Is Electoral Area B, Cariboo good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 60% of households. One-parent families: 5.8%. Schools near Electoral Area B, Cariboo are on its Schools page.
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).