Indigenous residents: 13%, a higher share than 92% of Canadian towns
By its share of renter households (9.4%), Electoral Area F, Cariboo is below 91% of Canadian towns. This British Columbia town had about 5,016 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 2,035 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 7.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Half of the town’s residents are over 49.6, older than in 84% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Electoral Area F, Cariboo
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
13% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 4.3% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Since 2016, Electoral Area F, Cariboo has grown +5%, faster than 57% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +6% across British Columbia’s towns.
In Electoral Area F, Cariboo, 24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 60–64: 10% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Locally, 17% of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Electoral Area F, Cariboo, 49.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women.
Below 58% of Canadian towns: 25% of households are one person living alone
Private households by type and size.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
4.2% of households are one-parent families (Canada’s towns: 8.2%). There are 2.4 people in the average household. One-person households make up 27% across Canada’s towns.
Above 77% of Canadian towns: 15% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 16% of adults, against a typical 27%. The wider picture: 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
In Electoral Area F, Cariboo, 89% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Nearly a quarter of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 6.7% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
$79,500 a year is the median household income here
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Electoral Area F, Cariboo’s households had a total income below $79,500, 8% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across British Columbia’s towns the median is $87,000. 24% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 73% of Canadian towns: 8.9%
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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 share of residents without Canadian citizenship trails 63% of Canadian towns: 3.4%. The usual figure: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Census figures put immigrants at 10% in Electoral Area F, Cariboo.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 98% of Canadian towns, at 65%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, Electoral Area F, Cariboo has 3.9%. Across the comparison, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
91% have English as their mother tongue; 3.7% also speak French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Electoral Area F, Cariboo has 3.7%. The share of residents whose mother tongue is French stands at 1.3%.
Below 88% of Canadian towns: 13% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 12% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
Employment: 53% of residents 15 and over had a job
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 53%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 24% are 65 or over.
The 11th oldest of 41 towns of 4,932 to 5,100 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 31.6 (River-Osborne) up to 61.6 (Northern Bruce Peninsula). Nearest to Electoral Area F, Cariboo in age: Kildonan Drive (48.2), Electoral Area F, North Okanagan (49.2), Carbonear (51.6) and Bells Corners East (53.1).
Every neighbour of Electoral Area F, Cariboo has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. The nearest places to Electoral Area F, Cariboo with figures are 25–31 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area F, Cariboo | 5,016 | — | 49.6 | 24% | 10% |
| Electoral Area D, Cariboo | 3,057 | 25.2 km | 47.2 | 21% | 7.7% |
| Williams Lake | 11,462 | 29.1 km | 40.8 | 20% | 8.9% |
| Electoral Area E, Cariboo | 4,242 | 30.7 km | 45.2 | 21% | 7.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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.
Questions about Electoral Area F, Cariboo’s residents
Is Electoral Area F, Cariboo bilingual?
3.7% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 96% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.3%.
How diverse is Electoral Area F, Cariboo?
Immigrants make up 10% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 3.9% are members of a visible minority, and 13% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Electoral Area F, Cariboo?
Christian: 33%. No religion: 65%. Another religion: 2.4%.
Is Electoral Area F, Cariboo good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 63% of households are couple families and 4.2% one-parent families. Schools near Electoral Area F, Cariboo are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Electoral Area F, Cariboo?
$79,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Electoral Area F, Cariboo (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Electoral Area F, Cariboo?
Statistics Canada estimates 5,016 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 4,792 in Electoral Area F, Cariboo, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Electoral Area F, Cariboo?
49.6 is the median age, older than 84% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 24%.
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).