Photo: Straitgate · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Harrison Hot Springs is over 57.2, older than 97% of Canadian towns
Set against 16% across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents are under 15 in Harrison Hot Springs. At 58%, the share of residents with no religion is higher than in 94% of Canadian towns. With about 2,148 residents in July 2025, Harrison Hot Springs counted 885 households at the 2021 Census. Residents who moved in within the year: 14% of the total.
What stands out about the people of Harrison Hot Springs
Older than most towns
Half of Harrison Hot Springs’s residents are under 57.2 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 33% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Harrison Hot Springs went from 1,468 to 1,905 residents (+30%), faster growth than in 99% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
+30% since 2016, a pace 99% of Canadian towns didn’t match
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 13% higher again. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across British Columbia’s towns, +6%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of Canadian towns, at 33%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, against 6.6% in Harrison Hot Springs. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 83% of Canadian towns: 2.1 people on average
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.
Set against 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 4.5% of households are one-parent families in Harrison Hot Springs. Census figures put one-person households at 28% here.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 81% of Canadian towns: 56%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here 12% of residents 15 and over live common-law, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. 16% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%.
Renter households: 19%, a lower share than 64% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 33% date from 2001 or later, 6.8% from before 1961. As a yardstick, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The share of households in single-detached houses is 65%, against 64% across Canada’s towns.
$74,000 a year: the median household income
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Harrison Hot Springs: half had less than $74,000, 14% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For British Columbia’s towns, the median household income is $87,000. 22% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
A higher share of immigrants than 53% of Canadian towns, at 19%
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (68%), then in the Americas (16%). Across Canada’s towns, immigrants come to 17%. Fewer residents without Canadian citizenship than in 64% of Canadian towns: 3.2%. On top of that, 4.3% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
7% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 79% 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, a typical 15% belong to a visible minority and 2.8% are Indigenous; here, 7% and 7%.
84% have English as their mother tongue; 5% also speak French
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
The share of bilingual residents trails 74% of Canadian towns: 5%. French is the mother tongue of 1.6% and English of 84%; at home, 0.5% speak French most often and 94% English.
Below 64% of Canadian towns: 21% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 9.7% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
An employment rate of 44%
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. 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.
1 of the 3 nearest towns are older than Harrison Hot Springs
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Hot Springs | 2,148 | — | 57.2 | 33% | 19% |
| Kent | 7,093 | 6.4 km | 48 | 26% | 16% |
| Rosedale | 2,401 | 11.7 km | 46 | 20% | 12% |
| Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley | 1,155 | 14.0 km | 58.8 | 34% | 14% |
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. 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. 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 Harrison Hot Springs’s residents
Is Harrison Hot Springs bilingual?
5% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 95% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.6%.
How diverse is Harrison Hot Springs?
19% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 7% belong to a visible minority and 7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Harrison Hot Springs?
39% are Christian and 58% have no religion; 3% follow another religion.
Is Harrison Hot Springs good for families?
Under 15: 11% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 59% of households. One-parent families: 4.5%. Schools near Harrison Hot Springs are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Harrison Hot Springs?
The median household in Harrison Hot Springs took in $74,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Harrison Hot Springs?
Harrison Hot Springs had about 2,148 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,905, 30% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Harrison Hot Springs?
A median age of 57.2. Children under 15 make up 11%, and people 65 and over 33%.
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).