Photo: Trougnouf · CC BY 4.078% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
With a median age of 49.6, Electoral Area C, Cariboo is older than 84% of Canadian towns. This British Columbia town had about 1,289 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 555 households at the 2021 Census. 12% of households rent their home. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.5%, against 11% across Canada’s towns.
Electoral Area C, Cariboo changed by +1% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 70% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 4% higher again.
Above 77% of Canadian towns: 24% of residents are 65 or over
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Children under 15: 16% of the total. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 74% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%; Electoral Area C, Cariboo has 29%. One-parent families are rarer here than in 80% of Canadian towns.
Electoral Area C, Cariboo: 15% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 78% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Half of residents 15 and over are married (Canada’s towns: 46%). Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Electoral Area C, Cariboo sits above 56% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (68%)
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 14% date from 2001 or later, 4.4% from before 1961. As a yardstick, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Half above, half below $70,000 a year in household income
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Electoral Area C, Cariboo’s median household took in $70,000 before tax, 19% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across British Columbia’s towns is $87,000. 28% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Only 6.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Electoral Area C, Cariboo
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 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (79%) and in the Americas (21%). Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Electoral Area C, Cariboo has 5.8%.
Electoral Area C, Cariboo ranks above 87% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 10%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Electoral Area C, Cariboo, 1.2% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
96% have English as their mother tongue; 2.4% also speak 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
The share of bilingual residents trails 97% of Canadian towns: 2.4%. In Electoral Area C, Cariboo, 1.2% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Below 99% of Canadian towns: 6% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 20% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 45% 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. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 45%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 24% are 65 or over.
Every neighbour of Electoral Area C, Cariboo has a younger population
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Cariboo | 1,289 | — | 49.6 | 24% | 5.8% |
| Quesnel | 10,253 | 10.7 km | 45.6 | 23% | 8.3% |
| Electoral Area A, Cariboo | 6,172 | 13.2 km | 46.4 | 22% | 5.6% |
| Electoral Area B, Cariboo | 4,169 | 14.9 km | 48.8 | 22% | 8.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
Questions about Electoral Area C, Cariboo’s residents
What religion are people in Electoral Area C, Cariboo?
Most often Christian (22%) or no religion (78%); other religions make up 0.8%.
Is Electoral Area C, Cariboo good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 56% of households and one-parent families 6.3%. Schools near Electoral Area C, Cariboo are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Electoral Area C, Cariboo?
Median total household income in Electoral Area C, Cariboo was $70,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Electoral Area C, Cariboo?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,289 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Electoral Area C, Cariboo counted 1,239, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Electoral Area C, Cariboo?
Half the residents are older than 49.6 and half younger; 16% are children under 15 and 24% are 65 or over.
Is Electoral Area C, Cariboo bilingual?
2.4% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 98% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.2%.
How diverse is Electoral Area C, Cariboo?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 5.8%. A visible minority makes up 1.2% and Indigenous residents 10%.
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).