Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainAbove 94% of Canadian towns: 15% of residents have an Indigenous identity
Across Canada’s towns, 25% of households rent their home; in Electoral Area E, Cariboo, 9.9%. With a median age of 45.2, Electoral Area E, Cariboo is older than 69% of Canadian towns. This British Columbia town is home to some 4,242 people (July 2025 estimate), in 1,725 households at the 2021 Census. Immigrants: 7.4% of the total.
What stands out about the people of Electoral Area E, Cariboo
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 15% of residents, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, and 7.5% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A change of +1% since 2016 leaves Electoral Area E, Cariboo behind 70% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 3%. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +6% across British Columbia’s towns.
8.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 86% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Where 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, Electoral Area E, Cariboo has 17%. The census found that just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the town.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Electoral Area E, Cariboo, 45.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
Below 60% of Canadian towns: 24% of households are one person living alone
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.
By its share of one-parent families (6.4%), Electoral Area E, Cariboo is below nearly four fifths of Canadian towns. Typically, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Households average 2.4 people.
Common-law partners: 16%, a higher share than 79% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
A fifth of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Electoral Area E, Cariboo has more married residents 15 and over than two thirds of Canadian towns, at 52%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
A higher share of households in single-detached houses than 63% of Canadian towns, at 74%
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
13% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 7.2% built before 1961. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
$93,000 a year is the median household income here
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Electoral Area E, Cariboo had $93,000 before tax, 8% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $87,000, the median across British Columbia’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 24% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Electoral Area E, Cariboo sits below 68% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (9.3%)
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (61%), then in the Americas (25%). Few places have so few residents without Canadian citizenship: 2.3% here, fewer than in 72% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Of the immigrants living here, 18% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 96% of Canadian towns: 60%
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 (1.7%), Electoral Area E, Cariboo is below 88% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 94%, and 3.9% 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
Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 3.9% of residents speak English and French here. On the census count, 1.3% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Only 12% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Electoral Area E, Cariboo
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
A job for 58% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment here, 58%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
In its size band (4,175 to 4,310), the 17th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The group spans Banff Trail, youngest at 31.7, to Claresholm, oldest at 56.8. The closest ages to Electoral Area E, Cariboo’s belong to Saint-Ambroise (44.8), Westphal (44.8), Spring Valley (46.9) and Stellarton (47.2).
Electoral Area E, Cariboo sits below 1 of its 2 closest neighbours on median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, Cariboo | 4,242 | — | 45.2 | 21% | 7.4% |
| Williams Lake | 11,462 | 6.8 km | 40.8 | 20% | 8.9% |
| Electoral Area D, Cariboo | 3,057 | 12.6 km | 47.2 | 21% | 7.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Electoral Area E, Cariboo’s residents
What is the population of Electoral Area E, Cariboo?
The latest figure is an estimate: 4,242 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Electoral Area E, Cariboo counted 4,112, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Electoral Area E, Cariboo?
Half the residents are older than 45.2 and half younger, older than 69% of Canadian towns; 17% are children under 15 and 21% are 65 or over.
Is Electoral Area E, Cariboo bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 3.9% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 96% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.3% grew up with French.
How diverse is Electoral Area E, Cariboo?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 7.4%. A visible minority makes up 1.7% and Indigenous residents 15%.
What religion are people in Electoral Area E, Cariboo?
Most often Christian (39%) or no religion (60%); other religions make up 1.6%.
Is Electoral Area E, Cariboo good for families?
Children under 15 are 17% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 60% of households and one-parent families 6.4%. Schools near Electoral Area E, Cariboo are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Electoral Area E, Cariboo?
Median total household income in Electoral Area E, Cariboo was $93,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).