Photo: The Interior · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 59.6: Chase is older than 99% of Canadian towns
Where 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, Chase has 5.2%. The town is home to some 2,591 people (July 2025 estimate), in 1,175 households at the 2021 Census. For Chase, the census puts residents with no religion at 62%. On renter households, Chase sits lower than two thirds of Canadian towns: 18%.
What stands out about the people of Chase
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
11% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 3.8% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Older than most towns
Chase’s median age is 59.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 39% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A +5% change since 2016: faster than 55% 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
Across British Columbia’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 8% higher again.
39% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Children under 15: 12% here and 16% across Canada’s towns. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Chase, 59.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Households here average 2 people, below 90% 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.
The share of one-parent families trails 91% of Canadian towns: 5.1%. Census figures put one-person households at 34% in Chase.
Above 66% of Canadian towns: 51% of residents 15 and over are married
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
In Chase, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. Singles who have never married make up 16% of adults, beside a typical 27%.
Chase: 75% of households live in a single-detached house, above 65% of Canadian towns
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
Older homes outnumber new: 19% predate 1961, 13% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for households in single-detached houses is 64% across Canada’s towns.
$60,400 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Chase: half had less than $60,400, 30% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for British Columbia’s towns: $87,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 22% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 12%, a higher share than 60% 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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (64%) and in the Americas (19%). Lower than in 62% of Canadian towns: 11% of residents are immigrants. Most recent wave: 9.6% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
11% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
3.2% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). As a yardstick, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
93% have English as their mother tongue; 3.2% 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
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Chase, 3.2%. 1.3% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 9.9%, a lower share than 96% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 17% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 39% of adults
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.
At 39%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 39% are 65 or over.
2nd highest median age among 41 towns of 2,536 to 2,646
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is City Commercial Core (32.7) and the oldest Brockville (67.7). The closest ages to Chase’s belong to Saint-Damien (57.2), Electoral Area G, Cowichan Valley (59.6) and Brockville (67.7).
Among its 5 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Chase
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Chase has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 16–29 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 2,591 | — | 59.6 | 39% | 11% |
| Sun Peaks Mountain | 1,546 | 15.8 km | 40 | 12% | 19% |
| Blind Bay | 9,984 | 22.6 km | 58.8 | 34% | 10% |
| Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola | 3,543 | 25.0 km | 52.8 | 25% | 10% |
| Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks), Thompson-Nicola | 4,540 | 27.2 km | 50.4 | 24% | 7.5% |
| Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap | 3,475 | 28.7 km | 61.2 | 39% | 11% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Chase’s residents
What religion are people in Chase?
Most often Christian (37%) or no religion (62%); other religions make up 1.4%.
Is Chase good for families?
Children under 15 are 12% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 54% of households and one-parent families 5.1%. Schools near Chase are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Chase?
Median total household income in Chase was $60,400 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Chase?
The latest figure is an estimate: 2,591 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Chase counted 2,399, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Chase?
Half the residents are older than 59.6 and half younger, older than 99% of Canadian towns; 12% are children under 15 and 39% are 65 or over.
Is Chase bilingual?
3.2% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 97% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.3%.
How diverse is Chase?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 11%. A visible minority makes up 3.2% and Indigenous residents 11%.
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).