Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainResidents with no religion make up 65% in Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay has 7.5%. Lower than in 80% of Canadian towns: 13% of households rent their home. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 4,209 for July 2025. In Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay, 5.7% of households are one-parent families.
Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay changed by +4% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 51% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 2%.
Half of Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay is over 47.2, older than 77% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
60–64 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. The census found that just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay, 47.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 64% of Canadian towns: 2.3 people on average
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.
In Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone.
Common-law partners: 15%, a higher share than 77% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: just over a fifth of adults, against a typical 27%. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 50% of residents 15 and over are married.
Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay ranks above 82% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 86%
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: 20% date from 2001 or later, 19% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
$88,000 a year: the median household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. 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 F, Central Kootenay had $88,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across British Columbia’s towns, half of households had more than $87,000 before tax. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 26% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 9.2%, a lower share than 69% of Canadian towns
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
13% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%). Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (53%) and in the Americas (35%). Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are scarce here: 3.8%, fewer than in 60% of Canadian towns.
3.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 59% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 2.9%, below 78% of Canadian towns. The share of Indigenous residents across Canada’s towns is 2.8%.
Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay: 9.5% of residents speak English and French, above 59% of Canadian towns
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
Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 2.2%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: English 98%, French 0.6%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 31%, a higher share than 58% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 4.2% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
55% of residents 15 and over were in work
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
55% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 22% are 65 or more.
11th highest median age among 41 towns of 4,148 to 4,263
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Barry's Bay is the oldest at 58.4, Banff Trail the youngest at 31.7. The closest ages to Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay’s belong to Stellarton (47.2), Ormstown (47.2), Patterson (48.6) and Electoral Area B, Cariboo (48.8).
Around Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay, 1 of 2 towns have a higher median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay | 4,209 | — | 47.2 | 22% | 13% |
| Nelson | 12,126 | 4.8 km | 42.4 | 21% | 15% |
| Electoral Area E, Central Kootenay | 4,309 | 7.5 km | 51.2 | 27% | 11% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay’s residents
What is the median income in Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay?
Median total household income in Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay was $88,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay?
The latest figure is an estimate: 4,209 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay counted 4,116, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay?
Half the residents are older than 47.2 and half younger, older than 77% of Canadian towns; 16% are children under 15 and 22% are 65 or over.
Is Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay bilingual?
9.5% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 90% English only. French is the mother tongue of 2.2%.
How diverse is Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 13%. A visible minority makes up 2.9% and Indigenous residents 3.6%.
What religion are people in Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay?
Most often Christian (31%) or no religion (65%); other religions make up 4.5%.
Is Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 59% of households and one-parent families 5.7%. Schools near Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay 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).