Photo: LN? from Canada · CC BY 2.0Coldstream: 57% of residents said they have no religion, above 94% of Canadian towns
With renter households at 10%, Coldstream is behind 88% of Canadian towns on that count. Here, 17% of households are one person living alone. The median age in the town is 48.4, higher than in 81% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 11,380 for July 2025.
Coldstream grew +5% from 2016 to 2021, faster than 55% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 2%. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across British Columbia’s towns, +6%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 23% in Coldstream, more than in 70% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
No age band is larger than 60–64: 9.1% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Across Coldstream, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Coldstream, 48.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Coldstream households average 2.7 people, larger than in 76% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here 4.5% of households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 91% of Canadian towns, at 59%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, 9.5% of residents 15 and over live common-law here. Never married and not common-law: 21% of adults (typical: 27%).
More households in single-detached houses than 77% of Canadian towns: 83%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%. Newer homes outnumber old: 24% date from 2001 or later, 9.6% from before 1961.
$110,000 a year is the median household income here
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Coldstream’s median household took in $110,000 before tax, 28% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within British Columbia’s towns, the household in the middle had $87,000. 22% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 62% of Canadian towns: 9.8%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
3.5% of residents are not Canadian citizens, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Europe (60%) or in Asia (16%). Immigrants are rarer here than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns.
4.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 69% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%; Coldstream has 5%. By way of comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 89%, and 7.4% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
The census found that 1.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue in Coldstream.
More degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 56% of Canadian towns: 30%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 5.6%, beside a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 58%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, much like this 58%.
Of 41 towns its size (11,177 to 11,578 people), the 6th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Between Milton-Parc (30.4) and Sechelt (57.6) lies the rest of the group. Casa Loma (46.5), Arnprior (48), La Tuque (51.6) and Montmagny (53.2): the towns nearest Coldstream in median age.
3 of the 5 nearest towns are older than Coldstream
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coldstream | 11,380 | — | 48.4 | 23% | 11% |
| Vernon | 49,527 | 5.7 km | 49.2 | 28% | 12% |
| Electoral Area C, North Okanagan | 5,029 | 6.5 km | 47.2 | 21% | 11% |
| Electoral Area B, North Okanagan | 3,415 | 8.7 km | 50.4 | 26% | 12% |
| Okanagan (Part) 1 | 3,482 | 14.6 km | 65 | 50% | 8.2% |
| Lumby | 2,257 | 17.8 km | 42.8 | 23% | 9.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Coldstream’s residents
Is Coldstream good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 68% of households and one-parent families 4.5%. Schools near Coldstream are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Coldstream?
Half of Coldstream’s households had more than $110,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Coldstream?
About 11,380, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 11,171 people in Coldstream, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Coldstream?
The median age is 48.4, older than 81% of Canadian towns. 16% are under 15 and 23% 65 or older.
Is Coldstream bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 7.4% are. Another 0% speak only French and 92% only English, and French is the first language of 1.1%.
How diverse is Coldstream?
Immigrants: 11% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 5%. Indigenous identity: 4.9%.
What religion are people in Coldstream?
57% said they have no religion and 41% that they are Christian; 1.9% 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).