Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA median age of 54: Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley is older than 93% of Canadian towns
Compared with 64% across Canada’s towns, 85% of households live in a single-detached house here. Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley is home to some 7,830 people (July 2025 estimate), in 3,150 households at the 2021 Census. Residents with no religion account for 68%. On children under 15, Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley sits lower than 84% of Canadian towns: 13%.
What stands out about the people of Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley
Older than most towns
Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley’s median age is 54; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 29% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A growing town: +4% since 2016, faster than 51% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 6%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 90% of Canadian towns, at 29%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
60–64 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 84% of Canadian towns, at 8.7%. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley, 54. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
In Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley, 24% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 61% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley hold 2.4 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4). As a yardstick, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Here, 5.4% of households are one-parent families.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 77% of Canadian towns: 55%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: a fifth of adults, against a typical 27%. Across Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley, 12% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
Renter households make up 15% in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley, less than in 74% of Canadian towns
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
Nearly a fifth of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 12% built before 1961. Renter households: 25% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
$89,000 a year: the median household income
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
Household incomes sit at the middle in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley: half had more than $89,000, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among British Columbia’s towns, the typical figure is $87,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 22% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
12% of residents are immigrants
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
Most recent wave: 6.4% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (70%) and in the Americas (17%). Lower than in 60% of Canadian towns: 12% of residents are immigrants.
6.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 3.2% in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley and 15% across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley: 11% of residents speak English and French, above 64% of Canadian towns
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
Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 2%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
26% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 52% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 6.7% (typical 9.5%). The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 50%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
50% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 29% are 65 or more.
Oldest by rank: 4th of 41 towns of 7,704 to 7,966 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Minden Hills is the oldest at 58.8, La Broquerie the youngest at 28.6. The towns whose median age is nearest to Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley’s: Acton Vale (49.6), Electoral Area A, Nanaimo (51.2), Kenora, Unorganized (54.8) and Baie-Saint-Paul (54.8).
Median age: 1 of the 5 towns around Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley | 7,830 | — | 54 | 29% | 12% |
| Comox | 15,884 | 4.6 km | 52.4 | 32% | 12% |
| Courtenay | 32,869 | 5.5 km | 48.8 | 28% | 14% |
| Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley | 9,803 | 13.4 km | 50.8 | 25% | 11% |
| Cumberland | 4,974 | 13.8 km | 39.2 | 15% | 9.6% |
| Electoral Area A, Comox Valley | 8,415 | 17.1 km | 58 | 34% | 15% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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.
Questions about Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley’s residents
What religion are people in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley?
Most often Christian (30%) or no religion (68%); other religions make up 2%.
Is Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley good for families?
Children under 15 are 13% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 61% of households and one-parent families 5.4%. Schools near Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley?
Median total household income in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley was $89,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley?
The latest figure is an estimate: 7,830 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley counted 7,392, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley?
Half the residents are older than 54 and half younger, older than 93% of Canadian towns; 13% are children under 15 and 29% are 65 or over.
Is Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley bilingual?
English and French: 11% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 89%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 2%.
How diverse is Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 12%. A visible minority makes up 3.2% and Indigenous residents 6.4%.
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).