Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHalf of Electoral Area L, Cariboo is over 60, older than 99% of Canadian towns
Where 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, Electoral Area L, Cariboo has 10%. Across Electoral Area L, Cariboo, 62% of residents said they have no religion. 89% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 87% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 5,358 for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Electoral Area L, Cariboo
Older than most towns
Electoral Area L, Cariboo’s median age is 60; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 36% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Electoral Area L, Cariboo went from 4,204 to 4,769 residents (+13%), faster growth than in 90% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Since 2016, Electoral Area L, Cariboo has grown +13%, faster than 90% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +6% across British Columbia’s towns. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 12%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of Canadian towns: 36%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, 5.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. Set beside that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Electoral Area L, Cariboo, 60. 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.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 83% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The figure for one-person households is 29% in Electoral Area L, Cariboo and 27% across Canada’s towns. Here, 4.4% of households are one-parent families.
In Electoral Area L, Cariboo, 57% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 87% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law; across Canada’s towns the figure is 11%. Single and never married: 14% of adults, against a typical 27%.
Electoral Area L, Cariboo sits below 91% of Canadian towns for renter households (9.4%)
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 22% date from 2001 or later, 7.4% from before 1961. By way of comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
$60,800 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
At $60,800, the middle household in Electoral Area L, Cariboo earned 29% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within British Columbia’s towns, the household in the middle had $87,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 22% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 67% of Canadian towns: 13%
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 recent wave: 7% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. 1.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Immigrants are rarer here than in 63% of Canadian towns.
Electoral Area L, Cariboo sits above 81% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (7.6%)
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%; Electoral Area L, Cariboo has 1.7%. To put it in context, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
91% have English as their mother tongue; 3.5% also speak French
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
Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Electoral Area L, Cariboo comes in at 3.5%. The census found that 0.7% of residents have French as their mother tongue in the town.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 5.1% in Electoral Area L, Cariboo, less than in 99% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 19% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
35% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 35%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 36% of residents are 65 or over.
1st highest median age among 41 towns of 5,262 to 5,465
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
They run from Chisasibi, at 26.6, to Electoral Area L, Cariboo, at 60. Inverness County, Subdivision A (56.4) and Oliver (58): the towns nearest Electoral Area L, Cariboo in median age.
No nearby town is as old as Electoral Area L, Cariboo
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. The nearest places to Electoral Area L, Cariboo with figures are 13–24 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area L, Cariboo | 5,358 | — | 60 | 36% | 11% |
| One Hundred Mile House | 2,030 | 13.3 km | 55.2 | 34% | 12% |
| Electoral Area H, Cariboo | 2,047 | 23.2 km | 57.2 | 32% | 9.1% |
| Mile 108 Recreational Ranch | 5,887 | 23.7 km | 56.8 | 32% | 9.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of British Columbia’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
Questions about Electoral Area L, Cariboo’s residents
Is Electoral Area L, Cariboo good for families?
10% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 60% of households and one-parent families 4.4%. Schools near Electoral Area L, Cariboo are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Electoral Area L, Cariboo?
Half of Electoral Area L, Cariboo’s households had more than $60,800 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Electoral Area L, Cariboo?
About 5,358, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 4,769 people in Electoral Area L, Cariboo, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Electoral Area L, Cariboo?
The median age is 60, older than 99% of Canadian towns. 10% are under 15 and 36% 65 or older.
Is Electoral Area L, Cariboo bilingual?
3.5% 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 0.7%.
How diverse is Electoral Area L, Cariboo?
Immigrants: 11% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.7%. Indigenous identity: 7.6%.
What religion are people in Electoral Area L, Cariboo?
62% said they have no religion and 36% that they are Christian; 2.2% named another faith.
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).