Photo: Shawn from Airdrie, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 54.4: Enderby is older than 94% of Canadian towns
Households in Enderby hold 2.1 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4). There are 2% more residents than in 2016. Indigenous residents: just over a tenth of the total. On residents aged 15 to 24, Enderby sits lower than 97% of Canadian towns: 6.6%.
What stands out about the people of Enderby
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Enderby is 54.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 33% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Slower than most: +2% since 2016, behind 63% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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 9%. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +6% across British Columbia’s towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of Canadian towns: 33%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Children under 15: 14% here and 16% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Enderby, 54.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Enderby sits above 83% of Canadian towns for one-person households (37%)
Private households by type and size.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The figure for one-parent families is 7% in Enderby and 8.2% across Canada’s towns. One-person households: 27% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Enderby: 13% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 68% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Against a figure of 46% across Canada’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over in Enderby comes in at 44%. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Only 60% of households live in a single-detached house in Enderby
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, 18% date from 2001 or later. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Renters are just over a quarter of households (Canada’s towns: 25%).
The midpoint household income is $59,600 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Enderby’s, at $59,600, is 31% lower. The median across British Columbia’s towns is $87,000. Pandemic benefits reached 21% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Above 63% of Canadian towns: 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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
2.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens (Canada’s towns: 5.8%). Across Enderby, 7.6% of residents are immigrants. Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 59% in Enderby, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Enderby, 3.2% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 93%, and 2.5% speak French as well
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
Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Enderby has 2.5%. In Enderby, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 92% of Canadian towns: 12%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 11% here, 9.5% in the typical town. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 44% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 44%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 33% are 65 or over.
8th highest median age among 41 towns of 3,244 to 3,337
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is Arviat, at 21.8; the oldest, Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast, is at 61.2. Nearest to Enderby in age: Pictou (53.2), Saint-Jean-Port-Joli (54), Bonavista (54.8) and Central Okanagan West (54.8).
Every nearby town is younger than Enderby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enderby | 3,292 | — | 54.4 | 33% | 7.6% |
| Electoral Area F, North Okanagan | 4,969 | 10.6 km | 49.2 | 23% | 8.7% |
| Armstrong | 5,643 | 13.3 km | 50 | 30% | 7.1% |
| Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap | 4,829 | 14.9 km | 48 | 23% | 8.5% |
| Spallumcheen | 5,843 | 16.8 km | 48 | 23% | 7.6% |
| Salmon Arm | 20,891 | 18.4 km | 51.6 | 30% | 10% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about Enderby’s residents
What religion are people in Enderby?
Christian: 40%. No religion: 59%. Another religion: 1.3%.
Is Enderby good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 46% of households are couple families and 7% one-parent families. Schools near Enderby are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Enderby?
$59,600 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Enderby (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Enderby?
Statistics Canada estimates 3,292 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 3,028 in Enderby, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Enderby?
54.4 is the median age, older than 94% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 33%.
Is Enderby bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 2.5% are. Another 0% speak only French and 97% only English, and French is the first language of 1.5%.
How diverse is Enderby?
Immigrants make up 7.6% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 3.2% are members of a visible minority, and 11% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).