Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainAbove 99% of Canadian towns: 70% of residents said they have no religion
Just over one in ten households rent their home (Canada’s towns: 25%). Statistics Canada puts Electoral Area A, East Kootenay’s population at 2,092 for July 2025. Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.8% of the total. Lower than in 75% of Canadian towns: 6.7% of residents are immigrants.
What stands out about the people of Electoral Area A, East Kootenay
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Electoral Area A, East Kootenay went from 1,683 to 1,875 residents (+11%), faster growth than in 85% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Electoral Area A, East Kootenay grew +11% from 2016 to 2021, ahead of 85% 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
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across British Columbia’s towns +6%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 12%.
A median age of 42.8: Electoral Area A, East Kootenay is older than 54% 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: 9.3% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Among British Columbia’s towns, Qualicum Beach has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 56%. Children under 15: 17% of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women.
One-person households make up 24% in Electoral Area A, East Kootenay, less than in 60% of Canadian towns
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.
A household here has 2.4 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. 7% of households are one-parent families. For comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
16% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 79% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 22% of adults (typical: 27%). Across Electoral Area A, East Kootenay, 52% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
More households in single-detached houses than 67% of Canadian towns: 76%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Against that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 25% date from 2001 or later, 5.1% from before 1961.
Median gross household income: $98,000 a year
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
Electoral Area A, East Kootenay’s median household took in $98,000 before tax, 14% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for British Columbia’s towns: $87,000. 26% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
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
Against a figure of 5.8% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship in Electoral Area A, East Kootenay comes in at 2.6%. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (54%), then in Oceania or elsewhere (23%). For comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Indigenous residents make up 6.2% in Electoral Area A, East Kootenay, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%; Electoral Area A, East Kootenay has 1.5%. To put it in context, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
More residents whose mother tongue is French than 69% of Canadian towns: 3.2%
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
9.1% of residents speak English and French, against 7.5% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is 1.5%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 23% in Electoral Area A, East Kootenay, less than in 59% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 7.6% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
66% of adults were employed in May 2021
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 66% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Electoral Area A, East Kootenay
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Electoral Area A, East Kootenay’s residents
Is Electoral Area A, East Kootenay good for families?
Under 15: 17% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 59% of households. One-parent families: 7%. Schools near Electoral Area A, East Kootenay are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Electoral Area A, East Kootenay?
The median household in Electoral Area A, East Kootenay took in $98,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Electoral Area A, East Kootenay?
Electoral Area A, East Kootenay had about 2,092 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,875, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Electoral Area A, East Kootenay?
A median age of 42.8. Children under 15 make up 17%, and people 65 and over 18%.
Is Electoral Area A, East Kootenay bilingual?
9.1% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 91% English only. French is the mother tongue of 3.2%.
How diverse is Electoral Area A, East Kootenay?
6.7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1.5% belong to a visible minority and 6.2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Electoral Area A, East Kootenay?
28% are Christian and 70% have no religion; 1.5% follow another religion.
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).