Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA median age of 55.6: Kamloops 1 is older than 95% of Canadian towns
A First Nations reserve, Kamloops 1 is home to Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc. In Kamloops 1, 10% of residents are under 15, beside 16% across Canada’s towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 4,362 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,710 households. 9.9% of households rent their home. At 54%, the share of residents with no religion is higher than in 91% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Kamloops 1
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
27% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 21% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Growing faster than most
Kamloops 1 went from 3,021 people in 2016 to 3,915 in 2021, +30%: faster growth than in 99% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Kamloops 1’s residents are under 55.6 and half over; 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: +30% since 2016, faster than 99% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across British Columbia’s towns, by more than +6%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 11%.
In Kamloops 1, 29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 12% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. 9.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 77% of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Kamloops 1, 55.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 74% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Locally, 7.9% of households are one-parent families. 27% of households are one person living alone, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Kamloops 1 sits above 69% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (52%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 22% of adults (typical: 27%). The share of common-law partners stands at 11%. Across the comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Kamloops 1 ranks below 57% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 58%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 78% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 1.5% built before 1961.
A median household income of $90,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes sit at the middle in Kamloops 1: half had more than $90,000, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $87,000 is the median household income across British Columbia’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 21% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
In Kamloops 1, 17% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
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 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (50%), then in the Americas (23%). 17% lived at another address a year earlier, more than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. Most recent wave: 6.2% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
Kamloops 1: 27% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 98% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
5.3% of residents belong to a visible minority; across Canada’s towns the figure is 15%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of Indigenous residents is 2.8%.
93% have English as their mother tongue; 4% 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
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Kamloops 1, 4%. Locally, 0.8% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Below 63% of Canadian towns: 22% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 8.4% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 50%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 50% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 29% of residents are 65 or over.
The towns around Kamloops 1 are all younger
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Distances here run 5–26 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Kamloops 1.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamloops 1 | 4,362 | — | 55.6 | 29% | 8.7% |
| Kamloops | 108,793 | 4.6 km | 41.6 | 20% | 9.9% |
| Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks), Thompson-Nicola | 4,540 | 19.7 km | 50.4 | 24% | 7.5% |
| Electoral Area J (Copper Desert Country), Thompson-Nicola | 1,958 | 26.0 km | 50.8 | 23% | 6.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- A First Nations reserve. Reserves are compared with Canada’s towns but aren’t counted among them: they have no overall grade and no place in ranked lists. Census figures for small reserves are rounded, and some are suppressed.
- 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. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Kamloops 1’s residents
Is Kamloops 1 good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 10%. 55% of households are couple families and 7.9% one-parent families. Schools near Kamloops 1 are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kamloops 1?
$90,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Kamloops 1 (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Kamloops 1?
Statistics Canada estimates 4,362 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 3,915 in Kamloops 1, 30% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kamloops 1?
55.6 is the median age, older than 95% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 10%. 65 and over: 29%.
Is Kamloops 1 bilingual?
4% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 96% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.8%.
How diverse is Kamloops 1?
Immigrants make up 8.7% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 5.3% are members of a visible minority, and 27% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Kamloops 1?
Christian: 37%. No religion: 54%. Another religion: 8.6%.
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).