Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainOlder than 99% of Canadian towns: half of Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley is over 58.8
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 4%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, renter households are scarce here: 7.3%, fewer than in 95% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 545 households in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley; by July 2025 the population was about 1,155. Locally, 62% of residents said they have no religion.
What stands out about the people of Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley is 58.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 34% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
+11% since 2016, a pace 84% of Canadian towns didn’t match
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across British Columbia’s towns, +6%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 2%.
In Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley, 34% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Children under 15: 9.3% here and 16% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women.
Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley households average 2 people, smaller than in 90% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Against a figure of 27% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley comes in at 29%. One-parent families account for 5.5%.
58% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 89% 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
Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley comes in at 12%. Measured more widely, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley ranks above 77% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 83%
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. Elsewhere, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Median gross household income: $71,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley’s, at $71,000, is 17% lower. Within British Columbia’s towns, the household in the middle had $87,000. In 2020, 22% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 68% of Canadian towns, at 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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (58%), then in the Americas (23%). Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Few places have so few residents without Canadian citizenship: 1.8% here, fewer than in 78% of Canadian towns. On top of that, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, against 14% in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley.
Indigenous residents: 7.2%, a higher share than 80% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 15% across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley comes in at 4.5%. Elsewhere, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 88%, and 5.4% 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
Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 5.4% of residents speak English and French here. At home: English 96%, French 0.5%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 70% of Canadian towns: 19%
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. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
43% of adults were employed in May 2021
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.
With 34% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 43% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley | 1,155 | — | 58.8 | 34% | 14% |
| Chilliwack | 105,520 | 13.3 km | 40.4 | 19% | 15% |
| Skowkale | 1,114 | 13.7 km | 62.4 | 44% | 0% |
| Harrison Hot Springs | 2,148 | 14.0 km | 57.2 | 33% | 19% |
| Kent | 7,093 | 14.3 km | 48 | 26% | 16% |
| Tzeachten 13 | 4,899 | 16.3 km | 69 | 60% | 0% |
| Rosedale | 2,401 | 16.8 km | 46 | 20% | 12% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across British Columbia’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley’s residents
Is Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.4% are. Another 0% speak only French and 95% only English, and French is the first language of 1.4%.
How diverse is Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley?
Immigrants: 14% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 4.5%. Indigenous identity: 7.2%.
What religion are people in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley?
62% said they have no religion and 35% that they are Christian; 3.6% named another faith.
Is Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley good for families?
9.3% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 60% of households and one-parent families 5.5%. Schools near Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley?
Half of Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley’s households had more than $71,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley?
About 1,155, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,133 people in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley?
The median age is 58.8. 9.3% are under 15 and 34% 65 or older.
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).